Goromaru to Move to Australia for New Challenge

By November 4, 2015 at 10:54 am

The new Japanese star who has performed superbly in the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England is going to make a move to Australia.

The 29 years old, Goromaru Ayumu is playing for Japanese side, Yamaha Hatsudouki at the moment. Though he will transfer to abroad  his name will be under the Japanese rugby club due to top leagues program. The new season will begin on February  26, 2016. The Goromaru's new rugby club Queensland Reds belongs to Super League which is the best standard league among the world.  

Goromaru is originally from Fukuoka prefecture and joined Yamaha Hatsudouki after graduating Waseda university. This will be his first time to make a challenge in foreign countries. When he was asked about his move by reporters he answered "This is the prove that I performed great in the world cup. I am very happy and grateful for this offer."

Precise kicks are the trademark of the Japanese player and he has the record of scoring goals more than anyone for his country. In the opening match of the world cup against South Africa, he scored 24 goals to bring the country the historical victory. The new rugby club is based at Brisbane and won the title of Australian Super League in the year 2011. In 2015 season, Reds finished the league at 13th.  

Two Japanese rugby players, Siro Tanaka and Shota Horie has played for Queensland Reds in the year 2013 season for the first time for Japanese players to be in the Australian league. Michael Leitch moved to Australia last year too. There are so many world top class players playing in the Australian super league from all around the world. This will surely bring more tension to Japanese players and hopefully it will help Goromaru to be an even better player and many youngsters will follow him.

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