Sekope Kepu to coach in Japan

Shimizu Corporation Koto Blue Sharks , who were promoted to League One Division 2 and have revamped their amblem, logo and match jersey design announced their new structure for 2024-2025.

Representative Director Koshino Yuta, General Manager Takigawa Koichi, Manager and Team Director Niki Hirohiro, and Head Coach and Marketing Leader Yoshihiro Hiroyuki will remain in their positions, and new coaching staff members including Greg Feek (coaching advisor), Sekope Kepu (forward coach), and Taro Gonjo (forward coach) will join the team.

Greg Feek is from New Zealand. He played for the Crusaders as a PR and has 10 caps for the national team, the All Blacks. As a coach, he has built a career as a scrum coach for the Irish national team from 2011 to 2019 and as a forward coach for the NEC Green Rockets from 2018 to 2019. From 2020, he served as the All Blacks scrum coach under head coach Ian Foster. After the 2023 World Cup, he contributed to the Blues' (NZ) victory in the Super Rugby Pacific in the 2024 season as scrum coach.

Sekope Kepu is from Australia and has 110 caps for the Australian national team, the Wallabies. He played for the Waratahs (Australia), Bordeaux Begles (France), and London Irish (England) at the club level. He served as the first captain of the Moana Pacifica, which joined the Super Rugby Pacific in the 2022 season, and retired at the end of the 2024 season.