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Warner Dearns

Dearns representing Japan during the November Internationals

Date of birth

11 April 2002 (age 22)

Place of birth

Wellington, New Zealand

Height

2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)

Weight

124 kg (273 lb; 19 st 7 lb)

School

Ryukei Kashiwa High School

Notable relative(s)

Tanya Dearns (mother)

Rugby union career

Senior career
Position(s)	Lock / Number 8
Current team	Toshiba Brave Lupus
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2022–	Toshiba Brave Lupus	47	(40)
Correct as of 13 November 2024
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2021–	Japan	20	(20)
Correct as of 13 November 2024

Warner Dearns (ワーナーディアンズ, Wānā Dianzu, born 11 April 2002) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for Japan Rugby League One club Toshiba Brave Lupus. Born in New Zealand but moved to Japan at the age of 14 years old, he represents Japan at international level after qualifying on residency grounds.^[1]

International career

Dearns was called for his country on 28 October 2021 for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals.^[2] He made his debut on 13 November in the match against Portugal.^[3]

References

^ "Warner Dearns". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ "男子日本代表追加招集および離脱選手のお知らせ". Japan Rugby Union (in Japanese). 28 October 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
^ "Portugal vs Japan". World Rugby. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

External links

Warner Dearns at ItsRugby.co.uk

v t e Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo – current squad
Forwards	Warner Dearns Yuma Fujino Takahiro Fujita Kim Gwante Mamoru Harada Daigo Hashimoto Ryuuki Hayashi Shohei Ito Kyosuke Kajikawa Hiroto Kasai Sena Kimura Yuta Kokaji Asaeli Lausii Michael Leitch Teruo Makabe Iosefatu Mareko Masataka Mikami Futoshi Mori Jacob Pierce Hugh Pyle Takeshi Sasaki Lee Song-Chang Shoichi Takagi Latu Taufa Matt Todd Yoshitaka Tokunaga Rikyu Yamakawa Hiroki Yamamoto
Backs	Masaki Hamada Atsuki Kuwayama Toshiki Kuwayama Taichi Mano Takuro Matsunaga Taiki Matsunobu Hisayoshi Matsuoka Nicholas McCurran Ren Miyagami Yuta Mori Jone Naikabula Hayato Nakao Burger Odendaal Takahiro Ogawa Jack Stratton Yuhei Sugiyama Kohei Takahashi Seta Tamanivalu Shinnosuke Tatsuno Tom Taylor Shohei Toyoshima
Coach	Todd Blackadder

v t e Japan squad – 2023 Rugby World Cup
Forwards	Ai Valu Cornelsen Dearns Fakatava Fukui Gunter Halasili Himeno (c) Horie Horikoshi Inagaki Kakinaga Koo Ji-won Labuschagné Leitch Millar Sakate Saumaki Shimokawa
Backs	Fifita Fukuda Lee Seung-sin Lemeki Masirewa Matsuda Matsushima Nagare Naikabula Nakamura Ogura Osada Riley Saitō Yamanaka (replaced Masirewa)
Head coach: Joseph

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