Yamaha Motor, to which Goromaru Ayumu, a former rugby representative from Japan who had announced his retirement for this season, played against Kubota in the second round of the top league playoff tournament and lost 12 to 46.
As a result, Yamaha Motor was eliminated from the playoffs, and Goromaru was decided to retire.
Yamaha Motor, to which Goromaru belongs, played against Kubota at the Edogawa Ward Athletics Stadium in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, in the second round, which is the first round of the top league playoff tournament.
Goromaru was not a member of this match because he had hurt his right thigh and watched the match from the spectators' seats.
In the match, Yamaha Motor decided a try in the 3rd minute of the first half, and the kick after that was also successful, leading to a 7-0 lead.
However, after that, he was pushed by the pressure of Kubota's large forward team and allowed a reversal such as being robbed of three tries and finished the first half with 7 to 24.
Yamaha Motor, whose lead was expanded in the second half, lost to Kubota 12 to 46 and was eliminated from the playoffs, and Goromaru was decided to retire without having a chance to participate in the last game of active duty.
Goromaru Ayumu is 35 years old from Fukuoka City.
It has a full back and accurate kick that represents Japan.
He was selected as the Japanese national team for the first time at the age of 19, and has participated in 57 games so far, 711 points in total, which is the highest record for the Japanese national team.
At the 2015 World Cup England Tournament, he contributed to a historic victory from the powerhouse South Africa and was selected as the tournament's Best Fifteen.
It also drew a lot of attention with its unique routine for place kicks.
High school went on to Saga Kogyo, a powerful player, and when he was in the second and third grades, he won second place in the national high school rugby tournament.
He has been active as a regular at Waseda University since the first year, and has contributed to winning three national university championships.
After graduating from college, he belonged to Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. in the top league, and has won the top scorer three times, the best kicker three times, and the best fifteen five times.
In 2016, he also played in the world's premier league, Super Rugby Reds and France's first division powerhouse Toulon.
And in December of last year, he announced that he would retire only this season, saying, "I have only one more season of energy and physical strength."
This season, he started for the first time in the third round of the game against NEC on March 6, and when he tried for the first time in three seasons in the 33rd minute of the first half, he scored 15 points and scored 15 points.・ Selected for The Match.
However, due to the injury to his right thigh at the end of the regular season, he was not a member of the second round of the playoff tournament on the 24th and the match against Kubota.
Goromaru "I want to organize my feelings"
At an online press conference after the match, Goromaru Ayumu said, "I'm disappointed that I've been playing rugby for a long time. I would like to organize the press conference again. "