Fresh from profitable a league title, Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx has signed a brand new contract with the Kubota Spears, extending his keep in Japan for one more two seasons.
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Marx, with former Stormers and Sharks lock Ruan Botha, claimed winner’s medals on Saturday, as Australian flyhalf Bernard Foley guided Kubota Spears to a primary Japan Rugby League One title with a medical show in a 17-15 win in opposition to Saitama Wild Knights at Tokyo’s National Stadium.
The Spears, coached by Frans Ludeke, introduced on Monday that each Foley and Marx had put pen to paper on new contracts that can run till the top of May 2025.
“Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay is pleased to announce that we have reached a contract agreement with Bernard Foley and Malcolm Marx until the end of May 2025,” the membership confirmed in an announcement on social media.”
“Fans will have the privilege to see the two players playing for Spears after #RWC2023 (the Rugby World Cup in France later this year).”
South African roots
Marx first joined Kubota Spears in 2020 after initially transferring to Japan by signing for the Shining Arcs, earlier than the Covid-19 pandemic introduced the season to an finish.
The former Lions hooker is certainly one of six gamers with South African roots in Kubota’s squad, together with Botha, Schalk Erasmus, David Bulbring, Rikus Pretorius, Gerhard van den Heever and Japan-capped Pieter Labuschagne.
This story first appeared on sarugbymag.co.za. It is republished right here with permission.
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