The Sunwolves announced the appointment of three assistant coaches on Tuesday as they gear up for their second season of Super Rugby.

A day after head coach Filo Tiatia announced his initial 36-man playing roster, the franchise named their attack, defense and scrum coaches.

Former Panasonic Wild Knights and Japan fullback Atsushi Tanabe will be in charge of attack.

Ben Herring, who played Super Rugby for the Highlanders and Hurricanes before working as an assistant coach to the Leicester Tigers in the English Premiership and the Canada national team, will be in charge of defense.

The scrum will be the responsibility of former Suntory Sungoliath prop Shin Hasegawa, who won 40 caps for Japan.