Former Toyota rugby player pleads guilty to cocaine possession

Former Toyota Verblitz flyhalf Ryota Kabashima pleaded guilty on Thursday to possessing cocaine in his first court appearance in the case."There is no mistake (in the indictment)," Kabashima, 28, said as his trial opened at the Nagoya District Court's Okazaki branch.Another player from Toyota Motor Corp.'s Top League rugby team, 36-year-old Steven Yates, was also indicted in July over possession of cocaine and marijuana.Prosecutors sought an 18-month prison sentence as the trial concluded Thursday, saying Kabashima "was using it once or twice a month during offseason from around three years…READ FULL ARTICLE