The Sunwolves' big loss to the Sharks on the opening weekend of this year's Super Rugby competition has seen the honing of already sharp knives, with increased calls for the team to be cut from the competition. But the team's CEO Yuji Watase is hopeful ...

Former Japan captain Takuro Miuchi and ex-France flyhalf Frederic Michalak welcomed World Rugby's proposed "League of Nations" but cautioned Thursday issues such as player burnout and the timing of the domestic Top League needed to be addressed. "You have to look at the number of ...

"There are three sides to every story, baby. There's yours, and mine and the cold, hard truth." While Eagles great Don Henley was singing about the "Long Way Home" back in 1982, he could quite as easily have been talking about the ticketing process for ...

The New Year is traditionally a time for looking back on the past and looking ahead. And while the future may appear bright with the Rugby World Cup kicking off in nine months, there are a lot of people involved in the sport in Japan ...

When Japan takes on South Africa next September at Kumagaya Rugby Ground the Brave Blossoms will come up against a player in Siya Kolisi whose background and raison d'etre is a world away from their own. The first black player to captain the Springboks in ...

Despite unhappy memories of their previous meeting, South Africa captain Siya Kolisi welcomed the announcement Monday that the Springboks will play Japan on Sept. 6 at Kumagaya Rugby Ground as a warm-up game for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. But having spent the past few ...

Japan coach Jamie Joseph said earlier this week that his team's "Rugby World Cup final would be making the top eight." But for a side hoping to get to the quarterfinals next year in Japan, a 3-4 record for 2018 is, at first glance, hardly ...

While the All Blacks and Wallabies were doing their bit to woo Japanese rugby fans at last weekend's Bledisloe Cup match at Nissan Stadium, another group of Antipodean rugby players were in Japan doing an equally important job. Children from Lindfield Rugby Club in Australia ...

With preparations going smoothly and everything seemingly well on track off the field for a successful Rugby World Cup 2019, it's now time to see if Japan's preparations on the field are going just as well. The Brave Blossoms play four games in the coming ...

If Australia and Japan are to beat the All Blacks in the coming weeks when they meet in Yokohama and Tokyo, respectively, they will have to defeat a side which, by its own admission, can "still get better and smoother in some areas." New Zealand ...