Panasonic Wild Knights coach Robbie Deans gave a scathing review of the television match official at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground on Saturday as complaints about officiating in the Japan Rugby Top League once again overshadowed the rugby on display. "He didn't rule on the ...

The 2018-19 Top League season kicks off Friday with plenty of changes to the format both on and off the field as the Japan Rugby Football Union looks to do all it can to ensure the Brave Blossoms are at their peak when Japan ...

Japanese participation in the 2018 Super Rugby season did not just end before the playoffs even began, it also ended in controversy with three players up before various judiciaries on and off the field. The good news is the on-field controversy could end up with ...

Back in 2005 two flyhalf/centers of contrasting ability talked about why they hoped Japan would win the right to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup. "By hosting the World Cup, we will raise the level of the national team and raise the popularity of the ...

All Blacks great Sir John Kirwan said Sunday that watching Japan beat Italy 34-17 at a stadium that will host five Rugby World Cup games next year was "like a dream come true." The 53-year-old, who coached both Italy and Japan before returning to New ...

Japan coach Jamie Joseph on Thursday named his side for Saturday's test match against Italy at Oita Bank Dome. Michael Leitch captains a side that contains just three players who are not part of the Sunwolves squad in Melbourne Rebels No. 8 Amanaki Lelei Mafi, ...

The Sunwolves' win over the Stormers in Hong Kong last weekend was a big boost for rugby in Asia and justified the efforts of those who have pushed for a Super Rugby presence in the world's most populated continent. Anyone who was at Mong Kok ...

The Sunwolves' game against the Stormers at Mong Kok Stadium on Saturday will be something akin to survival of the fittest if Friday's conditions are anything to go by. The two teams trained early in the day at the match venue — as Hong Kong ...

Sunwolves head coach Jamie Joseph named his side Thursday for the first-ever Super Rugby game played in Hong Kong. The starting XV against the Cape Town-based Stormers at Mong Kok Stadium on Saturday shows six changes from the team that hammered the Queensland Reds 63-28 ...

The Japan Rugby Football Union named a 40-man Rugby World Cup training squad Wednesday, the day after the nation marked 500 days to go until the tournament kicks off in Tokyo. Masahiro Kunda, director of the Japan national team, said in a press release the ...