
Rugby Oct 23, 2020
Wallabies and Panasonic star David Pocock hangs up boots
The two-time World Player of the Year nominee earned 83 caps for Australia.
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The two-time World Player of the Year nominee earned 83 caps for Australia.
Three naturalized Japanese citizens found themselves on the wrong side of a decision that essentially restricts their ability to work as professional rugby players in their adopted homeland. The Japan Rugby Football Union on Friday confirmed that the three, including two who are eligible to ...
Japanese rugby will be as diverse as ever following strong efforts by local clubs to sign top-tier international players.
Chairman Kensuke Iwabuchi hopes Japan can help steer rugby toward a global calendar and develop the sport in Asia.
The group, which includes two players who have represented Japan in sevens, is petitioning the Japan Rugby Football Union to recognize their status as local players.
The former Argentina captain believes that strong emerging nations such as Japan deserve to participate in high-level international competitions.
With rugby seemingly done for the season, it is time to look back on a crazy few months that have seen Japanese rugby go from the highs of the 2019 Rugby World Cup to a state of confusion in which even a former Brave ...
Rugby across Asia is feeling the full brunt of the coronavirus outbreak with games and tournaments getting called off at a rate of knots. Such is the speed of things that decisions are seemingly being made on an hourly basis, but as it stands this ...
An escalating spat between World Rugby and the Japan Rugby Football Union was behind Brave Blossoms coach Jamie Joseph's recent comments about the timing of a new domestic league, a source close to the matter has told Kyodo News. In his first press conference since ...
Lance Conrad wrote in "The Price of Nobility" that "only a fool would underestimate a man with nothing to lose." It is a mantra that perhaps should be taken up by the coaches of the 12 Super Rugby sides that take on the Sunwolves this ...