The Toshiba Brave Lupus juggernaut took the first step toward getting back on track as they opened their new Japan Rugby Top League season Saturday with a 20-0 win over the NEC Green Rockets. To do so, however, Toshiba had to withstand a rare delay to proceedings on the way as ...
The Japan Rugby Football Union on Monday announced a unique ticket package for the November test match against Australia — ...
Colin Meads, a famously tough All Blacks lock hailed New Zealand's greatest rugby player of the twentieth century, has died ...
Japan showed its attacking ability with three late tries Thursday, but it was not enough to prevent a third-straight pool stage loss as it went down 29-15 to Australia in the Women's Rugby World Cup. With losses to Australia, Ireland and France, Japan finished at ...
The new Japan Rugby Top League season kicks off Friday with five games being played across the country. Defending champion Suntory Sungoliath open their campaign against the Canon Eagles with fans, players and coaches alike forced to get used to yet another new format. This season, ...
Japan's hopes of reaching the Women's Rugby World Cup semifinals were dashed when it allowed host Ireland to come from behind for a 24-14 victory in a Pool C match on Sunday. Japan dominated territory in the first half and took a 14-0 lead into ...
England coach Eddie Jones said Thursday he wanted his players "close to normal life" during the 2019 World Cup in Japan after taking his backroom staff on a reconnaissance mission to the country. The back-to-back Six Nations champions will likely be one of the favorites ...
Host cities, Prefectures and stadiums
Japan got its Women's Rugby World Cup campaign off to a losing start with a 72-14 defeat to European powerhouse France on Wednesday. Japan, ranked 14th in the world, gave up an early 22-0 lead in the first 20 minutes of the match as tries ...
Their Super Rugby future may be in doubt, but the Melbourne Rebels are certain they want Tonga-born Japan international Amanaki Mafi back for next season. The Rebels announced Wednesday that Mafi, who has played 16 tests for Japan, would return in the backrow. Mafi, 27, was ...
The Japan Rugby Top League unveiled its 2017-2018 season on Monday in an event revealing both ambition and concern as it builds toward the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. "In this, our 15th Top League season, we are playing toward 2019 and the Rugby ...
Flanker Michael Hooper has replaced Stephen Moore as captain of the Wallabies after the veteran hooker elected to step down ahead of his retirement from international rugby at the end of the season. Hooper would lead the rebuilding team into back-to-back tests against the All ...
Tonga grabbed the final spot in Pool C of the 2019 Rugby World Cup on Saturday as the runner-up in Oceania qualifying. Fiji, which secured its spot as the top Oceania qualifier a week ago, did not let up in a 38-16 victory against Samoa, ...
The Sunwolves wrapped up their second Super Rugby season on a winning note Saturday, coming from behind to beat the Blues 48-21. Filo Tiatia's side demolished the three-time winners from Auckland in sweltering heat, which reached 43 C at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground. Timothy Lafaele ...
The Sunwolves encountered some familiar problems Saturday night as they lost the penultimate game of their 2017 Super Rugby season 52-15 against the Stormers at Cape Town's Newlands Stadium. The Sunwolves' poor discipline allowed the Stormers to score early and their inability to last the ...
New Zealand and the British and Irish Lions played out a 15-15 draw in the third test on Saturday, with a compelling three-test series ending in a bitter stalemate. New Zealand won the first test 30-15, the Lions clinched the second 24-21 and Saturday's finale ...
