Rugby Football Union backs Eddie Jones after poor Six Nations
The Rugby Football Union gave its backing to England head coach Eddie Jones on Tuesday following the team's fifth-placed finish in the Six Nations championship but made a series of ...
Pacific islands teams Moana Pasifika and Fijian Drua have been granted conditional licences to join a proposed Super Rugby competition next year, New Zealand Rugby said on Wednesday. The NZR board's ...
Sam Cane is looking forward to "coming back stronger" after successful surgery on his torn pectoral muscle, the All Blacks captain said on social media. Cane will miss most of the ...
Uproar after New Zealand rugby commentator uses mock accent for Japanese star
Joe Wheeler, who also played for Suntory Sungoliath in the Japanese Top League, apologized over the incident directed at the Otago Highlanders' Japanese international Kazuki Himeno.
Medical school-bound Kenki Fukuoka to play rest of Top League season
Rugby World Cup star Kenki Fukuoka will play the rest of the Top League season with the Panasonic Wild Knights while balancing his studies at medical school from April, the team said Monday. Fukuoka, who scored four tries in Japan's historic run to the 2019 ...
Wallabies coach views 'berserk' Japan market as threat to Australia
A slew of established test players are already playing in Japan, including Wallabies captain Michael Hooper on a sabbatical.
Major League Rugby bullish on return after COVID-19 shutdown
The 12-team league, which will run from Saturday to Aug. 1, is looking to bounce back after the pandemic forced its 2020 season to shut down.
Top League targets England superstars in bid to top rugby world
Japan's premier rugby competition, long a favorite of Southern Hemisphere stars, is shifting its attention to European players in an effort to solidify its international appeal.
England's victory over France a World Cup statement, says Eddie Jones
England coach Eddie Jones said his side had stolen a march on 2023 World Cup host France after Maro Itoje's late try sealed a come-from-behind 23-20 win over Les Bleus in the Six Nations on Saturday. England's victory ended France's hopes of a Grand Slam ...
Ten years on, rugby lifts spirits in tsunami-struck Kamaishi
Passion for rugby is offering a beacon of hope in the northeastern city of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, after it was ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. "We were able to aim for the same goal, the World Cup," said Yoshihiko Sakuraba, general manager ...
Ayumu Goromaru scores 15 in return; Suntory remains on top of league
New Zealand playmaker Beauden Barrett scored a try and banged over 10 conversions in the Japan Rugby Top League on Saturday, helping lift Suntory Sungoliath to a 75-10 win over Munakata Sanix Blues. The bonus point win at JIT Recycling Stadium in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, ...
Rugby World Cup organizers launch drive to sell 2.6 million tickets
A total of 2.6 million tickets will be available for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France and the first phase of the ticket sales will start on March 15, organizers said on Thursday. The France 2023 organizing committee is aiming to make the Sept. ...
