Panasonic beats Teikyo University to complete trophy double
Panasonic Wild Knights wrapped up the domestic rugby season by beating Teikyo University 49-15 to claim the 53rd All-Japan Championship at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground on Sunday. The Wild Knights, who won their fourth Top League title last week, now have five cup wins ...
Yamaha Jubilo won the All-Japan Championship on Saturday, defeating Suntory Sungoliath 15-3 in the final. Jubilo dominated possession for long stretches with an unimaginative game plan, but were sure in their tackles when forced to defend. Sungoliath tried to counter with some creative play, but poor ...
Yamaha Jubilo will meet Suntory Sungoliath in the final of the All-Japan Championship following Sunday's two semifinals at Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Ground. Top League runnerup Yamaha beat Toshiba Brave Lupus 21-9, while Suntory downed league champion Panasonic 31-25 to ruin the Wild Knights' hopes of ...
Two of Australia's Super Rugby sides will have to wait a little longer for their Japan imports after Suntory Sungoliath advanced to the semifinals of the All-Japan Championship on Sunday. Hendrik Tui, who is set to play for the Reds, and Kotaro Matsushima, who will ...
Teikyo University became just the second collegiate side to beat a Top League team in the All-Japan Championship as it beat NEC Green Rockets 31-25 at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground on Sunday. Masayuki Iwade's side — which won its sixth straight university title last ...
Dragonflies stun Alvark to reach All-Japan final
In a win-or-go-home tournament, things like this can happen. Just not all the time. The Hiroshima Dragonflies, a first-year professional club in the NBL, stunned Japanese basketball fans when they advanced to the All-Japan Championship men's final with a 80-78 victory over the powerhouse Toyota ...
Oka Gakuen beats Showa Gakuin for Winter Cup girls title
After the game, Shinichi Inoue, longtime head coach for the Oka Gakuen High School girls basketball team, said that his team was "still weak." The team may not have received enough compliments from its boss. But it will bring another championship banner back to Nagoya, ...
Alvark roar back to reach All-Japan Championship final
The Alvark looked dead and buried early on in the game. But still they found a way to survive. Toyota Motors rebounded from a 28-point deficit in the second quarter and ended up punching its ticket to the championship game of the single-elimination All-Japan Championship ...
