Sunwolves suffer lopsided loss to Brumbies in final home match of season
Connal McInerney scored a hat trick off the bench Saturday as the Brumbies overpowered Sunwolves 42-19 to boost their Super Rugby Finals chances. The bonus-point victory, punctuated by a perfect 6-for-6 from the boot of captain Christian Lealiifano lifted the Canberra club above the Rebels ...
Sunwolves seeking to give loyal fans something to remember in final home game of season
The Sunwolves head into their final home game of the 2019 Super Rugby season on Saturday hoping to salvage a disappointing year. The Japanese franchise has yet to win at home — be it Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground or Singapore National Stadium — and ...
The Sunwolves fell to their 10th Super Rugby loss of the season Sunday as they went down 33-0 to the Brumbies at Canberra's GIO Stadium. The victory leaves the Brumbies on top of the Australian Conference with four rounds remaining, while the Sunwolves, who were ...
The Top League claimed an impressive double scalp over Super Rugby on Sunday as NEC Green Rockets and Suntory Sungoliath beat the Waratahs and Brumbies, respectively, at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground. Two tries from Rio Olympian Teruya Goto and a key defensive play from ...
The Sunwolves were beaten 41-31 by the Brumbies at Canberra's GIO Stadium on Sunday as the Super Rugby competition heads into the June break. With the majority of their national team members back in Japan preparing for the upcoming tests against Italy and Georgia, the ...
Stand-in head coach Scott Hansen named his Sunwolves team Friday for Sunday's Super Rugby game with the Brumbies at GIO Stadium in Canberra, Australia. The starting XV, which contains just three Japanese-born players, shows nine changes and two positional switches from the side that lost ...
Sunwolves trio take lessons from defeat
The Sunwolves may have come up short in their 2018 season opener, but the contest provided valuable experience for the younger players making their Super Rugby debuts. On Saturday, a trio of young Sunwolves — scrum-half Yutaka Nagare, flanker Kazuki Himeno and center Ryoto Nakamura ...
The Sunwolves may have opened their 2018 Super Rugby season with a loss Saturday at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground, but there was plenty in their 32-25 defeat to the Brumbies to show they are going to be competitive in the Australian Conference. Willie Britz, ...
Ono handed one-match ban for headbutt in Sunwolves' blowout loss
Japan lock Hitoshi Ono has been suspended for the June 11 test match against Canada after he was sin-binned for headbutting an opponent in the Sunwolves' 66-5 loss to the Brumbies last weekend, SANZAR announced on Tuesday. Ono was sin-binned just before halftime in Saturday's ...
Without two of their best players in the first half, the Sunwolves lack of depth was glaringly obvious in a 66-5 Super Rugby beating at the hands of the Brumbies on Saturday. Lacking the intensity and creative spark of first-choice fly-half Tusi Pisi and back ...
