Fans toast beer hawkers' debut at Japan's Rugby World Cup
Dilemma: You are watching a Rugby World Cup game at a stadium and you fancy a beer, but you don't want to take your eyes off the action. Do you get out of your seat and go and find a concession stand somewhere? At this ...
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen says he's confident Kieran Reed will play against England
All Blacks captain Kieran Read skipped training on Tuesday ahead of their Rugby World Cup semifinal due to a sore calf muscle, but coach Steve Hansen was "100 perent" certain he would face England in Yokohama on Saturday. The 33-year-old Read, who has battled back ...
Springboks hitting their stride at Rugby World Cup
After finishing off the home team's remarkable run at the Rugby World Cup in the quarterfinals, the Springboks are feeling more comfortable about taking on Wales in Japan. Assistant coach Matthew Proudfoot says they're just more comfortable, anyway, now that they're playing the South African ...
Eddie Jones says spy filmed England training, piles pressure on New Zealand
England coach Eddie Jones believes his squad's training session at the Rugby World Cup on Tuesday was filmed by someone in a nearby apartment block. Jones didn't explicitly accuse semifinal opponent New Zealand of spying — "it might have been a Japanese fan, I don't ...
Michael Cheika says next Wallabies boss should be Australian
Outgoing head coach Michael Cheika said the next man to coach the Wallabies rugby team should "definitely" be Australian. Cheika told reporters at Sydney Airport Tuesday, on his team's return from the Rugby World Cup in Japan, that he backed an Aussie as his successor. "I ...
Lawrence Dallaglio says back row battle key in England-New Zealand semifinal
For a man who made his name winning many a bruising back row battle, it's no surprise that former England captain Lawrence Dallaglio thinks that's where Saturday's Rugby World Cup semifinal match against New Zealand could be decided. Dallaglio, who won the 2003 World Cup ...
World Rugby has sidelined Jaco Peyper from officiating at any of the World Cup semifinals and appointed Nigel Owens as referee of the knockout game between defending champion New Zealand and England. Peyper has apologized for posing for a photograph with a group of Wales ...
Japan's rugby team has been added to the list of this year's winners of the Kikuchi Kan Prize, given to people or groups that have made contributions to Japanese culture, a literature association said Monday. The Brave Blossoms were defeated in one of Sunday's quarterfinals ...
Japan players and coach praise team unity after run to quarterfinals at Rugby World Cup
Japan coach Jamie Joseph said Monday the team's impressive work ethic played a major role in the hosts making a run to the Rugby World Cup's last eight for the first time. Speaking a day after the Brave Blossoms were knocked out of the tournament ...
TV ratings hit average 41.6% for Japan-South Africa Rugby World Cup quarterfinal
Television ratings set during Japan's loss against South Africa in the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals reached an average of 41.6 percent in eastern Japan, the highest of any match in the current tournament, a rating agency said Monday. Video Research Ltd. said the rating for ...
Brave Blossoms rue quarterfinal exit, but take pride in their Rugby World Cup heroics
Japan's Rugby World Cup players expressed mixed feelings as their incredible campaign came to an end with a quarterfinal defeat to South Africa on Sunday, with pride in their achievements largely crowding out the disappointment. "It was really emotional when the final whistle went," said ...
South Africa routs Japan to advance to Rugby World Cup semifinals
South Africa ended Japan's phenomenal run at the Rugby World Cup with a 26-3 win in Sunday night's quarterfinal. Japan, which was playing a World Cup knockout match for the first time ever, fell behind to an early Makazole Mapimpi try at Tokyo Stadium before ...
