Future of Sunwolves in doubt after Super Rugby
Sunwolves CEO Yuji Watase put on a brave face last week despite clocking up air miles in the wake of the announcement his team would be not be part of the Super Rugby competition post 2020. The 56-year-old flew to Singapore from Tokyo on March ...
The Sunwolves' exit from Super Rugby was confirmed Friday with the tournament organizer saying in a press release that the immediate future of the competition "rests with a 14-team, round robin, competition format." The revised format will come into operation and kick off in 2021, ...
Japan's ground-breaking Sunwolves team are set to be axed from Super Rugby, a report said on Wednesday, as the governing body prepared to make an announcement about the competition's future. Sydney's Daily Telegraph said the Sunwolves would be sacrificed as the 15-team, globe-crossing tournament reverts ...
Japan coach Jamie Joseph will replace Filo Tiatia as head coach of the Sunwolves, the side announced Friday. The move follows the consolidation of the team's operations and an alignment of high-performance structures, after a review of the team's first two seasons in Super Rugby. The ...
Sunwolves welcome Super Rugby reshuffle
The Sunwolves responded Monday to the reduction in the number of Super Rugby teams and their move to the Australian Conference, saying the reduced traveling and more favorable time zones will help the side both on and off the field. "We will continue competing in ...
The Sunwolves will remain part of Super Rugby despite the tournament being cut by three teams, it was announced Sunday. SANZAAR — the body that runs Southern Hemisphere rugby — said that from 2018, Super Rugby will be a 15-team competition with the South African ...
The history books will show that the Sunwolves fell to their third loss of the 2017 Super Rugby season on Saturday night. But the 38-31 defeat to the Cheetahs highlighted just what Filo Tiatia's team is capable of. It also showed that talk of the ...
Familiar issues threaten to undermine Sunwolves' progress
Back in January, Kyodo News asked a senior member of the Sunwolves' playing staff about what would constitute a successful season. "If we can pick up one win, that would be good," he said. That the team has — with three games remaining in the season ...
