New Zealand plans to cut South Africa, Argentina from Super Rugby
New Zealand is pushing for a new Super Rugby competition that would exclude South Africa and Argentina but include a Pacific Islands team and an undetermined number of Australian teams. A statement from New Zealand Rugby on Friday indicated it will break from Super Rugby’s ...
Last dance for Sunwolves complicates matters in 2020 Super Rugby campaign
Lance Conrad wrote in "The Price of Nobility" that "only a fool would underestimate a man with nothing to lose." It is a mantra that perhaps should be taken up by the coaches of the 12 Super Rugby sides that take on the Sunwolves this ...
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 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 ...
