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Urayasu D-Rocks renews partnership with Western Force
League One division one newcomers Urayasu D-Rocks has renewed their strategic partnership with Australian Super Rugby Pacific...

Mark Pickering
Sep 25, 20242 min read


Australian school boys sent home from Japan rugby tour after disgraceful act
Three boys from an Australian school have been sent home from their rugby tour in Japan after allegedly stealing a disabled man’s...

Mark Pickering
Sep 25, 20241 min read


VIDEO - Every Semisi Masirewa try in L1 2023-24
Hanazono Kintetsu Liners full-back Semisi Masirewa scored four tries in eight League One appearances in 2023-24. Division two side Liners...

Mark Pickering
Sep 25, 20241 min read


Injury update on Yokohama’s Faf de Klerk
Yokohama Canon Eagles scrum-half Faf de Klerk will be available for selection for the Springboks’ Autumn Nations Series according to...

Mark Pickering
Sep 24, 20241 min read


VIDEO - Every Kotaro Matsushima try in L1 2023-24
Suntory Sungoliath full-back Kotaro Matsushima scored seven tries last season in League One. Matsushima, 31, was overlooked for Eddie...

Mark Pickering
Sep 24, 20241 min read


No second thoughts about leaving New Zealand - Sam Cane
Former All Blacks captain Sam Cane has said that he has no regrets about his decision to walk away from New Zealand rugby to prolong his...

Mark Pickering
Sep 24, 20242 min read


Steve Hansen’s Toyota Verblitz signs Australian teenager
Toyota Verblitz has announced the signing of Australian teenager Jonas Tanaka Dowlin. The 18-year-old hooker graduated from Waverley...

Mark Pickering
Sep 24, 20242 min read


Suntory signs promising Kiwi scrum-half
Tokyo Suntory Sungoliath have signed promising scrum-half Max Hughes from Christchurch-based footy side Sydenham RFC. Suntory has already...

Mark Pickering
Sep 23, 20242 min read


Division three newcomers Secom Rugguts sign Super Rugby stalwart
League One division three new boys Secom Rugguts has sealed a major transfer coup in signing utility back Chase Tiatia from Western...

Mark Pickering
Sep 23, 20242 min read


VIDEO - Every Jone Naikabula try in L1 2023-24
Toshiba's Jone Naikabula starred for his side with a haul of 12 tries in the 2023-24 season The Fiji-born winger, 30, signed a four-year...

Mark Pickering
Sep 22, 20241 min read


VIDEO HL - Japan v Fiji, PNC Final
Watch below the highlights of Fiji's commanding 41-17 win over Japan in Saturday's Pacific Nations Cup Grand Final in Osaka. #rugbyjp...

Mark Pickering
Sep 22, 20241 min read


VIDEO - Every Nathan Hughes try in L1 2023-24
Watch all 12 of Black Rams Tokyo number eight Nathan Hughes' tries from the 2023-24 League One season. Fiji-born Hughes, 33, earned 22...

Mark Pickering
Sep 21, 20241 min read


Yokohama Canon Eagles to host open training session
Yokohama Canon Eagles will host an open training session for fans to attend on Wednesday 25 September. Canon, who lost the third-place...

Mark Pickering
Sep 20, 20241 min read


VIDEO - Best of Dylan Riley in L1
Saitama Wild Knights centre scored 14 tries last season as Robbie Deans' side finished as runners-up in the League One final. Watch all...

Mark Pickering
Sep 20, 20241 min read


Honda Heat set to move over 600km from Suzuka to Tochigi
League One division one side Honda Heat are set to relocate from Suzuka City in Mie Prefecture to Utsunomiya City in Tochigi – next to...

Mark Pickering
Sep 19, 20242 min read


Ex-Kobe star Ardie Savea - Wallabies in Sydney is a huge task
All Blacks vice-captain and former Kobe Steelers star Ardie Savea remains confident that his side can turn around their below-par Rugby...

Mark Pickering
Sep 19, 20243 min read


VIDEO HL - Ex-Japan ace Akihito Yamada, 39, in 2023-24 season
Watch every Akihito Yamada try for League One division two side Kyuden Voltex in 2023-2024. Ex-Japan star Yamada, 39, who scored 95 tries...

Mark Pickering
Sep 18, 20241 min read


Best of Sonny Bill Williams in Japan
Highlights of Sonny Bill Williams playing for Panasonic in the 2012-2013 Top League season. Follow RugbyJP.com on social media:...

Mark Pickering
Sep 18, 20241 min read


Liners’ Will Genia visits his home city of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Former Australia scrum-half Will Genia recently returned to his native city of Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. The 36-year-old Kintetsu...

Mark Pickering
Sep 17, 20241 min read


Former NRL star aims to make it in Japan.. as a pro wrestler
Former NRL star Daniel Vidot is currently in Japan aiming to be signed up by one of the country’s top pro wrestling promotions. Free...

Mark Pickering
Sep 16, 20241 min read
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