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Wallabies greats Will Genia and Quade Cooper return to Kintetsu Liners as coaches
Hanazono Kintetsu Liners’ former superstar half-back pairing of Will Genia and Quade Cooper have rejoined the division two side as...

Mark Pickering
Jul 292 min read


Yokohama’s Faf de Klerk left out of Boks squad
Yokohama Canon Eagles’ double World Cup-winning scrum-half Faf de Klerk has been overlooked for South Africa’s 37-man squad for the first...

Mark Pickering
Jul 232 min read


All Black Anton Lienert-Brown joins Savea and Retallick in Kobe
Kobe Steelers has officially announced the arrival of All Blacks and Chiefs centre Anton Lienert-Brown on a one-year contract. The...

Mark Pickering
Jul 232 min read


World Cup winner and ex-All Black join division two side
Japanese division two side Hanazono Kintetsu Liners have announced the arrival of World Cup-winning fly-half Manie Libbok and ex-All...

Mark Pickering
Jul 222 min read


Wales unveils Steve Tandy as new head coach
The Welsh Rugby Union has named Scotland’s defence coach and ex-Ospreys head coach Steve Tandy as their new head coach. Tandy, who worked...

Mark Pickering
Jul 212 min read


My time in Japan was amazing - Kurt-Lee Arendse
Former Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars star Kurt-Lee Arendse has hailed his League One experience and believes he’s a better player...

Mark Pickering
Jul 182 min read


Antoine Dupont reunites with Naoto Saito at Osaka's World Expo
France captain Antoine Dupont was reunited with his Toulouse teammate Naoto Saito at the World Expo in Osaka on Monday. The injured Paris...

Mark Pickering
Jul 152 min read


Wales hold firm to beat Japan and end 18-game losing streak
Wales fought their way to a gutsy 31-22 win over Japan to end a two-year, 18-game game losing streak in Kobe on Saturday. The downbeat...

Mark Pickering
Jul 144 min read


Jones and Leitch eye history in Japan’s second Test against Wales
Japan head coach Eddie Jones came into the home Lipovitan D Challenge Cup series against Wales under-pressure and in need making a...

Mark Pickering
Jul 114 min read


Wales fans urge clubs to swoop for Japanese free agent
Wales fans have urged their club sides to approach Japanese international Shuhei Takeuchi who is a free agent after leaving League One...

Mark Pickering
Jul 112 min read


Joseph Manu and Nathan Hughes join Racing 92
Ex-Toyota Verblitz wing Joseph Manu and former Black Rams Tokyo number eight Nathan Hughes have both joined France's Top 14 giants Racing...

Mark Pickering
Jul 92 min read


Returning Pieter-Steph du Toit starts for Boks v Italy
Toyotz Verblitz’s Pieter-Steph du Toit has been named in South Africa’s new-look starting line-up to face Italy in his first appearance...

Mark Pickering
Jul 92 min read


Japan fightback condemns Wales to 18th loss in a row
Eddie Jones’ Japan produced a stirring second-half comeback to defeat Wales 24-19 as the visitors wilted in the Kitakyushu heat....

Mark Pickering
Jul 53 min read


The untold story of Suntory’s 2001 win over Wales
Wales’ return to Japan, for the first time since the 2019 World Cup, will see the visitors fighting to end the worst losing streak in...

Mark Pickering
Jul 53 min read


Brave Blossoms newcomers eye Wales upset
Japan has selected wing wizard Kippei Ishida, a breakthrough talent that Eddie Jones has billed as the ‘new Cheslin Kolbe’, for his first...

Mark Pickering
Jul 54 min read


Japan to unleash ‘new Kolbe’ against Wales
Japan will hand a debut to Yokohama Canon Eagles wing Kippei Ishida against Wales on Saturday after head coach Eddie Jones...

Mark Pickering
Jul 42 min read


Faf de Klerk returns to Boks squad v Italy
Yokohama Canon Eagles scrum-half Faf de Klerk has been named among the replacements for the Springboks' Test match against Italy at...

Mark Pickering
Jul 12 min read


Japan XV to host Australia A in October
The Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) and Rugby Australia today announced that a fixture between Australia A and a Japan XV side will...

Mark Pickering
Jun 272 min read


Sam Greene has adapted well – Neal Hatley
Japan XV acting head coach Neal Hatley has highlighted the need for Japan to build depth at fly-half and praised the work of newcomer Sam...

Mark Pickering
Jun 262 min read


Hurricanes announce the arrival of Warner Dearns for 2026
Back-to-back League One winner Warner Dearns will join Super Rugby Pacific outfit the Hurricanes for the 2026 season, the club announced...

Mark Pickering
Jun 252 min read
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