Ireland wing James Lowe could make his Suntory Sungoliath debut against his former club the Chiefs in a pre-season game at Tokyo’s Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in November. New signing Lowe, 34, who has joined the big-spending Fuchu outfit as a replacement for Stormers-bound Springboks superstar Cheslin Kolbe, has already moved to Japan and linked up with ex-Japan fly-half Keisuke Sawaki’s team. © Suntory Sungoliath The 45-cap Test star is understood to have inked a two-year

Kubota Spears full-back Shaun Stevenson has pledged his allegiance to Samoa for his return to Test rugby, RugbyJP.com can exclusively reveal. The 29-year-old full-back played the full 80 minutes in the League One final loss to Dave Rennie’s Kobe Steelers on 7 June despite picking up a leg injury 30 minutes into the first half. One-cap All Black Stevenson made 133 metres for Frans Ludeke’s back-to-back runners up – more than double second-placed Ardie Savea (65m) - and made fi

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

The Cross-Border Rugby series between League One and Super Rugby sides will not be held in 2025. While the decision was made and...