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Kintetsu Liners’ Kefu to lead First Nations & Pasifika XV v Lions
Kintetsu Liners’ forwards coach and World Cup-winning Wallabies legend Toutai Kefu will coach the First Nations and Pasifika XV...

Mark Pickering
May 20, 20252 min read


Kurt-Lee Arendse among 20 players leaving Dynaboars
Glenn Delaney’s Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars announced their outgoing players after concluding their season with an away...

Mark Pickering
May 9, 20251 min read


RugbyJP.com Gossip Column
Welcome to the latest edition of RugbyJP.com ’s Gossip Column as we round-up all the latest news, transfer rumours, departures and...

Mark Pickering
Apr 16, 20252 min read


League One stars as viral toy figures
RugbyJP transformed four League One stars into toy figures in the latest online AI trend. These images were created using AI. Which one...

Mark Pickering
Apr 10, 20251 min read


EXCLUSIVE - Kerevi eyes Lions series in Australia
Wallabies centre Samu Kerevi has held his hand up for selection for the Wallabies’ series against the British and Irish Lions this...

Mark Pickering
Mar 18, 20252 min read


Japan-based ANZAC XV to face British & Irish Lions
RugbyJP has picked a Japan-based ANZAC XV to face the British and Irish Lions in Australia this summer. The trans-Tasman team will be...

Mark Pickering
Feb 28, 20251 min read


Suntory’s Sean McMahon ‘super excited’ to return
Fit-again Suntory Sungoliath star Sean McMahon recently made his long-awaited return from injury during the club's pre-season clash...

Mark Pickering
Nov 18, 20243 min read


Toyota Verblitz signs Australia U20s captain
Cash-rich Toyota Verblitz has signed Australia U20s captain Toby Macpherson on a season-long loan deal from Super Rugby Pacific side ACT...

Mark Pickering
Nov 8, 20242 min read


VIDEO - Best of Sean McMahon in Japan
Former Wallabies star Sean McMahon has played for Suntory Sungoliath since 2017.

Mark Pickering
Nov 3, 20241 min read


Ex-Wallabies star to captain Wayne Pivac’s Green Rockets
Wayne Pivac’s division two outfit NEC Green Rockets has appointed former Australian scrum-half Nick Phipps as their captain for the...

Mark Pickering
Oct 17, 20242 min read


VIDEO - Best of Matt Giteau in Japan
Former Wallabies star Matt Giteau played for Top League side Suntory Sungoliath from 2017-2020

Mark Pickering
Oct 17, 20241 min read


VIDEO - Every Israel Folau try in Japan
Urayasu D-Rocks wing Israel Folau has spent three seasons in Japan. Ex-Wallabies star Folau, 35, helped his team earn promotion to...

Mark Pickering
Oct 11, 20241 min read


EXCLUSIVE - Nick Phipps signs 2-year extension at NEC Green Rockets
Australian scrum-half Nick Phipps has signed a two-year contract extension at division two side NEC Green Rockets, RugbyJP.com can...

Mark Pickering
Oct 5, 20243 min read


VIDEO - Every Bernard Foley try in L1 2023-24
Kubota Spears' 2015 RWC runner-up Bernard Foley scored five tries in eight games in League One last season. Foley, 35, joined Kubota in...

Mark Pickering
Sep 27, 20241 min read


Joe Schmidt to talk to Saitama about picking Koroibete for ANS
Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt plans to speak to Saitama Wild Knights' Robbie Deans about Marika Koroibete’s availability for Australia’s...

Mark Pickering
Sep 27, 20242 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
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