JAPAN ROUND-UPBy MATT MCILRAITH

ALEX Goode’s Japanese expedition is over. The England man’s season-long loan deal with NEC came to an end when the Green Rockets were outclassed by the Top League favourites, Suntory Sungoliath, 76-31.Led by All Black Beauden Barrett, Suntory ran riot scoring 11 tries against an NEC outfit that had only qualified for the second phase in Japan by registering their first win of the season on the opening weekend of elimination play, seven days earlier.The underdogs, who still scored five tries, including a hat-trick from half-back Daik...