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/ 8 years agoSanderson: Farrell best man to lead us to Japan
By GARY FITZGERALD EDDIE Jones has been urged to dump Dylan Hartley and keep Owen Farrell as his captain right up...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoHong Kong heroes dream about Japan
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Now for France: Hong Kong players celebrate HONG KONG served notice that there could be a second Asian...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoJapan target quarter-finals
JAPAN rugby coach Jamie Joseph said his team are capable of making history by reaching the quarter-finals at next year’s World...
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Features
/ 8 years agoShaun has date in Japan
NOT a week goes by this summer without Shaun Edwards being linked to a job other than the one he has...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSpringboks star quashes Bath link with Japan move
He starred against England in the June Tests
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Features
/ 8 years agoBack Jenkins to be in the starting XV come Japan
AS Warren Gatland’s boys prepare for their second Test with Argentina this week, a special word on back row co-captain Ellis...
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/ 8 years agoNew cap Kinghorn plots route to Japan
By GARY HEATLY Edinburgh ace: Blair Kinghorn PICTURE: Getty Images BLAIR Kinghorn knows that Gregor Townsend has put a lot of...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoEngland up the heat in Pennyhill sweat-shop ready for Japan
Things will get tropical for Eddie Jones' selection of players he plans on taking to the 2019 Rugby World Cup
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoEddie must adopt Japan style
I AGREE with Jeff Probyn’s points regarding the coaching and selection of the England team over the past 12 months, especially...
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/ 9 years agoLos Teros edge out Canucks for place in Japan
WORLD CUP PLAY-OFF By JON NEWCOMBE Uruguay …32 Canada …31 URUGUAY qualified for RWC 2019 by beating Canada 32-31 in the...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoForce yourselves into Eddie’s plan for Japan
NEALE HARVEY finds England head coach Steve Bates has set his lads a big challenge Under 20s Returning stars: Quins flier...
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Features
/ 9 years agoRoberts considering swansong in Japan
WALES centre Jamie Roberts is weighing up a move to Japan at the end of the season when his contract at...
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Features
/ 9 years agoJapan’s safe and silent – and brilliant
Former England lock Geoff Parling tells of his new life in Japan with Sanix Blues ahead of joining Melbourne Rebels Six...
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Features
/ 9 years agoJapan making strides after Wallaby pasting
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks at the Autumn’s big winners and losers from Test rugby’s second tier BRENDAN GALLAGHER Stunner: Shota Horie scores...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 9 years agoNoves ‘ job in danger as Ishihara grabs draw for Japan
By GEORGE LAWRENCE France……………23 Japan ……………23 SHINTARO Ishihara crossed with five minutes remaining to earn Japan a famous draw in Paris....
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoTime to start the fine-tuning two years out from Japan
BRENDAN GALLAGHER sets the scene for another intriguing autumn and picks his stars to watch Giant-killers: Scotland beat Australia in the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoAll Blacks will still be team to beat in Japan – Delaney
By NEALE HARVEY FORECASTS of New Zealand’s impending demise in the wake of their drawn series with the B&I Lions have...
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/ 9 years agoGatland switches focus to going out on top in Japan
By ALEX BYWATER WARREN Gatland says he’s already planning for the 2019 World Cup with Wales after leading the Lions to...
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/ 9 years agoVolavola secures Fiji’s place in Japan
FIJI qualified for the 2019 World Cup in Japan with a second-half rally to beat Tonga in their Pacific Nations Cup...
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoIrish sizzle in the sun to roast Japan with 7 tries
By JOSEPH ROSS IRELAND racked up seven tries to demolish Japan on Saturday in the second of their threematch summer tour....
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/ 9 years agoSix changes for Ireland in Japan this weekend
Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt has announced six changes for the team to face Japan in Shizuoka on Saturday in the...
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoJapan 33 Romania 21
■JAPAN’S pace got the better of Romania’s brawn at a packed Egao Kenko Stadium. With Michael Leitch and Fumiaki Tanaka showing...
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/ 10 years agoSaracens bring in Samoan from Japan
Saracens have signed Samoan second-row Fa’atiga Lemalu on a short-term deal from Japanese Super Rugby side the Sunwolves with immediate effect....
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Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoGiteau decides to end his career in Japan
MATT GITEAUwill leave Toulon at the end of the season and move to Japan. The Australian played a key role in...
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/ 10 years agoWales change 10 to take on Japan
Wales will be led by Sam Warburton as they take on Japan with a side that shows ten changes from the...
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/ 10 years agoGoromaru: France should open doors to Japanese players
New Toulon signing Ayumu Goromaru is hopeful that he will be the first of many Japanese players to ply their trade...
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/ 10 years agoJapan move for Bath lock Day
As revealed in The Rugby Paper by Neil Fissler on March 20, Dominic Day will leave Bath at the end of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher feature: Georgia have success at Japan 2019 on their mind
Georgia might have been mobbed at Tbilisi airport at some ungodly hour on their return from RWC2015 and, yes, a week...
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/ 11 years agoBath sign Japan No.8
Bath have today announced the signing of Japan No.8 Amanaki Mafi. Mafi will arrive at Bath at the end of January,...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoJapanese scrum ace Marc Dal Maso in line for England
Former hooker could become the first Frenchman to coach England.
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain column: Quota system cost Heyneke Meyer as much as that Japan defeat
It’s the impossible job. It’s called coaching South Africa, and it’s the one that Heyneke Meyer has just resigned from, falling...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoHistory maker Japan beat USA but miss out on quarter-finals
Japan became the first team to miss out on the World Cup quarter-finals having won three pool matches after they beat...
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/ 11 years agoSteve Borthwick turns Japan into Land of Rising Scrum
Japan’s pack, once the butt of jokes and considered little more than a speed-bump on the way to the try-line by...
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/ 11 years agoHIGHLIGHTS: Scotland open RWC account with win over Japan
Scotland kicked off their World Cup campaign with a comprehensive 45-10 win over Japan in Gloucester today. Following their exploit against South Africa...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoJapan blossom into contenders
Brendan Gallagher charts the remarkable rise of Japan under coach Eddie Jones.
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/ 12 years agoSteve Borthwick to take up Japan role
Steve Borthwick will link up with former Saracens boos Eddie Jones after being named Japan‘s forwards coach. The Sarries captain, who will retire after...
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/ 12 years agoJapan qualify for World Cup
Japan will play in the 2015 World Cup after claiming the Asian Five Nations title beating Hong Kong 49-8 in Tokyo....
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/ 12 years agoVIDEO: The rise of rugby in Japan
Christina Macfarlane looks at the rise of rugby in an unlikely place. Video courtesy of CNN’s International’s ‘Rugby Sevens Worldwide’, sponsored by...
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Sevens World Series
/ 12 years agoTom Mitchell: Konichiwa from Japan’s capital
Konichiwa! That is pretty much the extent of our grasp of the lingo out here. Of all our stops on the...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoJapan v New Zealand preview
Frank Alai and Dominic Bird will make their All Blacks debut after being named in the starting XV to face Japan...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 13 years agoGloucester to face Japan in November
There will be a battle of the cherries at Kingsholm in November as Gloucester announced today they will face Japan on...
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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: No favours for Fiji as All Blacks pick Japan
The All Blacks could have played England or Wales in November and charged their going rate for an out-of-window Test of...
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/ 13 years agoJapan v Wales: teams
Cardiff Blues flanker Josh Navidi will make his international debut after being named in Wales‘ starting XV to face Japan. Navidi,...
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/ 13 years agoDavies to lead Wales in Japan
As revealed by Matt Lloyd in The Rugby Paper on Sunday, Bradley Davies will captain a young Wales side that ncluded...
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/ 13 years agoScott Williams out of Japan tour
Scott Williams has been force to withdraw from Wales‘ tour to Japan due to a recurrent shoulder injury. The 22-year-old sustained...
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/ 13 years agoWales name squad for Japan tour
Interim Wales coach Robin McBryde has named his squad to face Japan in a two-game series next month. There was a...
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/ 13 years agoShane Williams to carry on in Japan
Shane Williams has revealed he will be returning to Japan to play a second season with the Mitsubishi Dynaboars. Talking to...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 14 years agoDave Walder loves mad whirl of rugby, Japanese-style
Dave Walder has found playing in Japan ‘mystifying and infuriating’ – but he does not want his Oriental adventure to end....
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/ 4 days agoDavies leaves Tigers to join Wales coaching team
ALEX Davies is leaving Leicester Tigers to become a kicking coach for Wales. Steve Tandy has appointed the 40-year-old after being...
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Columnists
/ 4 days agoJoe Simpson: Maxime Lucu has the edge on Antoine Dupont in the France scrum-half battle
Joe Simpson weighs in on France’s scrum-half battle between Maxime Lucu and Antoine Dupont, England’s workload concerns, the Premiership’s entertainment challenge...
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