Greig Laidlaw, the newly appointed Head Coach of Japanese top-flight JRLO club Urayasu D-Rocks, spoke at his first press conference on 28th August 2024 in Japan, which was also live-streamed. The former D-Rocks and Scotland international unveiled his coaching team […]
Recently retired from international rugby for the Black Ferns, Portia Woodman-Wickliffe has signed on to play rugby in Japan for Mie PEARLS, while her partner Renee will take on the Assistant coaching role at the club. Feature Photo – Renee […]
The news that the JRFU has appointed former England international and USA Rugby coach Phil Greening means that both the national Japanese 7s sides will have new head coaches this season. It had already been announced that new Sakura 7s […]
Eddie Jones and his new-look Brave Blossoms get their Pacific Nations Cup 2024 underway on Sunday 25 August at BC Place in Vancouver having not lost to Canada in the past 8 matches. In the 25 times the two nations’ […]
World Rugby has extended its partnership with Two Circles and announced it is targeting new growth opportunities, specifically fan-centric global commercial revenue growth. The Women’s Rugby World Cup England 2025 will be the first major rugby event under the new […]
There is exactly one year to go until the Women’s Rugby World Cup England 2025 kicks off in Sunderland, with ticket details confirmed. This is expected to be the biggest Women’s RWC yet – certainly in terms of participating teams, […]
Hong Kong China Rugby confirmed their full women’s XV squad to train and travel to Dubai for the upcoming WXV3 2024 tournament which runs from 27th September – 12th October at the The Sevens Stadium. Feature Photo Credit: HKCR The […]
As we had recently announced across our socials, the JRFU confirmed the appointment of a new Sakura 7s Head coach, with former player Yuka Kanematsu taking over from Takashi Suzuki. Kanematsu has served as the Head Coach of the Women’s […]
Following the tightly contested opening round match of the Taiyo Seimei Japan Rugby Challenge Series 2024 in which the USA snatched a late equalising penalty to earn a 17-all draw, both sides will take lessons into the second and final […]
On August 16th 2024, World Rugby announced that Asahi Super Dry had joined the Pacific Nations Cup 2024 as the title sponsor, just one week before the tournament was due to get underway which includes Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Canada, the […]
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