As was announced in 2023, the new Ashahi Super Dry Pacific Nations Cup will feature Japan, Canada, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and the USA and the dates for the tournament have been confirmed – with three pool rounds from 23rd August […]
JRFU Brave Blossoms Head Coach Eddie Jones and captain for the PNC (Pacific Nations Cup) 2024, Harumichi Tatekawa, addressed the media ahead of the competition from their training camp, fielding questions mainly from Japanese media and ourselves at Rugby Asia […]
World Rugby confirmed the Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualification process for the men’s tournament in Australia. As we already know, Asia will now have a direct qualifier from the Asia Rugby Men’s Championship 2025 – in fact, all World Rugby […]
The Sakura XV look to continue the good form they have shown in 2024 in the Taiyo Seimei Japan Rugby Challenge Series 2024 in their first home test of the year which sees them take on the higher-ranked USA on […]
With a number of agreements signed between clubs and the unions in Australia and New Zealand with Japan, both the Reds men and Western Force women have announced tours to Japan in 2024. Western Force Super W – Japan Tour […]
Asia Rugby has announced a few match-official appointments in August 2024, with George Danapal ending his role as Match Officials Development Consultant, while Dilroy Fernando takes over as the new Match Official Manager. Peter Hudson takes on the role of […]
Eddie Jones, the Brave Blossoms Head Coach, has selected another young group of players for the training camp as they prepare for the 2024 Pacific Nations Cup (PNC) as they chase their first test win of the year. Following losses […]
The Japan Rugby Football Union confirmed that the Sakura Fifteen will host the USA women for a two-test tour to Japan in August this year as part of the Taiyo Seimei Japan Rugby Challenge Series 2024. Updated 8 August 2024 […]
New Zealand held on to beat a brave Canadian team to claim back-to-back women’s rugby sevens Olympic gold in Paris 2024 after the USA had shocked Australia to claim bronze to win their first Olympic sevens medal. It was a […]
The New Zealand Women’s Sevens team secured back-to-back Olympic gold at Paris 2024, with the knockout games producing a number of upsets in a record-breaking tournament. Canada and the USA claimed a historic silver and bronze respectivelly while both Asian […]
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