The Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens is the next round to take centre stage in the world of rugby sevens. Alongside the main men’s competition, the seventh round of the World Series, two qualifier tournaments will take place from 6-8 March. The 12-team tournaments have always been one of ...
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進め！ラグビー精神で We advance！With the spirit of Rugby. IWATE-KAMAISHI JAPAN UNO-SMILE CM TEAM
A truly inspiring story about how Rugby helped a city and its people recover from the terrible disaster that took place around Kamaishi on 11th March 2011: The Great East Japan Earthquake. Kamaishi is also one the Rugby World Cup Host City ...
Junior Japan Top The Table After A Bonus Point Victory Over Tonga A #WRPC2018
More than 100 points were scored on the opening day of the World Rugby Pacific Challenge 2018 in Suva with Junior Japan and defending champions Fiji Warriors recording victories over Tonga A and Samoa A respectively on Friday. Junior Japan fought back from a half-time deficit in the opening match ...
Sunwolves Host Stormers In First Super Rugby Match In Hong Kong
Hong Kong will stage its first ever Super Rugby match on 19 May 2018 at Mong Kok Stadium when Japan’s Hito-Communications Sunwolves host South Africa’s DHL Stormers in Week 14 of the 19-week 2018 regular season. Although the Sunwolves will be on debut in the city, the side features some familiar ...
Rugby World Cup 2019 official supporter tour package sales begin
January 2018 marks an exciting milestone for fans on the road to Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan with the launch of official supporter tour package sales. With Asia’s first Rugby World Cup set to deliver a unique experience for fans, demand is expected to be high as 21 leading official travel ...
Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 qualification
Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 will feature 24 men’s and 16 women’s teams across four days of competition at AT&T Park in San Francisco. There will be three aspects to the qualification process with teams qualified by virtue of their finish at RWC Sevens 2013 in Moscow, via the HSBC World Rugby ...
Korea Topple Japan To Win AR7s Leg 2
Korea pulled off a monumental win on home soil over Japan, 17-12 and give themselves a great opportunity at qualifying for next year's Rugby World Cup 7's in San Francisco. Jeong Yeon Sik was the hometown hero as he scored a brace of tries in the first half as Korea dominated the early physical ...
World Rugby U20 Trophy : Japan V Chile
Missed kicks cost Chile dear as Japan overcame a shaky start to begin their bid to gain promotion back to the World Rugby U20 Championship on a winning note. Crucially for Chile, seven points went begging from the tee in the first half as Tomas Salas was unable to convert tries from Domingo ...
Japan Target Immediate Return To The Top | World Rugby U20 Trophy
Japan are targeting an immediate return to the top level of international age-grade competition by winning the World Rugby U20 Trophy for the second time in their history. Relegated to the Trophy following their bottom-place finish at the World Rugby U20 Championship in 2016, Japan go into the ...
Womens Rugby World Cup 2017 | 11th Place Play-Off: Japan V Hong Kong
These two nations know each other very well, Japan having emphatically won their two most recent encounters in the Asia Rugby Women's Championship in July. Japan will end a 15-year wait for their second World Cup victory if they can make it three wins this year against the side they also beat ...