TOKYO (Aug 31) Rugby World Cup winner JP Pietersen took just 10 seconds to get his first try in the Japan Rugby Top League as Panasonic Wild Knights hammered Kintetsu Liners 46-0 on Saturday.
TOKYO (Aug. 30) Ryan Nicholas became the first player to score 1,000 points in the Japan Rugby Top League as he helped Suntory Sungoliath open the 2013-14 season with a 32-6 victory over NTT Communications Shining Arcs on Friday night.
Japan will play world champions New Zealand in Tokyo on Nov. 2, it was confirmed Friday with the game set to played at the Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground.
TOKYO (June 23) – Japan wrapped up a busy 10-match schedule Sunday with their seventh win, leaving head coach Eddie Jones very pleased with the way the side has developed.
TOKYO (June 23) – Japan made it three test wins in eight days and seven from 10 for the year when they beat the United States 38-20 at the Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground on Sunday.