COLWYN BAY, Wales (Nov. 14) – The Japan side to take on Russia on Friday evening at Parc Eirias shows three changes from the run-on XV that lost to Scotland last weekend and 13 from the team that went down to Gloucester on Tuesday night.
GLOUCESTER (Nov. 12) – Despite the score, Japan stand-in coach Scott Wisemantel said there were still positives to be taken from Tuesday night’s 40-5 loss to Gloucester, “We showed that we were very positive with ball in hand but we have got to work on our skill issues,” he said after the game.
GLOUCESTER (Nov. 12) – Japan fell to their third straight defeat when they went down 40-5 to Gloucester at Kingsholm on Tuesday evening.
GLOUCESTER (Nov. 11) – Having lined up in front of the main stand at Kingsholm to observe a minute’s silence for Remembrance Day, the Japan national rugby team held their final training session ahead of Tuesday’s game against Gloucester.
GLOUCESTER (Nov. 11) – Japan stand-in head coach Scott Wisemantel named the team Monday that will take on English Premiership side Gloucester at Kingsholm on Tuesday evening.
EDINBURGH (Nov. 10) – Japan stand-in coach Scott Wisemantel said he was proud of his team’s performance despite them being outscored six tries to two in Saturday’s 42-17 defeat to Scotland.
EDINBURGH (Nov. 10) – Japan’s four-match tour of Europe got off to a losing start Saturday when they fell 42-17 to Scotland at Edinburgh.
EDINBURGH (Nov. 9) – Japan head into Saturday’s game with Scotland in confident mood despite last weekend’s loss to New Zealand.
EDINBURGH (Nov. 7) – Japan stand-in head coach Scott Wisemantel named his side Thursday for Saturday’s test with Scotland at Murrayfield.
TOKYO (Nov. 2) – Japan were beaten 54-6 by New Zealand at a sold-out Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground on Saturday. But they showed that they are closing the gap on the top tier nations with a battling performance, that was only marred by a few handling errors and turnovers.