The Japan U17 Boys team proved too strong and skillful in the Asia Rugby U17 Boys Sevens tournament in Taiwan as they swept past the best youth teams from around the region in the Asia Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. And with their victory, claimed their ticket to next year's Youth Olympic Games in ...
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Japan U17s Dominate Day One In Taiwan
The Japan U17 Boys Sevens team look the front runners in booking a spot as Asia's representative in the Youth Olympic Games 2018 following a dominant display of Sevens rugby in Tainan, Taiwan. Japan started strongly in their first match versus Laos as they easily won, 49-0 and quickly ...
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 ...
Japan Finish Ireland 2017 On A High With Victory Over Asian Rivals Hong Kong
Japan finished Ireland 2017 on a high with victory over Asian rivals Hong Kong to claim only their second win in Women's Rugby World Cup history. #WRWC2017 The Sakura 15 had emphatically beaten Hong Kong twice to win the Asia Rugby Women's Championship crown again in July, but this was a much ...
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 ...
Womens Rugby World Cup 2017 | Japan V Ireland
Japan’s women had threatened to produce an upset every bit as big as their male counterparts at the last Rugby World Cup as they led 14-0 at half-time after a penalty try and one from Mayu Shimizu. But resilient Ireland bounced back, as they did against Australia in round one, with Fitzpatrick ...
#WRWC2017 France v Japan | Asia Rugby
France took themselves to the top of Pool C with a 12-try defeat of Japan in the day's final match at Billings Park. The 2014 bronze medallists had the bonus point wrapped up inside 16 minutes against the Sakura 15, flanker Romane Menager scoring a great solo try in the opening minute before ...
Teams excited to finally get WRWC 2017 underway
The long wait is almost over for the 12 participating teams with defending champions England and Spain to meet in the opening match of Women's Rugby World Cup 2017, a tournament that sees Hong Kong make their debut. The wait is almost over with the eighth edition of Women's Rugby World Cup set ...
Top Eight The Goal For Determined Japan | #WRWC2017
Japan may be making their first Women’s Rugby World Cup appearance since 2002, but that hasn’t stopped coach coach Goshi Arimizu from setting his side a target of a top eight finish in Ireland next month. The Sakura 15s are ranked 14th in the World Rugby Women’s Rankings and will face France, ...