Junior Japan put the disappointment of three consecutive runners-up finishes behind them to beat four-time reigning champions Fiji Warriors 21-12 and claim their first World Rugby Pacific Challenge title in Suva on Saturday. It brought to an end the Warriors' incredible 15-match winning run in ...
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Japan win breath-taking HSBC World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series final in Montevideo
· Japan win in Uruguay and top the Challenger Series standings with 39 points · HSBC World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series acts as new promotion route for teams onto sevens world series · New Challenger Series set to boost sevens’ growth across the globe Japan ...
Hong Kong and Japan advance to cup quarters in Challenger Series finale in Uruguay
After reaching the final last week in Chile, the Hong Kong Rugby Union’s men’s sevens squad turned in a polished performance in Montevideo, Uruguay to reach the cup quarterfinals of the Challenger Series finale. The results should be sufficient to garner Hong Kong a place in the top eight teams ...
2020 Asia Rugby Women’s Championship (RWC 2021 Qualifier) postponed
Following the decisions on 14 February to reschedule this year’s Hong Kong and Singapore Sevens tournaments, in light of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, Asia Rugby, in coordination with its participating unions, is rescheduling the 2020 Asia Rugby Women’s Championship in Hong Kong until the provisional ...
Hong Kong to host Asia Rugby’s ‘Women’s Rugby World Cup 2021 qualifier’
Asia’s final qualifier competition for the Women's Rugby World Cup 2021 shall be held in Hong Kong in mid-March. Our 3 unions competing for a place at the RWC are Hong Kong, Japan and Kazakhstan. Matches are scheduled to take place as below: Saturday 14 March: Hong Kong v ...
Japan Rugby’s Sakura Sevens help Guam ladies during their visit to Guam
Japan Rugby’s Sakura Sevens Women’s team, currently ranked 11th in the world, were on Guam for an intense ten day training camp ahead of their attendance at the World Rugby Seven’s Series round in Sydney Australia in February - but with their eyes clearly on performing well at the Olympics being ...
Pools and schedule announced for World Rugby U20 Championship 2020
The world’s 12 best teams will compete across five match days in northern Italy, bidding to succeed France as champions with the winners to be crowned in Parma on 18 July. The teams taking part in the premier age-grade tournament have been divided into three pools of four with the medallists from ...
Successful European tour puts Sakura 15s at an all-time high
Not to be outdone by the Brave Blossoms, who reached the quarter-finals of a Rugby World Cup for the first time in their home tournament, Japan's women's 15s team finished the year with a flourish to end 2019 at their highest-ever World Rugby Women's Ranking of 12th. VIEW FULL RANKINGS ...
Minami hopes Japan’s women can create their own history
Japan women’s prop Saki Minami believes her team-mates can draw inspiration from the Brave Blossoms’ historic Rugby World Cup 2019 campaign as they plot their path to New Zealand 2021. Minami captained her country on the July tour to Australia and will be involved again in L’Aquila on Saturday as ...
Rugby World Cup 2019 finals medals capture the spirit of Japan
Rugby World Cup 2019 finals medals capture the spirit of Japan, following an incredible five weeks of Rugby World Cup action, and with the rugby world counting down to the final weekend of Rugby World Cup 2019, World Rugby and the Japan 2019 Organising Committee have revealed the designs for the ...