“So we thought this is really an opportunity to push up rugby as a sport more highly and let’s aim high.” League One replaces the Japan Top League, which already was a magnet for some of the ...

Greig Laidlaw has a task akin to that of scaling the 4,413ft Ben Nevis if he is to pilot his side clear of the post season relegation..

The road to HSBC SVNS will get underway in South Africa this weekend while the Japan Rugby League One title race gathers pace.

Japan's rugby union said Tuesday it was seeking answers after its chairman, Kensuke Iwabuchi, was suspended from his position with Asia Rugby pending an investigation into a potential code of ...

The Robbie Deans-coached Saitama Wild Knights have beaten the Kobe Steelers to open up a six-point lead at the top of the ...

The Japan Rugby Football Union is challenging a decision by Asia Rugby to temporarily suspend JRFU executive director Kensuke Iwabuchi over a possible Code of Conduct breach in an unprecedented ...

"The highest club level around playing the top stadiums in France ... "It's fairly clear what I experienced in Japan," he told WWOS. "The rugby up there is really tough and really good.