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Tag: Sunwolves

Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia

Rugby storms into Asia as World Cup Japan kicks off

by Andrew Salmon September 20, 2019February 18, 2020

If you are Asian – or you’d simply like to see rugby expand in the world’s most populous region – you should have been roaring for the “Brave Blossoms” when Japan goes head-to-head with Russia in the inaugural match of the Rugby World Cup in Tokyo on Friday night. Rugby’s biggest competition has come to Asia […]

Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia

Japanese team’s sidelining a blow to rugby in Asia

by John Duerden March 28, 2019February 18, 2020

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