Prior to the play-offs in the 2022-23 Japan Rugby League One season, current table toppers Kubota Spears, had never beaten Saturda…
Tabai Matson won the battle of the ex-Bath and Crusaders coaching colleagues as BlackRams Tokyo overpowered Todd Blackadder’s To…
Time is running out for Kwagga Smith, Charles Piutau, and the Shizuoka BlueRevs.
Steve Hansen enjoyed the finest day of his career coaching in Japan Rugby League One as Toyota Verblitz thumped Toshiba Brave Lupu…
It hasn’t taken long for Ardie Savea to become a talisman for Kobelco Kobe Steelers in Japan Rugby League One.
Israel Folau has scored just the second hat-trick of his career in Japan's League One rugby union competition, but it was not enou…
For once, he couldn’t deliver. Having saved Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo’s ‘bacon’ three weeks ago, when his right foot step …
As good as last season was, when Dave Rennie’s Kobelco Kobe Steelers achieved their highest placing since the title-winning seas…
Yokohama Canon Eagles sent Steve Hansen’s Toyota Verblitz to the bottom of the table following a 20-14 defeat.
And so it goes on. When the Saitama Wild Knights edged out Tokyo Sungoliath by a point in the latest round of Japan Rugby Leagu…
They might be under new management but otherwise things have remained largely the same as regular season ‘Kings’ Saitama Wild …
Malcolm Marx and Richie Mo’unga have been playing against each other for a long time, first crossing paths in the kit of the Lio…
Former Crusaders and Highlanders first five-eighth Mitch Hunt has scored the most points in Japan's second division after four rou…
Former NRL flyers Semi Radradra and Valynce Te Whare scored doubles on Saturday as Shizuoka BlueRevs claimed their second win of t…
The All Blacks might be looking for a new coach, but New Zealand Rugby might be well served trying to talk a second rower into ret…
Kobelco Kobe Steelers might be flying, but the positive vibe will give way to solemnity as Japan Rugby League One remembers the Gr…
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