Japan's Top League will look to put a year lost to the COVID-19 pandemic behind it on Saturday when play returns for the final season in the competition's current guise.

Japan head coach Jamie Joseph could not help but chuckle when asked about his England counterpart Eddie Jones on Tuesday after the two nations were drawn in the same pool for the 2023 Rugby World Cup ...

And the winner of the Women's Rugby World Cup was ... women's rugby. Unprecedented numbers of people in stadiums and living ...

Rugby coach Peter Russell, most credited with reviving Magpies’ fortunes with an historic first NPC top division semi-final ...

“If I had a spare $10, I probably wouldn’t have put it on Japan to win that game myself.” Those are the words of first five-eighth Kosei Ono on the 10-year anniversary of one of the greatest upsets in ...

Ireland icon Conor Murray has ripped into former Munster head coach Graham Rowntree in his new autobiography, accusing the Englishman of "unacceptable" treatment of players and a lack of rugby ...

England, the team that have everything except the thing they most want, face Canada in Saturday's Women's Rugby World Cup final, with coach John Mitchell hoping lessons he learned in ...

Four years later, the Springboks did win two Tests within the space of seven weeks against Japan, firstly 41-7 in Saitama and then 26-3 in the quarter-finals of the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Tokyo.

One comment stood out after the cheers finally died down for host nation England surviving a bumpy ride to reach the Women’s World Cup final and justify their number one global ranking. It came from ...

Japan prop Shuhei Takeuchi runs with the ball during a Pacific Nations Cup rugby semifinal against Tonga at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado, on Sept. 14, 2025. (Photo courtesy of ...

Japan had tries from Tongan-born Amato Fakatava, Hayate Era, captain Warner Dearns, Dylan Riley, Shinobu Fujiwara and reserves Kenji Sato and Keijiro Tamefusa in a 62-24 rout of Tonga at Denver, ...

Japan rugby head coach Eddie Jones gives an interview in Miyazaki, Japan, on Aug. 22, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- While Eddie Jones' celebration in the coaches' box remains an enduring image of ...