Rugby

The final of Japan Rugby Championship was held in January 29 2017, the Suntory Sungoliath played against the Panasonic Wild Knights at the Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium in Tokyo. The Sungoliath were 15 wins and no loss in the Japan Rugby Top League, they won the championship of 16/17 Top League. In the Semifinal the Sungoliath fought hard at Teikyo University, …

In December 24 2016, there was a match of the Yamaha Jubilo vs. the Suntory Sungoliath at Yamaha Stadium in Shizuoka Prefecture. This match was a matchday13 of the Japan Rugby Top League, both teams were 12 wins and no loss. But in the total point, the Yamaha Jubilo was 57, the Suntory Sungoliath was 56. So the Jubilo …

On December 15, the Japan Rugby Football Union announced that Japan team will play the test match with 3 countries in 2017. Three national teams are the Romania national rugby union team, the Ireland national rugby union team and the Australia national rugby union team. Every match will be carried out in Japan, the stadium to be held …

On December 12, Japan SR Association announced the Sunwolves’s players for 2017 season, and new jerseys. The Sunwolves are positioned as strengthening of the Japan national team, officially nicknamed Brave Blossoms. In the squad of Super Rugby 2nd year, 21 players of the Japan national rugby union team joined. They played in the 2016 Autumn Internationals and the results were 1 win and …

The test match of Japan national rugby union team vs. Fiji national rugby union team was held in the Stade de La rabine of Vannes, on November 26. In the last week’s match, Japan fought a good fight but they lost a close match to Wales 33 to 30. So the Japanese starting lineup were same as Wales match. Shota Horie was a …

The test match of Japan national rugby union team vs. Wales national rugby union team was held in the Principality Stadium Cardiff, on November 19. In the Japanese starting lineup, 4 players have been exchanged over last week’s match with Georgia national rugby union team. Akihito Yamada, Kenki Fukuoka, Samuela Anise and Kensuke Hatakeyama were the starter of the national team, officially nicknamed Brave Blossoms. …

The test match of Japan national rugby union team vs. Georgia national rugby union team was held in the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Tbilisi, on November 12. In the starting lineup, 6 players have been exchanged over last week’s match with Argentina national rugby union team. Heiichiro Ito, Kotaro Yatabe, Malgene Ilaua, Shunsuke Nunomaki, Karne Hesketh and Timothy Lafaele were played starter of the national team, officially nicknamed Brave Blossoms. So …

The test match of Japan national rugby union team vs. Argentina national rugby union team was held in the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo, on November 5. The starting lineup of Japan were almost expected. But Masataka Mikami（PR）was injured so Satoshi Nakatani was played starter. Nakatani is the age of 35, this is the first time for him to join the …

On October 28, the Japan Rugby Football Union announced the member of the Japan national rugby union team for the test matches with Argentina, Georgia, Wales and Fiji in November. 36 players had participated in the training camp from October 9 to 11 and from October 23 to 25 at Tokyo. In this time, 32 players were selected among the participants …