Japan
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Japan smash Hong Kong to win Asian Five Nations
Japan claimed their fifth straight Asian Five Nations title on Saturday when they smashed Hong Kong 67-0 in Tokyo to remain unbeaten in the five-year...
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Japan to host 2012 Pacific Nations Cup
Defending champions Japan will host five of six matches in the 2012 Pacific Nations Cup in June to boost their preparations to stage the 2019...
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Eddie Jones promises a new attacking Japan
Former Wallaby and Reds coach Eddie Jones and now Japan coach has vowed to make Japan an attacking force after he coached Suntory Sungoliath to...
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Eddie Jones confirmed as Japan Head Coach
Former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones has been confirmed as the new Japan head coach and has vowed to make the Brave Blossoms one of the...
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Eddie Jones to coach Japan rugby team
Former Australia coach Eddie Jones has been chosen to replace All Blacks legend John Kirwan as head coach of the Japan rugby team
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Japan slam Kirwan for too many foreign players
Outgoing Japan coach and former All Black John Kirwan has come under fire for his use of foreign born players in the Brave Blossoms' disappointing...
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Japan’s poor world cup raises questions for 2019
Japan's disappointing recent World Cup campaign has led to fears that the 2019 Rugby World Cup hosts may be an embarrassment by not reaching the...
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Eddie Jones leading race to coach Japan
Former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones has emerged as the leading contender to replace outgoing Japan Rugby coach John Kirwan.
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Kiwan to step down as Japan Rugby coach
Japan coach and All Blacks world cup winner John Kirwan will quit as Japan coach when his contract expires in December after his team had...
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Canada and Japan draw in Rugby World Cup
Japan and Canada played to 23-all draw in their Rugby World Cup Pool A match held at McLean Park in Napier New Zealand.
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Japan make ten changes for All Blacks in RWC
Japan winger Hirotoki Onozawa will appear in a national record 10th Rugby World Cup match after being selected to play against New Zealand on Friday
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Japan lose their second Rugby World Cup player
Japan have lost their second player after number eight Ryukoliniasi Holani was ruled out of the rest of the Rugby World Cup with a knee...
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Kirwan makes 11 Japan changes for France
Japan coach John Kirwan has made eleven changes to his team's starting lineup for their opening Rugby World Cup match against France on Saturday.
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Kirwan names Japan Rugby World Cup squad
Japan coach John Kirwan has named his final 30-player squad for the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand with the target of winning two matches.
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Japan end World Cup warm ups with USA win
Asian champions Japan won their last warm-up game for the Rugby World Cup next month when they defeated the United States 20-14 in a test...
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Japan thinking beyond Rugby World Cup 2011
Former All Black John Kirwan, the Japan coach, says he has brought his team to Europe to help in their long-term development with future World...
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PNC win a boost for Japan at Rugby world Cup
Japan captain Takashi Kikutani hailed his Pacific Nations Cup-winning side on Thursday, saying the Asian champions had proved that Japanese rugby could compete with the...
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Japan beat Fiji to win Pacific Nations Cup
An injury-time time try by Yuta Imamura saw Japan snatch the Pacific Nations Cup rugby crown with a crucial 24-13 bonus-point win over a 12-man...
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Fiji and Japan back in contention for PNC
Fiji and Japan stormed back into contention in the Pacific Nations Cup on Saturday with thrilling victories over first-round winners Samoa and Tonga to blow...
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Rugby World Cup boost for Japan scrumhalf
Japan scrumhalf Atsushi Hiwasa was named the Asian Five Nations' emerging player of the year on Thursday in a major boost to his World Cup...
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Japan need to sharpen up on attack : Kirwan
Japan's Rugby coach John Kirwan says that the Japanese national team the Brave Blossoms will have to sharpen up their attack for their Pacific Nations...
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Player blames hair growth tonic for drug test
Japan rugby World Cup hopeful Ryohei Yamanaka has blamed a hair growth tonic for a positive doping test that has put his career in danger.
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Japan aiming for second Asian World cup spot
Japan set their sights on winning a second World Cup berth for Asia after they strolled to their fourth successive Asian Five Nations title, maintaining...
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Japan blitz UAE in Asian Five Nations
Asian rugby powerhouse Japan blitzed the United Arab Emirates 111-0 to extend their phenomenal winning run in the Asian Five Nations, all but sealing a...
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Japan kick off Five Nations with Honk Kong win
Japan marked an emotional return to the Asian Five Nations with a 22-45 away victory over Hong Kong, as they began their World Cup preparations...
Laidlaw to leave Gloucester Rugby for Clermont
Gloucester club captain Greig Laidlaw will leave the English Premiership Rugby club at the end of the season to join French Top 14 club Clermont. Scotland captain Laidlaw joined...
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