When he joined the Yokohama team last year, he said there are fewer matches in Japan compared with rugby leagues in Europe and elsewhere. Players have a better chance of remaining healthy in ...

WELLINGTON--Japan’s professional rugby competition increasingly is becoming a magnet for the world’s best players and likely will become more attractive as the standard of the league rapidly ...

England set sights on All Blacks after putting Japan to sword in seven-try rout ...

From professional rugby player to professional wrestler in Japan, Toks Fale understands how daily discipline trumps motivation when it comes to maintaining focus and achieve a goal. Born on Tonga and ...

Among sports played in Japan, concussions occur most frequently in rugby football. Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate the status of concussions in high school rugby players, with ...

Toyota Verblitz said it had signed Hooper, who captained the Wallabies a record 69 times and retired from rugby in June, for ...

Ex-Wallabies skipper Michael Hooper said on Monday he was "excited" about coming out of retirement to play for a Japanese ...

“I’ve played alongside Japanese girls and I’ve coached a few in the Bay of Plenty Volcanix. They’re beautiful people, really respectful, and they listened to everything I said,” Renee ...

Former Wallabies captain Michael Hooper has come out of retirement to join injury-hit Toyota Verblitz for the remainder of ...