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Japan team wade through knee high levels of floods as Typhoon begins

Japan team wade through knee high levels of floods as Typhoon begins

Tokyo is in the eye of the storm and World Rugby aren’t too far away. And this isn’t just any storm. Typhoon Hagibis will land on Tokyo and the surrounding areas on Saturday, and it’s expected to be the fiercest storm of the Japanese year. Powerful winds, biblical and we mean biblical rains from dawn […]

6 years ago

38-year-old lock forces Ireland out of it with display of pure grit and honesty

38-year-old lock forces Ireland out of it with display of pure grit and honesty

Luke Thompson could barely rise himself to walk off the Shizuoka Stadium pitch. It wasn’t one of those time-wasting, dilly-dallying ploys that you’d see in soccer. It was pure, genuine exhaustion and you could see it etched across the Japanese lock’s face. Every step took its toll at this stage. The man was out on his […]

7 years ago

Japan’s half-time tactic against England was a new one on most people

Japan’s half-time tactic against England was a new one on most people

Enough of that talking craic. These Japanese lads meant business. Half-time in Twickenham and things couldn’t have been going much better for the Japanese. 15-10 they led Eddie Jones’ side and they’d played all the rugby too. Ryoto Nakamura skipped past England defenders like they weren’t even there after 22 minutes and that brought the […]

7 years ago

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