Japan Rugby League One: Round 9 review
8 months ago by Ultimate RugbyDivision One – Matsuda Rides High in Battle of the Sharpshooters Brave Blossoms flyhalf Rikiya won the battle of the international tens as Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights edged All Black Richie Mo’unga’s...
Japan Rugby League One 2023-24 Round Eight Review
8 months ago by Ultimate RugbyDivision One – Four Star Savea Sinks Toyota Reigning World Rugby Player of the Year Ardie Savea showed his class, scoring four tries as former Wallaby coach Dave Rennie enjoyed his finest moment...
Japan Rugby League One 2023-24 Round Eight Preview
8 months ago by Ultimate RugbyDivision One - Wild Knights’ Kryptonite It doesn’t make a lot of sense, based on their recent finishing positions on the championship ladder. Yet sport, and rugby especially, doesn’t...
Japan Rugby League One Preview
8 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Flight of the EagleLast season they were separated by one place, and six log points.This time, with the roles reversed, three places and nine points separate Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo and Yokohama...
Japan Rugby League One Preview
9 months ago by Ultimate RugbyDivision One – Old ‘friends’ re-unite. The finalists from the last Top League and the first Japan Rugby League One will reacquaint themselves with each other as Division One resumes...
From Bank Teller to the top of the Rugby Mountain: The Origins of Bundee Aki
9 months ago by Ultimate RugbyNormally, you'd be hard-pressed to find similarities between a bank teller working on the other side of the world and a World Rugby Player of the Year nominee. But Bundee Aki doesn't do normal. The...
Scott Macleod returns to Newcastle Falcons
9 months ago by Ultimate RugbyScott MacLeod is returning to Newcastle Falcons as line-out coach, with the former Scotland lock on board until at least the end of the season. The Hawick native spent 11 years with the Falcons, making...
The Cross-Border Rugby Begins
9 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Cross-Border Rugby competition between leading clubs from Japan Rugby League One and DHL Super Rugby Pacific kicks-off on Saturday when the five-time Japanese champions Tokyo Suntory Sungoliath battle...
Japan Rugby League One 2023-24 Round Six Preview
9 months ago by Ultimate RugbyDivision One – Toyota Remembers In a last season lacking in fulfilment for Toyota Verblitz, one afternoon stands alone as its’ darkest moment.It involved Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo, making...
Japan Rugby League One 2023-24 Round Five Review
10 months ago by Ultimate RugbyDivision One – Malcolm Who? The loss of serial try-scoring Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx to injury appeared fatal to the chances of Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay mounting a successful title...
