Japan

Japan have announced their men’s and women’s entrants to the 2016 Olympic 7s in Rio. Following suit with other nations, they have kept the faith with the players who ran out during their respective HSBC Sevens Series outings. The women finished 11th overall in a somewhat disappointing season that saw …

Heavyweights New Zealand have confirmed their roster for next month’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Included is the well-travelled Sonny Bill Williams who is the biggest name unveiled by Sir Gordon Tietjens. Surprisingly Missing though is veteran Liam Messam. The roster features Rugby Sevens is dominated by specialists such as …

Canada got their three-match home June Internationals series underway this past weekend by playing host to Asia’s top rugby nation, Japan. Played at BC Place in Vancouver the teams put on an enthralling contest with both having the opportunity of coming out on top. The fixture was the only match …

Argentina’s under 20 side, Los Pumitas are into the Semi Finals of the 2016 World Rugby Junior World Championship. The Pumitas defeated Japan 39-20 this afternoon to confirm themselves as Pool 3 winners after previously having defeated both France and South Africa. The Nicolás Fernández Lobbe coached side came out …

Los Pumitas Head Coach Nicolás Fernández has his team ready for Wednesday’s World Rugby Junior World Championship fixture. The South Americans will take on Japan with a win seeing them top the pool which also includes France and South Africa. Having beaten both pool opponents in matches this past week …

Canada coach Mark Anscombe, captain Jamie Cudmore, and Japan coach Mark Hammett spoke to the media after Japan’s 26-22 victory over Canada at BC Place on Saturday. Below are their reactions to the entertaining and hard-fought match. Video courtesy of Bryan Kelly and Rugby Canada. MARK ANSCOMBE – HEAD COACH, …

Canada suffered a gut-wrenching defeat to Japan by a score of 26-22 on Saturday in front of more than 10,000 at BC Place in Vancouver. A last-gasp attack saw man-of-the-match Djustice Sears-Duru held up and just inches away from the winning score. While Canada played well enough to win – …

It’s time for predictions! The ARN Forecast returns and we’re kicking it up a notch with an impressive roster of rugby writers from across the Americas! This time we’ll be testing our punditry for the June internationals – those ones involving the Americas teams anyway – over the next three …

Interim head coach Mark Hammett has named his Japan team to face Canada on Saturday at BC Place in Vancouver. The team is captained by centre Harumichi Tatekawa and includes a further eight members of the 2015 World Cup side. Three players are set to make their international debut: flanker …

Mark Anscombe has named his first Canada team as head coach. The New Zealander has named the most experienced side possible for Saturday’s historic match against Japan, the first ever 15-a-side rugby match to be played at Vancouver’s scenic BC Place. The stadium housed the sport for the first time …