Steve Borthwick has named his side for the first match of England’s summer tour, against Japan. The fixture is effectively a warm-up match for the two-Test series against the All Blacks that follows ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Japan’s new-look professional rugby competition will launch next month with bold ambitions to win not only a domestic but a global audience, to attract the world’s best ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Scrumhalf Fumi Tanaka has announced his retirement from international rugby at the age of 39, ending a career which spanned one of the most successful eras in Japanese ...

While the eyes of the rugby world may be focused on a match at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Nov. 22, there will be a match in Georgia that may have an even bigger impact on the World Rugby stage.

Premier Sports will show live rugby coverage from Japan’s Rugby League One (JRL1) and USA’s Major League Rugby (MLR) as part of its new dedicated 24/7 rugby channel – Premier Sports Rugby. The new ...

Japan has suspended rugby coach Eddie Jones for four games and cut his salary for “verbal abuse directed at local officials” during an Australian tour. The Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) said on ...