Rugby: All Blacks head coach Robertson in Japan

Rugby: All Blacks head coach Robertson in Japan

Scott Robertson, head coach of New Zealand's national rugby team, speaks to reporters at Tokyo's Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground on March 17, 2024, after watching a match between Brave Lupus Tokyo and Sagamihara Dynaboars.

Welsh legend Williams leaves Japan and pro rugby on a losing note

Welsh legend Williams leaves Japan and pro rugby on a losing note

Welsh rugby legend Shane Williams bids farewell to Japanese rugby after his side Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars were beaten 53-7 by Toyota Industries Shuttles in a Top League promotion game at Mizuho Rugby Stadium in Nagoya, central Japan, on Feb. 14, 2015. ==Kyodo

Welsh legend Williams leaves Japan and pro rugby on a losing note

Welsh legend Williams leaves Japan and pro rugby on a losing note

Welsh rugby legend Shane Williams (front) makes a break during a Top League promotion game at Mizuho Rugby Stadium in Nagoya, central Japan, on Feb. 14, 2015. Williams' side Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars were beaten 53-7 by Toyota Industries Shuttles. ==Kyodo

Welsh legend Williams set for final game of glittering career

Welsh legend Williams set for final game of glittering career

File photo taken Sept. 24, 2012, shows Shane Williams (L), a player with the Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars rugby team, and Eddie Jones, head coach of the Japan national rugby team, posing for photos during a press conference in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Williams - winner of 87 caps for Wales, four for the British and Irish Lions, IRB World Player of the Year in 2008 and the third-highest try scorer in test history - will call time on a stellar career on Feb. 14, 2015, following Dynaboars' game against Toyota Industries Shuttles at Nagoya's Mizuho Rugby Stadium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Hopgood doing it for love of country, not love of money

Hopgood doing it for love of country, not love of money

Hayden Hopgood scores a try in Kamaishi Seawaves' 27-26 win against Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars in a Top Challenge rugby match in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 25, 2015. Hopgood from New Zealand is a member of Japan's national team. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Rugby: Japan's Top League

Rugby: Japan's Top League

Shota Horie (R) of Panasonic Wild Knights tackles a Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars player during the first half of a Japan Top League rugby match in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 25, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo