Aussie rugby player hopes to return to tsunami-hit town in Japan World Cup

Aussie rugby player hopes to return to tsunami-hit town in Japan World Cup

Australian rugby player Scott Fardy speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in London on Oct. 5, 2015. Fardy, who plays in the back row, said he hopes to return to Japan's Tohoku town of Kamaishi, which was hit hard by the 2011 tsunami, during the World Cup in 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Aussie rugby player recalls reconstruction help in quake-hit Japan

Aussie rugby player recalls reconstruction help in quake-hit Japan

Australian rugby union player Scott Fardy, playing for the country at the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England, speaks with Kyodo News in London on Oct. 5, 2015. While playing for the Kamaishi Seawaves rugby team in Kamaishi in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate, he contributed to local reconstruction efforts after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Rugby World Cup in Japan: Fiji v Uruguay

Rugby World Cup in Japan: Fiji v Uruguay

Scott Fardy, a former member of the Australia team, watches a Rugby World Cup Pool D match between Fiji and Uruguay on Sept. 25, 2019, in Kamaishi, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Rugby World Cup in Japan

Rugby World Cup in Japan

Scott Fardy (C), a former member of the Australia rugby team, poses for a photo with fans in Kamaishi, a Rugby World Cup venue in northeastern Japan, on Sept. 25, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Australian rugby player Scott Fardy

Australian rugby player Scott Fardy

Photo taken in March 2018 shows Australia's Scott Fardy teaching rugby during his visit to an elementary school in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Australian rugby player Scott Fardy

Australian rugby player Scott Fardy

Photo shows Australia's Scott Fardy playing in the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo