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What might Eddie Jones’ England World Cup squad look like for the next edition of the tournament in Japan in 2019? We assess those players likely to make it and those who are on the periphery. Likely Lads Which players are now in with a good chance of making it on to the plane for Japan in 2019? Although it …

Even though Newcastle won the first Premiership title of the professional era, they have since struggled to impose themselves as genuine title contenders in the league having never finished higher than sixth since 1998. We take a look at their statistical history in the Premiership. Team Records Biggest win: A 56 – 10 thrashing of Rotherham back on 9th November …

Arsenal have today confirmed that striker Takuma Asano has joined German side VfB Stuttgart on a season-long loan. The 21-year-old only signed for the club this summer, in a reported £5m deal from J-League side Sanfrecce Hiroshima, but his failure to obtain a work permit meant that he was unable to play for the Gunners this season. As such, in much the same …

Scotland hooker Stuart McInally and scrum-half Sam Hildago-Clyne spoke to us about their thoughts on the summer tour to Japan, promoting rugby at grassroots level, the upcoming November Tests and Scotland’s progress made under head coach Vern Cotter. The two players had spent the day at Glenrothes RFC to help out young players from all ages and offer them some …

We all love to see lots of tries in a game of rugby, but who are the most prolific try scorers in the history of international rugby? We put together a team made up of the highest try scorers in each position. 1) Martin Scelzo (12 tries) Argentina’s Scelzo scored twelve tries throughout his career and was a part of …

The Olympic Games begin in Rio this week, with a number of Premier League players making the journey to Brazil as the football tournament kicks off this Thursday. As the competition is generally limited to players under the age of 23 (with every competing country getting as many as three over-age exceptions), the squads tend to look radically different to those …

Three of Arsenal’s rising stars have been selected by their countries to take part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, according to the Gunners’ official website. New signing Takuma Asano will be looking to improve the Japanese side and guide them to the final after their crushing semi-final loss against Mexico four years ago. The Japanese striker has missed …

England head coach Eddie Jones has stated this week that he believes Japanese rugby is currently at a crossroads and that the Japanese Rugby Football Union needs to adopt a more professional approach in it’s preparations for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.  Jones enjoyed a successful spell with Japan having coached them from 2012-2015 and in the process steering the …

Arsenal announced the signature of Japanese international striker Takuma Asano yesterday afternoon. The youngster has been described as one to watch for the future, and is expected to be loaned out this season. The 21 year-old striker is highly rated, and has been capped four times for the Japanese national team, and scored his first international goal against Bulgaria last month. …

Following a disappointing end to last season, Arsenal are keen on bolstering their squad so they can challenge for honours next year. The Gunners have already announced the signing of Granit Xhaka amongst others, and now Arsene Wenger has his sights set on more acquisitions. According to the Daily Mail, Arsenal are closing in on the signature of Japan international Takuma …

The Australian’s Red Rose side is one built on a relentless desire to win at all costs, regardless of what strategy, gameplan or style of rugby is employed to gain victory. Stuart Lancaster’s England side were often consistently good but never good enough when it really mattered – as reflected by his teams’ second placed Six Nations finishes over four …

World Rugby have unveiled the shortlist for the under 20 player of the Championship. The five nominees for the under 20 Championship Player of the tournament have this afternoon been unveiled by tournament organisers. The prestigious prize came into being in 2008, and has been won by players such as Aaron Cruden, Julien Savea, George Ford and Handre Pollard. Nominated for …

No-one says Japanese rugby union quite as proficiently as talismanic full-back Ayumu Goromaru. Goromaru’s on field displays have earned him a cult status following in his native Japan and with a total of 56 international caps with an amassed amount of 708 points, it is fair to say that the the current Queensland Red is the face of Japanese rugby’s …

As the Junior World Championship continues in Manchester, there have been some surprising results but some even more spectacular tries scored throughout the two match days so far. Check out the best scores from day one. Watch the beautiful running lines from Japan, the brute force of France’s scrum, some simply amazing counter-attacking skills from Wales, some astounding handling skills …

With a World Cup ranking seeding at stake, each of the northern hemisphere nations have a lot to play for this summer. With the draw for the 2019 Rugby World Cup scheduled to take place in May 2017, Ireland, Scotland, France, Japan and possibly even Wales are under serious pressure to attain a seeding at the tournament. As Ireland, France, Scotland …

There’s nothing conventional about Eddie Jones. Throughout his entire life he has been an outsider, building a wonderful career based on outside odds. Now he finds himself as an outsider in England, looking inwards on English rugby and trying to bring it back up to speed with the rest of the globe. The half-Japanese, half-Australian found life tough to begin with. …

In order to take advantage of Japan hosting the first ever World Cup in Asia, the JRFU has been adopting World Rugby’s ‘Get Into Rugby’ campaign with the aim of encouraging as many school children to take part in the sport before 2019 as it can. There are 22,000 elementary schools in the country and rugby has been part of …

Yesterday Manu Samoa head coach Namulau’ulu Alama Ieremia announced his coaching and management team for the country’s summer test lineup. But what really stood out is the naming of high profile Super Rugby coaches involved in the team for Manu Samoa’s next three tests against Georgia on 11th June, Fiji in Suva on 18th June and Tonga in Apia on 25th …