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Japan’s plan for world club rugby domination

Attendance for Japan Rugby League One, which has attracted All Blacks like Beauden Barrett and Ardie Savea, has grown 40% year on year.

Beauden Barrett.

The chair of Japan’s premier rugby union league wants to see New Zealand Super Rugby teams playing club matches in Japan very soon and is talking up the wider potential of an Asian club rugby competition.

Japan Rugby League One kicked off in 2022 as a replacement to the Top League, which had been

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Hamish McNicol Thu, 06 Jul 2023
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