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@rugbyjpcom
"BREAKING: Toshiba head coach Todd Blackadder has announced that Michael Leitch will captain the team for 2025-26 with Takuro Matsunaga named as VC Taichi Mano and Takeshi Sasaki are leaders for pre-season and have been identified by Blackadder as future club captains #rugbyjp"
X Link @rugbyjpcom 2025-10-16T05:22Z 4086 followers, 3275 engagements
"Springboks star Manie Libbok will be unveiled by Kintetsu Liners on Saturday after their League One Rising game v RH Osaka The Liners play Richie Moungas champions Toshiba in a pre-season game next week #rugbyjp"
X Link @rugbyjpcom 2025-10-10T05:43Z 4086 followers, 26.6K engagements
"Boks legend Victor Matfield on duty as Japan's Technical Advisor at their training camp Japan host Australia in Tokyo on XX October before starting their Autumn tour v South Africa in London on X November 📸 JRFU #rugbyjp"
X Link @rugbyjpcom 2025-10-13T19:17Z 4085 followers, 8229 engagements
"BR Tokyo prop Taishi Tsumura has withdrawn from Japan's training camp due to 'fitness concerns' and has been replaced by Saitama's Sho Furuhata #rugbyjp"
X Link @rugbyjpcom 2025-10-06T07:34Z 4081 followers, 2043 engagements
"Steve Hansen & Ian Fosters Toyota Verblitz are now 0-2 in pre-season games having lost 13/18 games last season. They have X more pre-season games Mark Tele'a will arrive this week while PSDT is expected to visit the club ahead of the Autumn Series #rugbyjp"
X Link @rugbyjpcom 2025-10-06T07:12Z 4082 followers, 10.6K engagements
"@RE_someday"
X Link @rugbyjpcom 2025-10-15T17:40Z 4086 followers, XXX engagements
"EXCLUSIVE - Richie Mo'unga turned down Tonga approach to re-sign with NZ Rugby 👉 #rugbyjp #NewZealand #AllBlacks"
X Link @rugbyjpcom 2025-10-15T06:47Z 4085 followers, 9360 engagements
"Tokai beat Kanto Gakuin 31-20 in Kanagawa Black Rams head coach Tabai Matson was there scouting talent #rugbyjp"
X Link @rugbyjpcom 2025-10-12T07:00Z 4083 followers, 3392 engagements
"Toshibas Richie Mounga on why hes going back to NZ next year #rugbyjp #rwc2027 #RWC"
X Link @rugbyjpcom 2025-10-07T07:36Z 4081 followers, 42.3K engagements
"Steve Hansen & Ian Fosters Toyota Verblitz has named Kazuki Himeno as captain & Yoshikatsu Hikosaka as VC They have an all-Japanese five-man group of leaders. World Player of The Year Pieter-Steph du Toit & fellow RWC winner Aaron Smith do not feature as leaders #rugbyjp"
X Link @rugbyjpcom 2025-10-14T03:38Z 4085 followers, 3608 engagements
"🏴 Electric Cardiff wing Tom Bowen XX has scored X tries in two games. The uncapped youngster whose 5ft 7in & 11st 11lb looks set to be included in the Wales squad for the Autumn Nations Series #rugbyjp #URC"
X Link @rugbyjpcom 2025-10-12T00:06Z 4085 followers, 24.3K engagements
"@OBBY001 @RugbyBits @mark_keohane @JamieWall2 @BenSmthRugby @elliottnz @pineynz @TalkRugbyUnion @TheRugbyPod @Rugbyworldmag @SARugbymag Exactly. Kwagga Smith is the Shizuoka captain TJ at the Rams and Sam Cane at Suntory etc Under the same coaching team Toyota lost 13/18 games last season and narrowly avoided a relegation play-off"
X Link @rugbyjpcom 2025-10-14T04:50Z 4085 followers, XXX engagements
"Kubota Spears wing Haruto Kida has withdrawn from Japans training camp due to his condition the JRFU has announced #rugbyjp"
X Link @rugbyjpcom 2025-10-15T03:02Z 4085 followers, 3559 engagements
"First look at ex-Wallabies u20 international Harry Hockings & South Africa-born Tyler Paul in Japanese colours 📸 JRFU #rugbyjp"
X Link @rugbyjpcom 2025-10-13T22:34Z 4086 followers, 3158 engagements
"🏆 Asian teams in the Rugby World Cup: 1987 (1) 1991 (1) 1995 (1) 1999 (1) 2003 (1) 2007 (1) 2011 (1) 2015 (1) 2019 (1) 2023 (1) 2027 (2) #rugbyjp #rwc2027 #RWC"
X Link @rugbyjpcom 2025-10-06T13:55Z 4085 followers, 1520 engagements
"Kubota centre Kanji Futamura XX who has X JRLO caps on a try-scoring run on the wing v Mitsubishi: "If I'm told to play in a given position I'll play in any position. I haven't had many opportunities to play so I want to take each game seriously & make a good impression""
X Link @rugbyjpcom 2025-10-09T08:56Z 4081 followers, 5310 engagements
"Good to see powerhouse Tevita Tatafu back in Suntory colours X. Kanji Shimokawa/Cane/McMahon X. Sam Cane/K Yamamoto X. Tatafu/Sean McMahon/Ryuga Hashimoto 📸 Suntory Sungoliath #rugbyjp"
X Link @rugbyjpcom 2025-10-13T08:41Z 4085 followers, 2116 engagements
"Kubota Spears hooker Malcolm Marx scored X tries in his countrys 29-27 win v Argentina #rugbyjp #RugbyChampionship"
X Link @rugbyjpcom 2025-10-05T05:59Z 4081 followers, 1805 engagements
"Boks ace Manie Libbok has been unveiled by his new division X Japanese side Kintetsu Liners in Osaka #rugbyjp"
X Link @rugbyjpcom 2025-10-11T16:01Z 4086 followers, 166.3K engagements
"🏴EXCLUSIVE Welsh hooker Tomoya Adachi XX has been on trial at Black Rams Tokyo for the last X weeks The Caerphilly-based free agent who left the Dragons in May played 11mins v Mitsubishia week ago & XX mins today v Secom. He also qualifies for Belgium & Japan #rugbyjp"
X Link @rugbyjpcom 2025-10-04T07:47Z 4084 followers, 16.3K engagements
"🏴 Ex-England fly-half Piers Francis XX will continue playing at third division side Kurita Water Gush next season Francis whose on the bench for Saturdays pre-season game has been working with the Japan national team this year as a kicking/skills coach #rugbyjp"
X Link @rugbyjpcom 2025-10-10T02:57Z 4082 followers, 1261 engagements
"Kubota Spears captain Faulua Makisi has withdrawn from Japans training camp due to personal reasons #rugbyjp"
X Link @rugbyjpcom 2025-10-13T07:04Z 4081 followers, 12.3K engagements
"New Kintetsu signing Peter Umaga-Jensen has been named as their co-captain alongside hooker Reiya Ueyama The div. X Osaka side will travel to Fuchu to play Richie Moungas D1 champs Toshiba next week. Quade Cooper (backs) & Will Genia (skills) are now coaches there #rugbyjp"
X Link @rugbyjpcom 2025-10-08T03:56Z 4079 followers, 1565 engagements
"@rugbykuronekoya Thank you for the credit This is my new Richie story:"
X Link @rugbyjpcom 2025-10-15T08:18Z 4085 followers, XXX engagements
"No. X Tevita Tatafu returns to action on Saturday when Suntory Sungoliath travel to Yokohama for a pre-season clash The Champions Cup winner has not played for Japan since November 2024 #rugbyjp #Top14"
X Link @rugbyjpcom 2025-10-09T13:20Z 4081 followers, 2073 engagements