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๐ฆ๐บ Aussie legends Quade Cooper and Will Genia turned out for Redland Bay Muddies together
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๐ฏ๐ต Warner Dearns on facing France in Tokyo next week:
"France has big forwards, so we have to stand up to them and I think it's important to maintain our momentum."
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๐ฏ๐ต Prop Shuhei Takeuchi:
"In the scrum we were able to secure about 3 penalties from Ireland which was good but against a higher-ranked opponent, if we don't perform our game properly, we get results like this. We are still not at the level we are aiming for. We want to improve"
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๐ฏ๐ต Naoto Saito:
"I'm proud of the team for fighting to the end despite the setback of losing both of our centres in the first half. How we play in the last 15 or 20 mins has been a challenge for us since last year, so we need to make sure we learn from this and move forward."
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Warner Dearns on the loss to ๐ฎ๐ช
"We were able to execute our game plan in the 1st half, but in the 2nd we lost control & it became the way Ireland wanted to play. We were thinking about attacking open spaces & increasing our tempo but sometimes it works & sometimes it doesn't."
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๐ฏ๐ต๐ฎ๐ช What is your prediction for Japan v Ireland on Saturday?
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๐ฆ๐บ๐ซ๐ท Wallabies great Will Genia met Franceโs Maxime Lucu this week in Oz
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๐ฆ๐บ Wallabies' Joe Schmidt on Toyota Shuttles Aichi fly-half Noah Lolesio:
"We contemplated getting hold of Noah but he hasn't been with us. He had a good season in Japan but the level in division 2, I don't think it's the best preparation for Test footy."
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Ex-Yokohama assistant coach Pauli Taumoepeau has joined newly-promoted division 2 side Skyactivs Hiroshima who are coached by Damian Karauna
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Scrum-half Kenta Fukuda on joining Honda Heat:
"I want to continue to grow in all aspects, including attack, defense, and physicality. As a team, understanding tactics is important, but first and foremost, it's important to instill a winning cultureโ
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๐ณ๐ฟ๐น๐ด Ex-All Black Augustine Pulu, 36, has returned to his former club Hino Red Dolphins (div. 2) as their new defence coach
South African Andre Pretorius has been promoted from assistant to head coach
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As we first revealed in June, Devan Flanders has today been officially unveiled by Urayasu D-Rocks
๐ณ๐ฟ understands that Super Rugby winner Devan Flanders, 26, is set to join Graham Rowntree's Urayasu D-Rocks
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๐ฏ๐ต Honda prop Kanato Hirano has been called up to Japan's Nations Championship roster after Kobe's Shigure Takao withdrew to to his condition
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๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต The Ireland team to play Japan in Newcastle on Saturday
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๐ฟ๐ฆ South African Marius Goosen has replaced Kieran Crowley as Honda Heat head coach. He's been promoted from his role as defence coach
Goosen will work with the likes of Ikanivere, Mostert, Matera, Raratubua, Fukuda, Kellerman, Lemeki, FC du Plessis etc.
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๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช Japan's team to play Ireland in Newcastle on Saturday
The one enforced change sees Black Rams' Taira Main come in for the injured Kippei Ishida on the left wing
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๐ซ๐ท French star Damian Penaud has been ruled out of his country's Nations Championship games against Australia and Japan due to a calf injury, the French Rugby Federation (FFR) has announced
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๐ฎ๐น Italyโs Stephen Varney open to future move to Japan Rugby League One
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๐ณ๐ฟ League One winner Ardie Savea has been named as the new All Blacks captain by his ex-Kobe head coach Dave Rennie
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๐ณ๐ฟ understands that Super Rugby winner Devan Flanders, 26, is set to join Graham Rowntree's Urayasu D-Rocks
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