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Top League officials are trying to lure England star Owen Farrell to Japan. | REUTERS
AFP-Jiji Mar 16, 2021
Japan’s Top League is hoping to lure England stars Owen Farrell and Maro Itoje as it pursues its soaring ambition of becoming the world’s leading rugby competition, its chairman said.
The well-heeled league has swelled its ranks of foreign players since the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, with New Zealand’s two-time World Player of the Year Beauden Barrett chief among them.
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Rugby: Barrett scores 25 as Suntory remain class of Top League
March 6, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Lui Neata scores a try for Kobe Kobelco Steelers in their win over Hino Red Dolphins in Kobe on March 6, 2021. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) New Zealand playmaker Beauden Barrett scored a try and banged over 10 conversions in the Japan Rugby Top League on Saturday, helping lift Suntory Sungoliath to a 75-10 win over Munakata Sanix Blues. The bonus point win at JIT Recycling Stadium in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, kept Sungoliath on top of the Red Conference with 15 points from three rounds. Hendrick Tui opened the scoring in the fourth minute with the first of his two tries, while Australia s Samu Kerevi also chipped in with a brace. Barrett leads the league in scoring with 52 points.
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The Waratahs Kiwi coach Rob Penney. “Playing against North Harbour, one of the top teams in New Zealand at the time, I got absolutely crunched in a tackle by former All Black Frank Bunce and Ron Williams. As I lay on the ground with two players on top of me, all three of us got smashed by a blurry red and black thunderbolt. I was hit so hard I rolled forward and the ball spat out on our side of the ruck. It was Penz. “I was motionless on the ground and wheezing, thinking I was lucky to be alive. Penz yanked me by the jersey, pulled me up and said: “C’mon young fella, let’s get to the next one.”