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Damage in Koorimachi, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan after the quake. Japan-based All Blacks star Beauden Barrett has reacted to the powerful 7.3 earthquake which has rocked Japan. “That was big earthquake, Japan,’’ the Blues first five-eighths tweeted minutes after the quake centred 60km beneath the ocean bed late on Saturday. Barrett, his wife Hannah and their baby daughter Millie are living in Fuchū in the western Tokyo metropolis where he has joined the Suntory Sungoliath club on a season-long sabbatical from Super Rugby. A powerful earthquake struck off Japan's east c...

TOP LEAGUE Former Crusaders and Wallabies coach Robbie Deans worries about the game in the south as Japan's Top League goes from strength to strength. The secret is out about Japan's Top League and overseas players and coaches know it. All Blacks Beauden Barrett and Brodie Retallick, Springbok Malcolm Marx and Wallaby Samu Kerevi, among many others, will ply their trade in Japan's domestic competition this year, before it turns fully professional in 2022. Tim Hales/Photosport Robbie Deans is carried on the shoulders of Brad Thorn, left, and Reuben Thorne after the Crusaders beat the Waratahs...

Crusaders and Canterbury assistant-coach Mark Jones has taken a coaching job in England with Worcester. Crusaders coach Scott Robertson may be in charge of a reduced coaching staff for all of 2021 Former Wales international Mark Jones, who assisted Robertson last year and also worked with Canterbury during the Mitre 10 Cup, has confirmed he won’t fulfil his 2 year contract with both organisations after electing to remain in Britain and accept a role as senior assistant coach with English premiership club Worcester Warriors. Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images Crusaders assistant coach Mark Jones of...