Real heart of world rugby is in the Pacific
If Samoa had some financial backing, the rest of the world should watch out, Craig Dowd writes; that goes for Tonga and Fiji as well
Japanese J.League
FT
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Kobe Wing Stadium
Match Report
Head to Head
URA leads series 2-0
Lineups
VIS
- Takayuki YoshidaF
URA
- 22Yuki AbeM
Timeline
- 71'
- 80'
- 90'
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