By Matt Sparrow It all seemed like history repeating itself. Last year we had turned up to the final table game against the Yellowbacks at the Rinkai ground with a team that consisted mainly of forwards – so much so […]
Tokyo Crusaders vs Aberdeen Angels 12 May, 2018 There I was…in Rey’s car…Jerry riding shotgun Rey driving. We had confirmed that the time we were shooting for was incorrect and we were to arrive at the Tatsumi station at 1400…45 […]
Tokyo Crusaders Rugby Club managed to mark their first win in the 2nd round of the Tokyo cup against Shinjuku Jack by 58-14, keeping alive their promotion hopes after an unfortunate loss on game 1 due to injuries. Round 3 […]
Frank stood in Yoyogi Park, contemplating the world around him while sipping thoughtfully on a Strong Zero. The blooming pageant of sakura crowned the trees, and some vague anxiety nagged at his heart. Perhaps it was simply that curious energy […]
Annual friendly match against Matsudo Club. Same as few years ago, kick off time set to be very early as 9:30am in East Tokyo. Despite the fact it takes early wake-up as 5:30 for some players. The team managed to […]
Crusaders Crawl Past Setagaya On a dusty Saturday on the banks of the Tamagawa, Tokyo Crusaders Rugby Club set off on the annual fixture against our good friends from Setagaya RFC. With just the bare-bones squad on hand we were […]
Cru spring 2018 season started way earlier than usual. But It took 3 weeks of waiting for its 2nd game due to poor ground conditions by snowing 2 weekends in row. As an opposition pulled out a week before the […]
Report by Tim Collins After a lengthy break over the holiday period, the Crusaders were excited to get back onto the pitch on the 21st of January 2018 for the final game of the Shuto League and required a victory […]
The Cru visited YCAC for the annual Mac Cup in honour of Gareth MacFadyen – a long-time Cru and occasional YCAC player in whose memory this annual fixture has been played for the last decade and a half. The Cru […]
by Sean “Take that Alabama” Gibson. Anticipation ran high, as it always does, leading up to the Crusaders’ match with the Tokyo Gaijin on 2017 November 19th. Despite an early-season Shuto loss the players and management still had faith that […]
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