by Stewart Henwood On Saturday the 30th of September, our intrepid Cuban halfback, Lestter, turned out for the Shuto League committee team to help out with numbers. The game was played on the Komaba Campus of Tokyo University and was […]
Tokyo Crusaders vs Tokyo Doctors The Tokyo Crusaders Shuto league campaign kicked off in a hurricane, but carrying on from an excellent set of pre-season training sessions, the Cru boys turned up in a force to match it. Given the […]
by Reece Morgan Although their loss to AllJinJan should have provoked a melancholy reaction, the Crusaders were nothing but elated. It had been, after all, a horrendously long season, and many were wracked with injuries from the lack of recovery […]
by Reece Morgan Arriving at the Misato ground on a rainy day, the Cru were met – once again – by the sight of desolate numbers, players missing from the starting line-up, no Ed Downer, and not so much of […]
by Reece Morgan Emails from Hiro are generally a cause for concern, but the news was wonderful: Yellowbacks couldn’t field a team. We’d won by default! Although we had decided to offer Yellowbacks a friendly game, and so didn’t tell […]
by Owen Morris Dasewa was to be the first of our Tokyo cup matches, and for many players their first taste of the Tokyo Cup`s peculiarities (not sure if that`s the correct word: Frank offered some more colourful choices but […]
by Brett Pentland-Smith The opening round of the Champions Cup saw the Cru take on the Blackeyes at Inagi Nagamine – a ground notorious for its warm-up area, akin to a children’s sand pit. Despite it being the heart of […]
by Corey Carter Pt. 1 – The Beginning Recommended song while reading ‘The Art of Losing’ by American Hi-Fi So there he was: Reece. In a pub, by himself, drinking with two trophies and pretending he had just beaten Hitler […]
by Reece Morgan It all came down to this. With two strong sides – Blackeyes and Mandala – trampled underfoot, it was no surprise that the Tokyo Crusaders and the Tokyo Gaijin would meet in the Champions’ Cup final. The […]
by Ev Hitchman Nous sommes arrivés le matin avec une grosse gueule de bois. Frank n’a pas arriver. Nous avions 16 joueurs en bonne santé pource match. Certains des joueurs n’étaient pas ivres! La composition de l’équipe était : Gros […]
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