On Sunday, April 30th, Tooley attended the 10th Anniversary of the founding of the Tokyo Masters League. The dinner was held in the ballroom of a Tokyo hotel, and there were representatives of many teams from the Tokyo Club Rugby […]
by Reece Morgan The Crusaders are a cursed bunch. For another year running, the weather gods saw fit to drop the spring warmth for a day, and assault the Akigase rugby pitch with biting wind and furious rainfall. Most Crusaders […]
‘We’re never doing this again.’ After last year’s double=header weekend – Fevers on Saturday, and Tokyo Bay on the Sunday – we were adamant that double-header weekends would be a thing of the past. Promises were made to be broken, […]
The sakura is starting to bloom, the vernal equinox has been and gone, and Yoyogi Park readies itself for assault by tarpaulin. Yes, it’s spring in Tokyo once again, and a thoroughly meaty beast is stirring from its hibernation. The […]
As Andy Williams sang, it’s (almost) ‘the most wonderful time of the year’…the mid-season break! Before Santa and his reindeer bring joy to millions, it’s up to the Cru to bring good-will to all men and fill as many women’s […]
by Reece Morgan On November 5th, the Crusaders found themselves with a rare free weekend. Nothing on the cards save for time spent with loved ones, volunteering at homeless shelters, and failing on Tinder, until someone had a realisation – […]
by Reece Morgan After countless days of searching second-hand shops, sex dungeons, the missus’s wardrobe, and that shop in Akihabara for tartan skirts, the Cru finally assembled at Tobitakyu station. Some were true Scotsman, with kilt and sporran; most were […]
Full report below from Reece. Gazing at the torrential rain through their windows, many strong Crusader hearts were shaken by Tooley’s email that Saturday morning: The Meat Cup is on. Nonetheless, with plenty of grumbling, groaning and early opening of […]
Ski trip write up by Rob Galbraith So, the 2016 Cru Ski Trip was planned to go a little more upmarket (on the transport…will come back to the accommodation later) and so we met at the Ueno Shinkansen gates…with the […]
December 19th Pencil it in. More details coming soon!
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