Jackson Hemopo plays for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Dynaboars in a Japanese Top League rugby match at Chichibumiya Rugby Field, versus Canon Eagles in January last year. Former All Blacks and New Zealand Super Rugby players are littered throughout the teams, along with a handful of current ones on sabbatical. The rise of Japanese rugby in recent years has made the league a quality one which has impressed several Kiwi coaches. "But now we have seven All Blacks from the most recent World Cup, six of the Rugby World Cup winning Springbok team, we’ve got five from the Wallabies, George Kruis [England] and Hadleigh Parkes [Wales]." "The type of rugby that is played is free-flowing, attacking rugby, very much an attacking mindset and mentality.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 19, 2021 15:33 UTC