Japanese rugby has been one of the success stories in any sport over the last decade. The Japan Rugby League One has become a destination league for the sport's top starts with a higher concentration of Rugby World Cup winners playing in the Japanese league than in URC Super Rugby or any other league around the world... but is that good?

In this podcast I am joined by Ben Haycock  ⁨@TheRugbyPaperPodcast⁩  & Steve Nobel of asiarugby247.com to debate the health of Japanese rugby and whether having the influx of Springboks and All Blacks - who undoubtedly love playing there - has been a good thing for the country's rugby fortunes.

We also touch on the structures within Japanese rugby and explain why Eddie Jones is under growing pressure to deliver before examining news reports that Japan is considering controversial new rules to limit the number of foreign players coming to the country.

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