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NZ and Australian Super Rugby teams should play in Japan: Quade Cooper – Stuff.co.nz
Former Wallabies team-mates Quade Cooper and Will Genia believe Japan is a fertile breeding ground for rugby stars, but it needs more global competition.
Former Wallabies star Quade Cooper says Japanese rugby is so strong that Australian and New Zealand Super Rugby teams should consider playing in their competition, rather than the other way around.
Cooper and his former Queensland Reds teammate Will Genia currently play for Japanese second-division side Kintetsu Liners, and they’ve been blown away by the quality of rugby in that country.
The progress was reflected by the national team’s success at the 2019 World Cup, where they beat Scotland and…
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