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Jamie Joseph says Rugby Championship is ‘the ultimate’ for Japan, but it’s still years away – Stuff.co.nz
The ex-Highlanders coach says the global test calendar needs to be fixed before Japan can think about joining the game’s elites in either hemisphere.
Former Mori All Blacks and Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph has been handed a daunting assignment for Japans first test since their successful 2019 Rugby World Cup.
Joseph, who is still in Dunedin, must prepare a side that hasnt played in 18 months to face the British and Irish Lions in Edinburgh in late June.
Jamie Joseph watches the Farah Palmer Cup match between Otago and Hawke’s Bay at Forsyth Barr Stadium in September last year.
Its a task that is keeping his mind firmly in the present, but…
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