Rugby: Sunwolves suppress Rebels, hold on for historic win

The Sunwolves began their final Super Rugby season Saturday by making it an afternoon of firsts.In the first Super Rugby game played in Fukuoka, Naoya Okubo became the first Japanese head coach to lead the Sunwolves to victory (in his first game in charge) as the hosts downed the Melbourne Rebels 36-27 for the franchise's first season-opening victory.The Sunwolves' mix of youth and experience -- led by co-captains Keisuke Moriya and Jake Schatz -- started well and then held on to beat the Rebels for the first time in six attempts before a passionate crowd of 10,426 at Level 5 Stadium."For t…READ FULL ARTICLE