Rugby: Medical school-bound Kenki Fukuoka to play rest of Top League season

Japanese Rugby World Cup star Kenki Fukuoka will play the rest of the Top League season with the Panasonic Wild Knights while balancing his studies at medical school from April, the team said Monday.Fukuoka, who scored four tries in Japan's historic run to the 2019 Rugby World Cup quarterfinals, plans to retire at the end of the season to pursue a career as a doctor.The 28-year-old winger last month announced he had passed the entrance exam for the Juntendo University School of Medicine in Tokyo.Fukuoka has played four out of five games for the undefeated Wild Knights this season, racking u…READ FULL ARTICLE