Rugby: Japan XV fall to heavy defeat against All Blacks XV

Japan XV were hammered 38-6 by All Blacks XV in their international non-test match on Saturday, failing to score a try in the first of their five-game home series ahead of the World Cup in France starting in two months.Head coach Jamie Joseph has listed 39 candidates to make the 33-man World Cup squad. But his experimental-looking side failed to provide a spark at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in their first match of the year against New Zealand's second-string squad."It's still two months away from the World Cup, and this is the first time the team played together since November la…READ FULL ARTICLE