Despite falling painfully short of a storybook ending, retiring Japan and Saitama Wild Knights hooker Shota Horie would not change a thing about his rugby career.The 38-year-old was in the thick of the action after coming on for the second half of Saitama's dramatic 24-20 loss to Brave Lupus Tokyo in Sunday's Japan Rugby League One final.Having gone 16-0 through the regular season, the Wild Knights were looking to send Horie and fellow retiree Keisuke Uchida out on a winning note in the championship decider.They appeared to accomplish the mission with a match-winning try in the 79th minute,…READ FULL ARTICLE
