Mark Pickering 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇯🇵🎙

🏆 My pick to win the Champion Carnival #ajpw #CC2026

👑 GHC Tag Champ BUSHI told reporters that Tetsuya Naito has dropped 10kg since they won the titles on 1 January. They'll make their third defence against OZAWA & Jun Masaoka on April 12 in Nagoya 📸 © NOAH @LTJ_June06 #noah_ghc #wrestleUNIVERSE

📰 I will be interviewing Triple Crown champ Kento Miyahara for @JFightsCom If you have any questions feel free to drop them below ⤵️ #ajpw

6 defeats in a row for Richie Mo'unga's champions Toshiba (6th). They face Malcolm Marx & Shaun Stevenson's title contenders Kubota Spears (2nd) next 📸 © Toshiba #rugbyjp

@OBBY001 No mention that he's currently an assistant coach at title-chasing Kubota Spears who have the second best defensive record in the league

Rugby Australia has recruited former All Black centre Scott McLeod as the Wallabies’ new defence coach, in the first key staffing appointment of incoming Test coach Les Kiss. Laurie Fisher will move to a consultancy role. smh.com.au/sport/rugby-un…

Winning Honda captain Franco Mostert: “It was a good match. Two good teams who were hungry for a win. I think we had a good defensive day. I believe that was what edged it for us today. It was a real fight out there.” @hondaheat #rugbyjp

6th loss in a row & Richie Mo’unga fronts up & answers every Q week in week out “I’ve said all I can to the players. Growth comes through adversity. We can still beat anyone on our day. We just need to make sure we finish top six. “League One is an awesome comp!” #rugbyjp

Honda’s Kieran Crowley celebrates South African Dawid Kellerman’s sensational long-range penalty for an injury-time 24-22 win over champions Toshiba. A sixth consecutive defeat for Richie Mo’unga’s back-to-back League One winners @hondaheat #rugbyjp #リーグワン

🇺🇸 アメリカ・ラグビーリーグ代表のザイオンが、土曜日に群馬で行われた全日本プロレスで所属チームの勝利に貢献。 4月には権威あるチャンピオン・カーニバルに出場予定。 📸 #ajpwtv @whoisXYON #rugbyjp #ajpw #WeAreHAVOC

@Fight_Ghost Journo shouldn't be accredited for thinking Jones is English

Dana White pretending he doesn't understand the English language is my new favorite TV show - these pressers are hilarious. UK guy asked him a complete question in ENGLISH and White calls for a translation to more understandable ENGLISH

Champions Toshiba (6th) need to end their five game losing streak against hosts Honda (10th) today #rugbyjp

Today's office - Chichibunomiya for Suntory Sungoliath v Mitsubishi Dynaboars 🟢 Brad Weber 🇳🇿 🟢 Charlie Titcombe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🟢 Lukhanyo Am 🇿🇦 🟡 Cheslin Kolbe 🇿🇦 🟡 George Hammond 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🟡 Tevita Tatafu 🇯🇵 @rugbyjpcom #rugbyjp #リーグワン

👑 V6 ✔️ for Kento Miyahara. He bested a gutsy Kuma Arashi with his Shutdown German Suplex Next: 🏆 Champion Carnival #ajpw #ゼンニチ開花宣言

We’re out in Hachioji to cover AJPW today #ajpw #ゼンニチ開花宣言

And the Australia-born playmaker is still producing the goods. He is third in the individual rankings for metres gained (752m) behind only Kubota Spears’ Shaun Stevenson (785m) and Suntory Sungoliath’s Cheslin Kolbe (864m).

Next up 🎙️ March 28 at Ryogoku.

🔥 There's plenty of flair on show in Japan's top-flight #rugbyjp

🥊 Ryujin Nasukawa: Petch is the pound-for-pound no. 1 kickboxer 👉 jfights.substack.com/p/ryujin-nasuk… @TeppenRyujin @RISE_2003 #RISEELDORADO2026

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Kobe's Bryn Gatland on Wales' incoming defence coach Peter Murchie: “For him, getting that Welsh job, I think he’ll do a really good job. He'll come in, he’ll set his standards and he’s a really competitive guy as well.” 👉 rugbyjp.com/post/kobe-s-br… @rugbyjpcom #rugbyjp #Wales

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland's Jack Dempsey will leave Glasgow to play in Japan in 26/27. He'll be available for the Scots this summer/in the Autumn. Japanese clubs generally allow internationals to play for their country at the end of the year. He will miss the 6N #rugbyjp #SixNations #Scotland