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Japan Rugby League One takes club game into new era with ‘hybrid’ commercial model

Hajime Shoji, the COO of Japan's domestic rugby union league, explains how the competition has been extensively remodelled to capitalise on a surge of interest in rugby in Japan following the country's hosting of the 2019 World Cup.

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