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Top 14 lands Japanese exposure with TV Asahi

Japan's Kotaro Mastsushima of Clermont in action against Toulouse (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

Commercial broadcaster TV Asahi has acquired rights to French rugby union’s Top 14 until the end of the season.

TV Asahi is to show one headline fixture per matchweek under the deal announced this afternoon. The Japanese broadcaster’s coverage will begin on Saturday as Japan’s Kotaro Matsushima and his ASM Clermont Auvergne side face Perpignan.

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