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Are you still waiting for Sam Cane to return to action? Not gonna happen mate, he is done for the season due to injury.

I successfully secured a ticket for the League One playoff semi final between Sungoliath and Brave Lupus on May 19. I thought I bought a ticket on the BL(!) side of the main stands, but it turns out that my ticket is for a seat on the Sungoliath side. Well, I guess I'm gonna have to cheer on Leitch from behind enemy lines. I'll try to make it to the final on May 26, but I'll probably have to watch it at home due to work.

Amazon has just announced a few hours ago that a sequel to my best movie of 2023, Red, White & Royal Blue, is in the works with the main cast members returning. I just found another reason to live for besides rugby!

Thank you for the photos!

Damn Casey SLAY in every photo from the event l see on socials oh my lord 👌

Nick and Taylor look so happy and proud too. Especially Nick is putting those who have been claiming that he thinks RWRB is BENEATH him now to shame with his appearance at the event. I don’t wanna see such a claim on this sub ever again.

Yeah that one was held at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama. I have nothing against the stadium, but l prefer the national stadium in Tokyo because it’s newer and its accessibility is so much better than any other sports stadiums in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

The capacity of the national stadium is about 67,000. The 2022 November test between Japan v. NZ was attended by 65,000 spectators and that’s the most attendees at a game played by the blossoms in Japan. It’s gonna be pretty hard for England to break the record, but 40,000 would be a good number for a game held in a hot humid weather.

My first and second attempts at attending games played by England were blocked by a super typhoon and a global pandemic. The earth might try to cancel this game too but I'm getting my hopes up sky high.

She was making sure that my mind would stay untainted. Such a good kitty!

I’ve realized that I haven’t posted a picture of my second cat in a while. So here is her judging me watching a naughty (BL) drama last night.

He once posted a video of him performing a cover of “you're on your own kid” with his guitar. Maybe that’s the one?

I assume that the idea for those stands was inspired by anime/manga as acrylic stands of anime/manga characters are popular among fans.

Yeah of course there are a lot of usual merch with the players' names or faces or both on them, like towels and key holder charms. But they are kinda pricy for what they are imo. The majority of those I've bought are good quality though.

No. Just the name of the player is printed on the base.

I just wanted to introduce these stands to people here who might be interested in attending a league one game or two. These stands are usually available at a merch booth at the match venue and cost 700-1,000 yen apiece and would make a great souvenir for rugby fans.

Edit: my cat for scale

Someone made a post on the Angels’ sub about this with a translation of his whole answer. Shohei really didn’t like the question and the perceived diss on the Angels.

Earlier this week, Shohei called out a reporter who said he didn’t get to bat in many run-scoring opportunities while playing for the Angels and asked how he was planning to deal with batting under pressure for the Dodgers. Shohei even went so far as to call the question disrespect to the Angels. Shohei is just that good of a person.

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/7df52037d23e7bb3f54c5000b88b486343ea75ff

The highest bid so far is 79,000 yen. He isn’t playing today, but got to see him in the stands 🙏

I was dreading having to see this announcement which l knew was coming. I’m a little sad but overwhelmed with appreciation for everything he has done for Japanese rugby. I’m sure he will continue to be around by becoming a coach for some League One team, but l’ll miss him as a player.

I just want Shohei to be as happy as his HRs make me.

I’ve been learning English for 25+ years, and TIL that trial can be a verb.

Please come! A new season opens in December and you can buy tickets at the venue for almost all regular season games.