Alex Brown (rugby union) was forced to announce his retirement on 20 December 2012 He currently acts as Rugby Operations Manager at Kingsholm Stadium with Gloucester Rugby. Alex Brown (rugby union) Alex Brown (born 17 May 1979 in Bristol) is a former English rugby union player, who played at lock position. He attended the famous Colston's Collegiate School in Bristol. He started playing rugby at u7s level for Clifton in 1985 and worked his way through the age levels there After a brief period with Bath and Pontypool, he joined his home city club Bristol and was a key player when they won the
Japan women's national rugby union team Japan women's national rugby union team The Japan women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of Japan, representing them at rugby union. The side first played in 1991. Japan made their debut at the 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup. Since then, Japan has appeared at three other editions of the World Cup in, the 1994, 2002 and 2017. The team has won the Asia Rugby Women's Championship in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Japan's 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad: "(Full internationals only)" "See Women's international rugby for information about the status of international games and match numbering"