Gloucester Rugby abandoned, have never come into effect and do not appear to for the foreseeable future. 2007 also saw the club reject the proposal of a new 20,000 all seater stadium in an area of the city nicknamed 'The Railway Triangle'. This was intended to be shared with the local football side. Kingsholm was also suggested in October 2007 as a possible temporary home for Gloucester City after their stadium Meadow Park was flooded and then abandoned following the summer floods. This move was, however, rejected by Gloucester Rugby Chairman, Tom Walkinshaw. In 2017, Gloucester Rugby announced that the Kingsholm Stadium
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"