Medical career beckons for Japan rugby star Kenki Fukuoka
By STEVE McMORRANMay 18, 2021 GMT
The final of Japan’s Top League club competition on Sunday will mark the end of one of world rugby’s most distinguished and influential recent playing careers.
Japan winger Kenki Fukuoka will retire after the final between his Panasonic Wild Knights and Suntory Sungoliath, ending his playing career at its zenith to pursue a career as a doctor.
Fukuoka retired from international 15-a-side rugby after the 2019 World Cup in Japan and hoped to end his career by representing his country in sevens at the Tokyo Olympics. But the postponement of the Tokyo Games last year made that impossible.
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Ex-All Blacks captain Kieran Read retires AAP 2 hrs ago © AP PHOTO Kieran Read has called an end to his professional rugby union playing career.
Former All Blacks captain and two-time World Cup winner Kieran Read has announced his retirement from professional rugby.
Read took to social media to make the announcement before his Toyota Verblitz team lost to Robbie Deans Panasonic Wild Knights in the semi-finals of Japan s Top League. I m looking forward to returning to New Zealand and spending time with my family, the 35-year-old said.
Read is the third most-capped All Blacks in history with 127 Test appearances - 52 of them as skipper.