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Panasonic players including Kenki Fukuoka (right) celebrate a try against Suntory during Sunday s Top League final at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground. | KYODO
Kyodo May 23, 2021
The Panasonic Wild Knights beat the previously undefeated Suntory Sungoliath 31-26 to win the Japan Rugby Top League’s last championship and their sixth Japan national title on Sunday at Tokyo’s Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground.
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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The Wild Knights are looking for their fifth Top League championship after Kenki Fukuoka delivered three tries against Verblitz behind closed doors at Hanazono.