NEWS EXTRA

By JON NEWCOMBE
INTERNATIONAL rugby wasn’t totally wiped out over the weekend with Junior Japan claiming their first-ever World Rugby Pacific Challenge title with a 21-12 win over reigning champions and tournament hosts Fiji Warriors.
An electrical storm threatened to add the concluding match of the Suva-based tournament to the list of worldwide postponements, but after a short delay the game took place and the few hundred spectators inside the ANZ Stadium in Suva witnessed history.
Fiji Warriors went into the match as favourites to stretch their winning run in the competit...