Awesome Rugby

Fist of the North Star villains Souther and Raoh rally their armies in a…rugby match? Perhaps feeling giddy with its resurgent national squad, Japan already released a promotion for the next Rugby World Cup, which it will host in uh, 2019.

YouTuber Marcopepito shares this banned BBC Sport ad for the 2012 Six Nations Championship, a rugby tournament involving Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Italy, France and of course England. Whoever banned this is a curmudgeon.

England will be hosting the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The kingdom summoned none other than Charles Dance, OBE, Hand of the King, Warden of the West, Great Lion of the Rock, Chuck D., to get the world pumped up about the event.

Jezza and Captain Slow return to BBC America on 2/25/13 with this silly business – a rugby match played with hatchbacks and crossovers – with the Stig as ref. Maybe the Hamster is inside the ball?

A dog decides to run out on the field in the middle of a televised soccer match, bringing the game to a halt. You’d think he’d want to chase the ball, but all he wanted was some good petting.

This ad for the Rugby Channel features New Zealand’s All Blacks rugby team showing off some incredibly precise skills. Ok, maybe it’s all staged, but it’s fun nevertheless. (Thanks Louis!)