Local residents in Higashiosaka hope their home's staging of four Rugby World Cup matches will spread the word that the city is Japan's spiritual home of the sport.When people living in the rugby-mad region hear the name Higashiosaka, they immediately think of Hanazono Rugby Stadium, the location of some famous battles at the prestigious national high school rugby tournament it stages.But the western Japan city's rugby roots are not particularly obvious to outsiders or those who do not follow the sport -- and local residents are seeing the World Cup as a chance to change that."I didn't know…READ FULL ARTICLE
