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Aussie falls short in bid to spear Japanese rugby glory

Bernard Foley's side has come up just short in the Japan Rugby League One final. (Andrew Cornaga/AAP PHOTOS)

Richie Mo'unga has won the trans-Tasman battle of the Test fly-halves, his Brave Lupus Tokyo fending off Aussie Bernard Foley's Spears Funabashi Tokyo-Bay 18-13 in the Japan Rugby League One final.

The 31-year-old, lured to Fuchu by his former Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder last year, added his second Japanese title to the seven he won in Super Rugby.

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