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The 2023–24 Japan Rugby League One – Division 1 season is the thirteenth top flight league season played from December 2023 through to May 2024,[1] in the newly rebranded Japan Rugby League One. The competition consisted of twelve teams, including one promoted team from Division 2, the Mie Heat.
2023–24 Japan Rugby League One – D1 | |
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Countries | Japan |
Number of teams | 12 |
Date | 9 December 2023 – 26 May 2024 |
Champions | Brave Lupus Tokyo |
Promoted | Mie Heat |
Relegated | Hanazono Liners |
Matches played | 106 |
Attendance | 972,434 (average 9,174 per match) |
Highest attendance | 56,486 (Saitama Wild Knights vs. Brave Lupus Tokyo, 26 May 2024) |
Top point scorer | Bryn Gatland (217) |
Top try scorer | Malo Tuitama (15) |
Official website | |
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The format and schedule was announced on 6 September 2023. It will consist of a round-robin fixture, before entering into a knockout style play-off for the final four teams. It featured two conferences (A, B). Teams in each conference played the teams in their respective conference twice (one at home, one away), and six matches against all the teams in the other conference, three being at home and three away. Each team played a total of sixteen seasonal fixtures, plus additional play-off matches, including relegation play-offs.[2]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Saitama Wild Knights | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 747 | 275 | +472 | 106 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 75 | Qualification for Play-off Semi-finals |
2 | Brave Lupus Tokyo (C) | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 554 | 373 | +181 | 81 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 65 | |
3 | Tokyo Sungoliath | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 584 | 425 | +159 | 83 | 58 | 5 | 3 | 50 | |
4 | Yokohama Eagles | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 518 | 446 | +72 | 75 | 63 | 6 | 3 | 49 | |
5 | Kobe Steelers | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 647 | 459 | +188 | 89 | 59 | 5 | 2 | 45 | |
6 | Spears Tokyo Bay | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 554 | 447 | +107 | 78 | 63 | 5 | 5 | 44 | |
7 | Toyota Verblitz | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 498 | 450 | +48 | 72 | 59 | 5 | 2 | 43 | |
8 | Shizuoka Blue Revs | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 501 | 513 | −12 | 71 | 76 | 3 | 2 | 33 | |
9 | Sagamihara DynaBoars | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 457 | 637 | −180 | 62 | 93 | 0 | 3 | 27 | |
10 | Black Rams Tokyo (O) | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 321 | 503 | −182 | 46 | 69 | 1 | 4 | 17 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
11 | Mie Heat (O) | 16 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 242 | 744 | −502 | 32 | 112 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
12 | Hanazono Liners (R) | 16 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 353 | 704 | −351 | 51 | 102 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Each team will play five teams twice and six teams once for a total of sixteen home and away matches.[3]
Home \ Away | BRT | BLT | HL | KS | MH | SDB | SWK | SBR | STB | TSG | TV | YE |
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Black Rams Tokyo | — | 26–50 | 29–36 | 18–45 | ||||||||
Brave Lupus Tokyo | 40–33 | — | 40–40 | 40–12 | 41–19 | 43–30 | 24–20 | 36–27 | 27–7 | |||
Hanazono Liners | 34–23 | 32–50 | — | 19–20 | 36–46 | 0–49 | 19–56 | 14–47 | 33–52 | |||
Kobe Steelers | 39–46 | 60–17 | — | 80–15 | 18–28 | 63–19 | 34–38 | 27–36 | 57–22 | |||
Mie Heat | 14–24 | 7–8 | 31–33 | — | 26–31 | 13–62 | 0–75 | 16–34 | 21–50 | |||
Sagamihara DynaBoars | 24–31 | 30–29 | 14–43 | — | 21–81 | 53–45 | 20–34 | 35–40 | ||||
Saitama Wild Knights | 44–17 | 36–24 | 33–24 | 53–12 | — | 24–20 | 43–27 | 53–12 | ||||
Shizuoka Blue Revs | 20–59 | 26–30 | 43–14 | 19–45 | — | 31–31 | 25–29 | 24–8 | ||||
Spears Tokyo Bay | 20–22 | 39–29 | 61–24 | 28–34 | 22–55 | 19–23 | — | 26–52 | 27–31 | |||
Tokyo Sungoliath | 62–0 | 19–26 | 34–14 | 44–36 | 60–10 | 31–31 | 26–45 | — | 35–37 | |||
Toyota Verblitz | 15–8 | 47–30 | 54–7 | 54–40 | 7–40 | 38–39 | — | 35–31 | ||||
Yokohama Eagles | 24–8 | 66–26 | 43–19 | 14–43 | 34–17 | 26–29 | 24–22 | — |
The relegation play-offs will take place in May 2024.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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(D1) Black Rams Tokyo | 95–21 | Green Rockets Tokatsu (D2) | 40–21 | 55–0 |
(D1) Mie Heat | 72–63 | Shuttles Aichi (D2) | 57–39 | 15–24 |
(D1) Hanazono Liners | 42–56 | Urayasu D-Rocks (D2) | 12–21 | 30–35 |
All times Japan Standard Time (JST) (UTC+9)
Black Rams Tokyo v Green Rockets Tokatsu
18 May 2024 14:30 JST (UTC+9) |
Green Rockets Tokatsu | 21–40 | Black Rams Tokyo |
Report |
Kashiwanoha Stadium Attendance: 5,062 |
25 May 2024 14:30 JST (UTC+9) |
Black Rams Tokyo | 55–0 | Green Rockets Tokatsu |
Report |
Sagamihara Gion Stadium Referee: 2,523 |
Mie Heat v Shuttles Aichi
18 May 2024 12:00 JST (UTC+9) |
Shuttles Aichi | 39–57 | Mie Heat |
Report |
Paloma Mizuho Rugby Stadium Attendance: 2,771 |
25 May 2024 12:00 JST (UTC+9) |
Mie Heat | 15–24 | Shuttles Aichi |
Report |
Mie Suzuka Sports Garden Attendance: 4,230 |
Hanazono Liners v Urayasu D-Rocks
18 May 2024 12:00 JST (UTC+9) |
Urayasu D-Rocks | 21–12 | Hanazono Liners |
Report |
Edogawa Stadium Attendance: 5,004 |
24 May 2024 19:00 JST (UTC+9) |
Hanazono Liners | 30–35 | Urayasu D-Rocks |
Report |
Hanazono Rugby Stadium Attendance: 7,883 |
Bracket
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
18 May – Aoyama (Tokyo) | ||||||
Saitama Wild Knights | 20 | |||||
26 May – Shinjuku (Tokyo) | ||||||
Yokohama Eagles | 17 | |||||
Saitama Wild Knights | 20 | |||||
19 May – Aoyama (Tokyo) | ||||||
Brave Lupus Tokyo | 24 | |||||
Brave Lupus Tokyo | 28 | |||||
Tokyo Sungoliath | 20 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
25 May – Aoyama (Tokyo) | ||||||
Tokyo Sungoliath | 40 | |||||
Yokohama Eagles | 33 |
18 May 2024 14:05 JST (UTC+9) |
Saitama Wild Knights | 20–17 | Yokohama Eagles |
Report |
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Attendance: 15,464 |
19 May 2024 14:05 JST (UTC+9) |
Brave Lupus Tokyo | 28–20 | Tokyo Sungoliath |
Report |
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Attendance: 17,133 |
25 May 2024 12:05 JST (UTC+9) |
Tokyo Sungoliath | 40 - 33 | Yokohama Eagles |
Report |
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Attendance: 9,509 |
26 May 2024 15:05 JST (UTC+9) |
Saitama Wild Knights | 20 - 24 | Brave Lupus Tokyo |
Report |
Japan National Stadium Attendance: 56,486 |
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