2023–24 Japan Rugby League One – Division 1

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2023–24 Japan Rugby League One – D1
Countries Japan
Number of teams12
Date09 December 2023 – 26 May 2024
PromotedMie Heat
Matches played96
Attendance846,369
(average 8,816 per match)
Highest attendance34,568 (Toyota Verblitz vs. Tokyo Sungoliath, 16 March 2024)
Top point scorer Bryn Gatland (217)
Top try scorer Malo Tuitama (15)
Official website
league-one.jp/en

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.

Format[edit]

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]


Teams and personnel[edit]

Ladder[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts Qualification or relegation
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 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 16 3 0 13 321 503 −182 46 69 1 4 17 Qualification for relegation play-offs
11 Mie Heat 16 1 0 15 242 744 −502 32 112 0 3 7
12 Hanazono Liners 16 1 0 15 353 704 −351 51 102 0 2 6
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: league-one.jp
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Number of wins; 3) Point difference

Fixtures[edit]

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
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 —
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2024. Source: league-one.jp
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/Relegation play-offs[edit]

The relegation play-offs will take place in May 2024.

Overview[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
(D1) Black Rams Tokyo Green Rockets Tokatsu (D2)
(D1) Mie Heat Shuttles Aichi (D2)
(D1) Hanazono Liners Urayasu D-Rocks (D2)

Matches[edit]

All times Japan Standard Time (JST) (UTC+9)

Black Rams Tokyo v Green Rockets Tokatsu

Mie Heat v Shuttles Aichi

Hanazono Liners v Urayasu D-Rocks

Season play-offs[edit]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 May – Aoyama (Tokyo)
 
 
Saitama Wild Knights
 
26 May – Shinjuku (Tokyo)
 
Yokohama Eagles
 
 
 
19 May – Aoyama (Tokyo)
 
 
 
Brave Lupus Tokyo
 
 
Tokyo Sungoliath
 
Third place
 
 
25 May – Aoyama (Tokyo)
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semi-finals[edit]

18 May 2024
14:05 JST (UTC+9)
Saitama Wild KnightsvYokohama Eagles
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
19 May 2024
14:05 JST (UTC+9)
Brave Lupus TokyovTokyo Sungoliath
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium

References[edit]

  1. ^ "NTT Japan Rugby League One 2023-24 Division 1" [NTT Japan Rugby League One 2022–23, Divisional and Conference Organisation (Updated)]. league-one.jp (in Japanese). Japan Rugby League One. 1 August 2022.
  2. ^ "NTTジャパンラグビー リーグワン2023-24 大会日程決定のお知らせ". league-one.jp (in Japanese). League One. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Schedule and Results". Japan Rugby League One. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

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