2023–24 Japan Rugby League One – Division 1

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, 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
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.

Fixtures
Each team will play five teams twice and six teams once for a total of sixteen home and away matches.

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

Overview




Matches
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
Bracket