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 played90
Attendance783,254
(average 8,703 per match)
Highest attendance34,568 (Toyota Verblitz vs. Tokyo Sungoliath, 16 March 2024)
Top point scorer Bryn Gatland (209)
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 15 15 0 0 704 261 +443 100 37 10 0 70 Qualification for Play-off Semi-finals
2 Brave Lupus Tokyo 15 13 1 1 495 353 +142 72 47 6 0 60
3 Tokyo Sungoliath 15 10 1 4 558 380 +178 79 52 5 3 50
4 Yokohama Eagles 15 10 0 5 504 403 +101 73 57 6 3 49
5 Kobe Steelers 15 8 1 6 614 428 +186 84 54 5 2 41
6 Spears Tokyo Bay 15 7 1 7 509 421 +88 72 59 4 5 39
7 Toyota Verblitz 15 8 0 7 453 432 +21 65 56 4 2 38
8 Shizuoka Blue Revs 15 6 2 7 481 454 +27 69 67 3 2 33
9 Sagamihara DynaBoars 15 5 0 10 411 601 −190 56 88 0 3 23
10 Black Rams Tokyo 15 3 0 12 303 458 −155 43 62 1 4 17 Qualification for relegation play-offs
11 Mie Heat 15 1 0 14 211 711 −500 28 107 0 2 6
12 Hanazono Liners 15 1 0 14 317 658 −341 46 96 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
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 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 — 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 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 — 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 34–17 26–29 24–22 —
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 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.

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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