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2023–24 Japan Rugby League One – D1
Countries Japan
Number of teams 12
Date09 December 2023 – 26 May 2024
Promoted Mie Heat
Matches played84
Attendance735,189
(average 8,752 per match)
Highest attendance34,568 (Toyota Verblitz vs. Tokyo Sungoliath, 16 March 2024)
Top point scorer Bryn Gatland (191)
Top try scorer Malo Tuitama (15)
Official website
league-one.jp/en
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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.

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. [2]


Teams and personnel

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Saitama Wild Knights 14 14 0 0 671 237 +434 95 33 10 0 66 Qualification for Play-off Semi-finals
2 Brave Lupus Tokyo 14 12 1 1 459 326 +133 67 43 6 0 56
3 Tokyo Sungoliath 14 10 1 3 531 344 +187 75 47 5 3 50
4 Yokohama Eagles 14 10 0 4 473 368 +105 69 52 6 2 48
5 Kobe Steelers 14 7 1 6 551 409 +142 75 51 4 2 36
6 Toyota Verblitz 14 7 0 7 418 401 +17 60 52 4 2 34
7 Spears Tokyo Bay 14 6 1 7 448 397 +51 63 56 3 5 34
8 Shizuoka Blue Revs 14 6 2 6 462 391 +71 66 58 3 2 33
9 Sagamihara DynaBoars 14 5 0 9 387 570 −183 53 83 0 2 22
10 Black Rams Tokyo 14 2 0 12 272 434 −162 38 59 1 4 13 Qualification for relegation play-offs
11 Mie Heat 14 1 0 13 187 650 −463 25 98 0 2 6
12 Hanazono Liners 14 1 0 13 293 625 −332 42 91 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

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 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 34–38 27–36 57–22
Mie Heat 14–24 7–8 — 26–31 13–62 0–75 16–34 21–50
Sagamihara DynaBoars 30–29 14–43 — 21–81 53–45 20–34 35–40
Saitama Wild Knights 44–17 36–24 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 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 —
Yokohama Eagles 24–8 66–26 43–19 34–17 26–29 24–22 —
Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2024. Source: league-one.jp
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/Relegation play-offs

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

References

  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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