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    W. Andrew Robinson

    2024-25 Japan Rugby League One – D1
    Countries Japan
    Number of teams12
    Date21 December 2024 – 1 June 2025
    PromotedUrayasu D-Rocks
    Matches played102
    Attendance790,468
    (average 7,750 per match)
    Highest attendance24,165 (Toyota Verblitz vs. Brave Lupus Tokyo, 15 March 2025)
    Top point scorer Kyohei Yamasawa (186)
    Top try scorer Jone Naikabula (15)
    Official website
    league-one.jp/en

    The 2024–25 Japan Rugby League One – Division 1 season is the fourteenth and current season in the top-flight league of Japanese rugby, the Japan Rugby League One. The season is to be played from December 2024 through to June 2025.[1] The competition consists of twelve teams, including one promoted team from Division 2, the Urayasu D-Rocks.

    Format

    The format 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 Brave Lupus Tokyo 17 14 1 2 692 452 +240 103 63 7 2 67 Qualification for Play-offs
    2 Saitama Wild Knights 17 13 2 2 667 420 +247 90 61 9 1 66
    3 Spears Tokyo Bay 17 13 2 2 569 347 +222 81 46 6 2 64
    4 Shizuoka Blue Revs 17 13 0 4 587 481 +106 85 65 6 1 59
    5 Kobe Steelers 17 10 0 7 619 480 +139 91 69 6 4 50
    6 Tokyo Sungoliath 17 8 2 7 525 508 +17 71 73 2 2 40
    7 Yokohama Eagles 17 6 0 11 490 517 −27 57 73 3 3 30
    8 Black Rams Tokyo 17 5 0 12 437 499 −62 60 65 3 5 28
    9 Sagamihara DynaBoars 17 6 0 11 415 619 −204 58 94 0 2 26
    10 Toyota Verblitz 17 4 1 12 431 580 −149 61 79 2 4 24
    11 Mie Heat 17 4 0 13 395 644 −249 55 94 0 2 18 Qualification for relegation play-offs
    12 Urayasu D-Rocks 17 2 0 15 431 711 −280 62 104 0 2 10
    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 seven teams twice and four teams once for a total of eighteen home and away matches.[3]

    Home \ Away BRT BLT KS MH SDB SWK SBR STB TSG TV UDR YE
    Black Rams Tokyo — 16–39 24–32 37–7 44–22
    Brave Lupus Tokyo — 32–26 59–21 61–8 42–31 26–56 31–27 43–33 22–14
    Kobe Steelers 44–15 28–73 — 47–5 59–33 29–31 63–21 50–22 36–18
    Mie Heat 23–21 12–35 — 38–37 33–53 27–32 19–27 30–38 31–39 20–17
    Sagamihara DynaBoars 7–22 28–45 34–26 — 34–40 12–40 34–22 44–40 31–19 38–28
    Saitama Wild Knights 27–21 28–28 46–32 48–24 39–10 — 26–24 55–17 53–26
    Shizuoka Blue Revs 31–25 34–28 15–13 44–14 38–8 22–17 — 14–33 62–52 38–28
    Spears Tokyo Bay 26–18 25–20 39–20 33–5 29–29 62–14 — 30–10 30–27 41–24
    Tokyo Sungoliath 43–34 37–39 60–31 12–33 22–17 26–26 — 30–30 40–35 22–33
    Toyota Verblitz 32–18 22–33 17–21 22–31 22–38 23–33 28–45 — 20–24
    Urayasu D-Rocks 19–61 20–33 31–26 26–54 19–62 22–33 31–36 — 12–40
    Yokohama Eagles 20–27 21–28 29–47 47–21 36–51 53–35 22–30 17–29 33–22 —
    Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2025. Source: league-one.jp
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    References

    1. ^ "NTT Japan Rugby League One 2024-25 Division 1" [NTT Japan Rugby League One 2024-25, Divisional and Conference Organisation (Updated)]. league-one.jp (in Japanese). Japan Rugby League One. 1 August 2024.
    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.
    Credit: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Japan_Rugby_League_One_%E2%80%93_Division_1

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