2022 Japan Rugby League One
| 2022 Japan Rugby League One | |
|---|---|
| Countries |  Japan |
| Date | 7 January 2022 – 21 May 2022 |
| Matches played | 51 |
| Attendance | 200,266 (average 3,927 per match) |
| Highest attendance | 11,233 (Yokohama Canon Eagles v Kobelco Kobe Steelers, 15 January 2022) |
| Top point scorer | Rikiya Matsuda (116) |
| Top try scorer | , Tevita Li & Israel Folau (8) |
| Official website | |
| league-one | |
The 2022 Japan Rugby League One is the inaugural season of Japan's new professional three-tier Rugby union competition. Division 1 will consist of the top twelve franchises and will play five teams twice and six teams once resulting in each team playing a total of 16 games home and away.[1] The top four sides at the end of the regular season will contest the 58th All-Japan Rugby Football Championship, whilst the bottom three sides will go into a promotion and relegation playoff against the top three sides from .[2]
Teams[]
A total of twelve teams will participate in the inaugural Division 1 season.
Greater Tokyo Area†
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Locations of the 2022 Division 1 teams
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2022 Division 1 teams in Greater Tokyo Area
Ladder[]
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tokyo Sungoliath | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 383 | 226 | 157 | 6 | 46 |
| 2 | Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 327 | 191 | 136 | 8 | 44 |
| 3 | Saitama Wild Knights | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 352 | 153 | 199 | 4 | 40 |
| 4 | Yokohama Canon Eagles | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 284 | 234 | 50 | 4 | 32 |
| 5 | Toyota Verblitz | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 186 | 236 | -50 | 3 | 31 |
| 6 | Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 334 | 301 | 33 | 5 | 29 |
| 7 | Kobelco Kobe Steelers | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 264 | 282 | -18 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Black Rams Tokyo | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 173 | 256 | -83 | 4 | 16 |
| 9 | Shizuoka Blue Revs | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 190 | 193 | -3 | 3 | 15 |
| 10 | NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 106 | 295 | −189 | 2 | 14 |
| 11 | Shining Arcs Tokyo-Bay Urayasu | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 163 | 250 | -87 | 1 | 13 |
| 12 | Green Rockets Tokatsu | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 138 | 283 | -145 | 5 | 13 |
| Legend: P = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, PD = Points Difference, BP = Bonus Points, Pts = Points. The top four teams qualify for the finals. Relegation playoff against . |
Fixtures & Results[]
Each team will play five teams twice and six teams once for a total of sixteen home and away matches.[3][4]
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Notes[]
- ^ Wild Knights returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and are therefore unable to field a side. Spears awarded bonus point win.[5]
- ^ Blue Revs returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Verblitz awarded bonus point win.
- ^ Wild Knights returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Green Rockets awarded bonus point win.
- ^ Blue Revs returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Black Rams awarded bonus point win.
- ^ Black Rams returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Brave Lupus awarded bonus point win.
- ^ Shining Arcs returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Green Rockets awarded bonus point win.
- ^ Red Hurricanes returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Verblitz awarded bonus point win.
- ^ Blue Revs returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Sungoliath awarded bonus point win.
- ^ Shining Arcs returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Eagles awarded bonus point win.
- ^ Black Rams returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Spears awarded bonus point win.
- ^ Steelers returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Verblitz awarded bonus point win.
- ^ Green Rockets returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Sungoliath awarded bonus point win.
- ^ Shining Arcs returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Red Hurricanes awarded bonus point win.
- ^ Steelers returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Red Hurricanes awarded bonus point win.
- ^ Blue Revs returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Steelers awarded bonus point win.
References[]
- ^ "Japan Rugby League One Set for Launch in January 2022". Japan Rugby Football Union. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- ^ "Japan's new professional rugby league reveals inaugural schedule". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
- ^ "Japan Rugby League One Schedule". Japan Rugby League One. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
- ^ "Schedule and Results". Japan Rugby League One. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
- ^ "Rugby: Coronavirus infections cancel League One opener". Kyodo News. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
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