12 September,2016
Japan Rugby Top League 2016-2017 Season: Round 3 Statistics
Round 3
| Date | Team | Score | Team | K/O | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, 09 Sep 2016 | NTT Comm. | 33-15 | NEC | 19:30 | Chichibu, Tokyo |
| Sat, 10 Sep 2016 | Kubota | 24-22 | Toyota Industries | 16:30 | Chichibu, Tokyo |
| Suntory | 23-17 | Ricoh | 19:00 | Chichibu, Tokyo | |
| Toshiba | 21-19 | Canon | 18:00 | Nissan Stadium, Yokohama | |
| Kintetsu | 20-32 | Panasonic | 19:00 | Expo Stadium, Osaka | |
| Honda | 30-32 | Toyota | 19:00 | Suzuka, Mie | |
| Sanix | 10-43 | Yamaha | 18:00 | Saga, Saga | |
| Coca-Cola | 7-48 | Kobe | 18:00 | Kanazawa, Ishikawa |
Japan Rugby Top League 2016-17 Table
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | BP1 | BP2 | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yamaha | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 47 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Toyota | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 58 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Suntory | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 30 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | Toshiba | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 46 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | Panasonic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 50 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Kobe | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 54 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | NTT Comm. | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 55 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Sanix | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 103 | -19 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Canon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 70 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Kintetsu | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 65 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Ricoh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 71 | -18 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Kubota | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 71 | -18 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | Toyota Industries | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 104 | -26 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | NEC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 81 | -38 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Honda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 115 | -63 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Coca-Cola | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 105 | -65 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Four points for win, two for draw, one bonus point for scoring three tries or more than the opposition (BP1) and one bonus point for losing by seven or less (BP2).
Leading Point Scorers
At the completion of Round 3, NTT halfback Jumpei Ogura tops the point scorers list with 43 points.
| Name | Team | T | G | PG | DG | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jumpei Ogura | NTT Comm. | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 43 |
| 2 | Gerhard van den Heever | Yamaha | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 40 |
| 3 | Berrick Barnes | Panasonic | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 38 |
| 4 | Kosei Ono | Suntory | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 37 |
| 5 | Codey Rei | Kobe | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 36 |
| 5 | Juan Claude Roos | Canon | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 36 |
| 7 | Takahiro Ogawa | Toshiba | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 28 |
| 8 | Yasumasa Shigemitsu | Kintetsu | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | Takaya Monji | Toyota | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 |
| 9 | Hiroshi Tashiro | Sanix | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 25 |
| 11 | Sam Greene | Toyota Ind. | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 23 |
Leading Try Scorers
At the completion of Round 3, three players including Toyota centre Steven Yates top the try scorers list with four tries.
| Name | Team | Tries | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steven Yates | Toyota | 4 |
| 1 | Andrew Everingham | Sanix | 4 |
| 1 | Rakuhei Yamashita | Kobe | 4 |
| 4 | Masakatsu Nishikawa | Suntory | 3 |
| 4 | Fraser Anderson | Kobe | 3 |
| 4 | Hisayoshi Matsuoka | Toshiba | 3 |
| 4 | Takeshi Hino | Yamaha | 3 |