07 October,2016
Japan Rugby Top League 2016-2017 Season: Round 5 Statistics
Round 5
| Date | Team | Score | Team | K/O | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, 30 Sep 2016 | Panasonic | 42-14 | NTT Comm. | 19:30 | Chichibu, Tokyo |
| Sat, 01 Oct 2016 | Kubota | 20-29 | Kintetsu | 11:30 | Chichibu, Tokyo |
| Yamaha | 47-14 | Ricoh | 14:00 | Chichibu, Tokyo | |
| Kobe | 41-5 | Toyota Industries | 14:00 | Expo Stadium, Osaka | |
| Honda | 12-42 | Coca-Cola | 11:30 | Nishikyogoku, Kyoto | |
| NEC | 22-17 | Toyota | 14:00 | Nishikyogoku, Kyoto | |
| Sun, 02 Oct 2016 | Suntory | 37-22 | Canon | 13:00 | Kofu, Yamanashi |
| Sanix | 31-21 | Toshiba | 13:00 | Global Arena, Fukuoka |
Japan Rugby Top League 2016-17 Table
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | BP1 | BP2 | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yamaha | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 67 | 122 | 4 | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | Suntory | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 67 | 102 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| 3 | Kobe | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 149 | 66 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| 4 | Sanix | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 134 | 140 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | Panasonic | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 140 | 109 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | Toyota | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 107 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | NTT Comm. | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 110 | 100 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Toshiba | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 95 | 117 | -22 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Kintetsu | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 91 | 103 | -12 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | NEC | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 105 | -17 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Kubota | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 91 | 115 | -24 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | Ricoh | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 92 | 138 | -46 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | Coca-Cola | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 98 | 136 | -38 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 | Canon | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 108 | 132 | -24 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 | Toyota Industries | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 90 | 168 | -78 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Honda | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 79 | 175 | -96 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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 5, Suntory five-eighth Kosei Ono tops the point scorers list with 69 points.
| Name | Team | T | G | PG | DG | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosei Ono | Suntory | 0 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 69 |
| 2 | Codey Rei | Kobe | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 59 |
| 2 | Gerhard van den Heever | Yamaha | 2 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 59 |
| 4 | Berrick Barnes | Panasonic | 1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 58 |
| 5 | Jumpei Ogura | NTT Comm. | 2 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 55 |
| 6 | Takahiro Ogawa | Toshiba | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 45 |
| 7 | Yasumasa Shigemitsu | Kintetsu | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 44 |
| 8 | Juan Claude Roos | Canon | 0 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 43 |
| 9 | Louis Fouche | Kubota | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 37 |
| 10 | Yu Tamura | NEC | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 36 |
| 10 | Hiroshi Tashiro | Sanix | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 35 |
Leading Try Scorers
At the completion of Round 5, Kobe wing Rakuhei Yamashita tops the try scorers list with seven tries.
| Name | Team | Tries | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rakuhei Yamashita | Kobe | 7 |
| 2 | Andrew Everingham | Sanix | 6 |
| 3 | Yuki Yatomi | Yamaha | 5 |
| 4 | Steven Yates | Toyota | 4 |
| 4 | Takeshi Hino | Yamaha | 4 |
| 4 | Shuhei Matsuhashi | Ricoh | 4 |
| 7 | Masakatsu Nishikawa | Suntory | 3 |
| 7 | Fraser Anderson | Kobe | 3 |
| 7 | Hisayoshi Matsuoka | Toshiba | 3 |
Round five Man-of-the-match Awards
| Date | Teams | Score | Teams | Ground | MOTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 30 Sep 2016 | Panasonic | 42-14 | NTT Comm. | 19:30 | Chichibu, Tokyo | Shunsuke Nunomaki,
Panasonic No.7 |
| Sat 01 Oct 2016 | Kubota | 20-29 | Kintetsu | 11:30 | Chichibu, Tokyo | Atsushi Kashimoto,
Kintetsu No.2 |
| Yamaha | 47-14 | Ricoh | 14:00 | Chichibu, Tokyo | Masatoshi Miyazawa,
Yamaha No.13 |
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| Kobe | 41-5 | Toyota Industries | 14:00 | Expo Stadium, Osaka | Jang Seok-Hwan,
Kobe No.5 |
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| Honda | 12-42 | Coca-Cola | 11:30 | Nishikyogoku, Kyoto | Tetsuya Fukuda,
Coca-Cola No.10 |
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| NEC | 22-17 | Toyota | 14:00 | Nishikyogoku, Kyoto | Yu Tamura,
NEC No.10 |
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| Sun 02 Oct 2016 | Suntory | 37-22 | Canon | 13:00 | Kofu, Yamanashi | Kotaro Matsushima,
Suntory No.15 |
| Sanix | 31-21 | Toshiba | 13:00 | Global Arena, Fukuoka | Nobuyoshi Arai,
Sanix No.8 |