23 December,2016
Japan Rugby Top League 2016-2017 Season: Round 12 Statistics
Round 12
| Date | Team | Score | Team | K/O | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, 17 Dec 2016 | Toyota Industries | 49-24 | Honda | 11:30 | Toyota Stadium, Aichi |
| Toyota | 24-37 | Suntory | 14:00 | Toyota Stadium, Aichi | |
| Kubota | 36-17 | Coca-Cola | 13:00 | Chiba, Chiba | |
| Sun, 18 Dec 2016 | Canon | 45-21 | NEC | 11:30 | Chichibu, Tokyo |
| Panasonic | 45-17 | Ricoh | 14:00 | Chichibu, Tokyo | |
| Kintetsu | 12-59 | Toshiba | 13:00 | Yanmar Stadium, Osaka | |
| Kobe | 15-33 | Yamaha | 13:00 | Kobe, Hyogo | |
| Sanix | 7-33 | NTT Comm. | 13:00 | Miyazaki, Miyazaki |
Japan Rugby Top League 2016-17 Table
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | BP1 | BP2 | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yamaha | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 503 | 147 | 356 | 9 | 0 | 57 |
| 2 | Suntory | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 447 | 145 | 302 | 8 | 0 | 56 |
| 3 | Panasonic | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 473 | 226 | 247 | 6 | 1 | 47 |
| 4 | Kobe | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 404 | 270 | 134 | 6 | 0 | 42 |
| 5 | Toyota | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 300 | 237 | 63 | 3 | 3 | 34 |
| 6 | NTT Comm. | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 254 | 246 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 31 |
| 7 | Toshiba | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 305 | 287 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 28 |
| 8 | Canon | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 298 | 280 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 25 |
| 9 | Ricoh | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 280 | 331 | -51 | 1 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Sanix | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 237 | 366 | -129 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| 11 | Kubota | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 216 | 317 | -101 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| 12 | NEC | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 245 | 351 | -106 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| 13 | Toyota Industries | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 242 | 439 | -197 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 14 | Kintetsu | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 222 | 329 | -107 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 15 | Coca-Cola | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 189 | 406 | -217 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 16 | Honda | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 224 | 462 | -238 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
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 12, Yamaha fullback Gerhard van den Heever tops the point scorers list with 149 points.
| Name | Team | T | G | PG | DG | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerhard van den Heever | Yamaha | 4 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 149 |
| 2 | Kosei Ono | Suntory | 3 | 43 | 15 | 0 | 146 |
| 3 | Codey Rei | Kobe | 5 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 113 |
| 4 | Takahiro Ogawa | Toshiba | 5 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 105 |
| 5 | Jumpei Ogura | NTT Comm. | 5 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 101 |
| 6 | Yu Tamura | NEC | 4 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 98 |
| 7 | Juan Claude Roos | Canon | 1 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 95 |
| 8 | Berrick Barnes | Panasonic | 1 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 84 |
| 9 | Sam Greene | Toyota Ind. | 2 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 82 |
| 10 | Takuya Yamasawa | Panasonic | 2 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 79 |
| 11 | Yasumasa Shigemitsu | Kintetsu | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 70 |
| 12 | Takaaki Nakazuru | Suntory | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
Leading Try Scorers
At the completion of Round 12, Suntory wing Takaaki Nakazuru tops the try scorers list with 13 tries.
| Name | Team | Tries | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takaaki Nakazuru | Suntory | 13 |
| 2 | Rakuhei Yamashita | Kobe | 12 |
| 3 | Takeshi Hino | Yamaha | 11 |
| 4 | Hendrick Tui | Suntory | 9 |
| 4 | Shuhei Matsuhashi | Ricoh | 9 |
| 4 | Male Sau | Yamaha | 9 |
| 7 | Steven Yates | Toyota | 8 |
| 7 | Akihito Yamada | Panasonic | 8 |
| 7 | Chikara Ito | Yamaha | 8 |
| 10 | Fraser Anderson | Kobe | 7 |
| 10 | Andrew Everingham | Sanix | 7 |
| 12 | Daniel Heenan | Panasonic | 6 |