Japan Rugby Top League Cup 2019: Round 3 Preview

 

Date Team Score Team K/O Venue
Fri, 5 Jul 2019 Ricoh Kobe 19:30 Chichibu, Tokyo
NTT Docomo Yamaha 19:30 Expo, Osaka
Sat, 6 Jul 2019 NTT Comm. Kyuden 11:30 Kamaishi, Iwate
Kamaishi Toyota 14:00 Kamaishi, Iwate
Toshiba Sanix 16:00 J Stadium, Fukushima
NEC Kintetsu 16:45 Kumagaya, Saitama
Panasonic Honda 19:00 Kumagaya, Saitama
Shimizu Hino 14:00 Komazawa, Tokyo
Suntory Kurita 16:30 Komazawa, Tokyo
Canon Coca-Cola 16:30 Chichibu, Tokyo
Mitsubishi Sagamihara Kubota 19:00 Chichibu, Tokyo
Mazda Toyota Industries 15:00 Nagato, Yamaguchi

Round three of the Japan Rugby Top League Cup 2019 takes place on Friday, 5 June and Saturday, 6 June 2019 at various locations across Japan.

Pool D combatants Kobe Steel and Ricoh open the round at the Chichibu ground in Tokyo on Friday evening with Kobe as the reigning Top League champions looking to keep their unbeaten run intact in the Cup. Meanwhile, table-topping NTT Docomo host Yamaha in Osaka in their Pool B clash in the only other Friday game.

On Saturday, in Pool A, Suntory look to continue their fine attacking form against Kurita at the Komazawa Stadium in Tokyo, while Panasonic play Honda in Kumagaya.

After Docomo, Toshiba are the only other unbeaten side in Pool B and they face Sanix at the J Village Stadium in Fukushima.

In Pool C, both Kubota and Canon have the full ten points after the opening two rounds with the former playing Mitsubishi Sagamihara at Chichibu in Tokyo and the latter playing Coca-Cola in the early game at the same venue.

Like Kobe, NEC are still undefeated in Pool D as they face Kintetsu at Kumagaya.

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