Japan Rugby Top League Wildcard Tournament
Today will see the below teams play in round two of the Japan Rugby Top League Wildcard Tournament that is in its sixth year in 2015 and it is designed to be a means of entry to the National Championship for sides that finish outside the top four on the final table in Japan Rugby Top League.
Honda Heat ensured they will be playing in the Japan Rugby Top League next season as they clinched the Top Challenge 1 promotion tournament on Sunday.
TOKYO (Jan. 25) – Panasonic Wild Knights will play Yamaha Jubilo for the 2014-15 Japan Rugby Top League crown and LIXIL Cup, following Sunday’s second TL semifinal.
OSAKA (Jan. 24) – Yamaha Jubilo reached their first ever Japan Rugby Top League final Saturday as they beat Kobe Kobelco Steelers 41-12 in the first of the weekend’s LIXIL Cup semifinals.
TOKYO (Jan, 11) -Kobe Kobelco Steelers will play Yamaha Jubilo and Panasonic Wild Knights will take on Toshiba Brave Lupus in the semifinals of the Lixil Cup following an exciting final round of action in the Japan Rugby Top League that saw Munakata Sanix Blues relegated.
TOKYO (Jan. 10) – Teikyo University continued their dominance of Japanese student rugby on Saturday as they won the 51st University Championship.
TOKYO (Jan. 5) – Japan coach Eddie Jones named a 41-man squad Monday that he says will form the basis of the 31 players he will take to England in September for Rugby World Cup 2015.
TOKYO (Jan. 4) – Panasonic Wild Knights became the first side to qualify for the Lixil Cup – the playoff…
TOKYO (Jan. 3) – Yamaha Jubilo and Suntory Sungoliath both came away from Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground with one-point wins Saturday to keep alive their hopes of a top-four finish in the second stage of the Japan Rugby Top League.
OTA, Gunma Prefecture (Dec. 28) – Three tries from Springbok JP Pietersen and two from Japan wing Akihito Yamada saw Panasonic Wild Knights beat Suntory Sungoliath 45-8 on Sunday and regain top spot in the Japan Rugby Top League standings.