List of 2022 Japan Rugby League One – Division 1 matches
This article contains a list of all matches played during the 2022 Japan Rugby League One – Division 1 season. The season officially kicked off on 7 January, however the match was cancelled. The first official match to be played was on the 8th of January. The season finished on 29 May, and had numerous COVID-19 related disruptions throughout.[1] Each team were to play five teams twice and six teams once for a total of sixteen home and away matches.[2][3]
Round 1[edit]
Round 2[edit]
Round 3[edit]
Round 4[edit]
Yokohama Canon Eagles | Cancelled[lower-alpha 9] | Shining Arcs |
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Spring Mitsuzawa Stadium, Kanagawa-ku (Yokohama)
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Round 5[edit]
Round 6[edit]
Round 7[edit]
Kobelco Kobe Steelers | Cancelled[lower-alpha 14] | Red Hurricanes Osaka |
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Noevir Stadium Kobe, Hyōgo-ku (Kobe)
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Round 8[edit]
Round 9[edit]
Round 10[edit]
Shizuoka Blue Revs | Cancelled[lower-alpha 15] | Kobelco Kobe Steelers |
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Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi (Shizuoka)
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Round 11[edit]
Round 12[edit]
Round 13[edit]
Round 14[edit]
Round 15[edit]
Red Hurricanes Osaka | Cancelled[lower-alpha 16] | Shizuoka Blue Revs |
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Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Higashiōsaka
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Round 16[edit]
Black Rams Tokyo | Cancelled[lower-alpha 17] | Red Hurricanes Osaka |
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Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Aoyama
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Play-offs[edit]
Semi Finals[edit]
Tokyo Sungoliath | 30–24 | Toshiba Brave Lupus |
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Try: Seiya Ozaki 24' c Shintaro Ishihara 42' c Ryoto Nakamura 59' c Con: Damian McKenzie (3/3) 25' 43' 60' Pen: Damian McKenzie (3/5) 31' 49' 52' |
Report | Try: Jacob Pierce 27' c Takahiro Ogawa (2) 36' c 45' c Asaeli Ai Valu 55' m Con: Hayata Nakao (3/3) 28' 37' 46' Pen: Hayata Nakao (1/1) 17' |
Saitama Wild Knights | 24–10 | Kubota SpearsTokyo |
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Try: Takuya Yamasawa 7' c Kyohei Yamasawa 38' c Shota Horie 65' c Con: Takuya Yamasawa (3/3) 8' 39' 66' Pen: Takuya Yamasawa (1/3) 51' |
Report | Try: Opeti Helu 80+2' c Con: Bernard Foley (1/1) 80+3' Pen: Bernard Foley (1/2) 15' |
Third place play-off[edit]
Toshiba Brave Lupus | 15–23 | Kubota Spears |
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Try: Seta Tamanivalu 7' m Takuro Matsunaga 11' c Con: Takuro Matsunaga (1/2) 11' Pen: Takuro Matsunaga (1/1) 36' |
Report | Try: Gerhard van den Heever 18' m Hiroyuki Yamasaki (2) 27' c, 38' m Con: Bernard Foley (1/3) 29' Pen: Bernard Foley (2/2) 49', 67' |
Final[edit]
Tokyo Sungoliath | 12–18 | Saitama Wild Knights |
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Pen: Damian McKenzie (4/4) 6' 52' 57' 66' |
Report | Try: Marika Koroibete 28' c Dylan Riley 73' m Con: Takuya Yamasawa (1/2) 29' Pen: Takuya Yamasawa (2/5) 14' 64' |
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Wild Knights returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and were therefore unable to field a side. Spears were awarded a bonus point win.[4]
- ↑ Blue Revs returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Thus Verblitz were awarded a bonus point win.
- ↑ Wild Knights returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. As a result, the Green Rockets awarded bonus point win.
- ↑ Blue Revs returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Black Rams were awarded a bonus point win.
- ↑ Black Rams returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Brave Lupus were awarded a bonus point win.
- ↑ Shining Arcs returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Green Rockets were awarded a bonus point win.
- ↑ Red Hurricanes returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Verblitz were awarded a bonus point win.
- ↑ Blue Revs returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Sungoliath were awarded a bonus point win as a result.
- ↑ Shining Arcs returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Eagles awarded bonus point win.
- ↑ Because the Black Rams returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests, the Spears were awarded a bonus point win.
- ↑ Verblitz were awarded bonus point win as a result of the Steelers' positive COVID-19 tests.
- ↑ Green Rockets returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Sungoliath were awarded a bonus point win.
- ↑ Shining Arcs returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Red Hurricanes were awarded a bonus point win.
- ↑ Steelers returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Red Hurricanes were awarded a bonus point win.
- ↑ Blue Revs returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Steelers were awarded a bonus point win.
- ↑ Red Hurricanes returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Blue Revs were awarded a bonus point win.
- ↑ Red Hurricanes returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Black Rams were awarded a bonus point win.
- ↑ Verblitz returned a number of positive COVID-19 tests and could not field a side. Sungoliath were awarded a bonus point win.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Japan Rugby League One Set for Launch in January 2022". Japan Rugby Football Union. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- ↑ "Japan Rugby League One Schedule". Japan Rugby League One. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
- ↑ "Schedule and Results". Japan Rugby League One. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
- ↑ "Rugby: Coronavirus infections cancel League One opener". Kyodo News. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
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