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2024-25 Japan Rugby League One – D1
Countries Japan
Number of teams12
Date21 December 2024 – 1 June 2025
PromotedUrayasu D-Rocks
Official website
league-one.jp/en
← 2023-242025-26 →

The 2024-25 Japan Rugby League One – Division 1 season is the fourteenth top flight league season played from December 2024 through to June 2025, in the newly rebranded Japan Rugby League One. The competition consisted of twelve teams, including one promoted team from Division 2, the Urayasu D-Rocks.

Format

The format will consist of a round-robin fixture, before entering into a knockout style play-off for the final four teams. It featured two conferences (A, B). Teams in each conference played the teams in their respective conference twice (one at home, one away), and six matches against all the teams in the other conference, three being at home and three away. Each team played a total of sixteen seasonal fixtures, plus additional play-off matches, including relegation play-offs.

Teams and personnel

Club Prefecture Coach Stadium Capacity
Black Rams Tokyo
リコーブラックラムズ東京
Tokyo Tabai Matson Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium 20,010
Brave Lupus Tokyo
東芝ブレイブルーパス東京
Tokyo Todd Blackadder Ajinomoto Stadium 49,970
Kobe Steelers
コベルコ神戸スティーラーズ
Hyōgo Dave Rennie Noevir Stadium Kobe 30,132
Mie Heat
三重ホンダヒート
Mie Kieran Crowley Mie Suzuka Sports Garden 12,000
Sagamihara DynaBoars
三菱重工相模原ダイナボアーズ
Kanagawa Glenn Delaney Sagamihara Gion Stadium 15,300
Saitama Wild Knights
埼玉パナソニックワイルドナイツ
Saitama Robbie Deans Kumagaya Rugby Ground 24,000
Shizuoka Blue Revs
静岡ブルーレヴズ
Shizuoka Yuichiro Fujii Yamaha Stadium 15,165
Spears Tokyo Bay
クボタスピアーズ船橋・東京ベイ
Chiba Frans Ludeke Edogawa Stadium 6,950
Tokyo Sungoliath
東京サントリーサンゴリアス
Tokyo Kosei Ono Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium 27,188
Toyota Verblitz
トヨタヴェルブリッツ
Aichi Steve Hansen Paloma Mizuho Rugby Stadium 15,000
Urayasu D-Rocks
浦安ディーロックス
Chiba Greig Laidlaw Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium 27,188
Yokohama Eagles
横浜キヤノンイーグルス
Kanagawa Keisuke Sawaki NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium 15,454


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Black Rams
Brave Lupus
D-Rocks
DynaBoars
Eagles
Spears
Sungoliath
Wild Knights
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Ladder

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Black Rams Tokyo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for Play-off Semi-finals
2 Brave Lupus Tokyo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Kobe Steelers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Mie Heat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 30
5 Sagamihara DynaBoars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Saitama Wild Knights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Shizuoka Blue Revs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Spears Tokyo Bay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Tokyo Sungoliath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Toyota Verblitz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for relegation play-offs
11 Urayasu D-Rocks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Yokohama Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: league-one.jp
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Number of wins; 3) Point difference

Fixtures

Each team will play five teams twice and six teams once for a total of sixteen home and away matches.

Home \ Away BRT BLT KS MH SDB SWK SBR STB TSG TV UDR YE
Black Rams Tokyo
Brave Lupus Tokyo
Kobe Steelers
Mie Heat
Sagamihara DynaBoars
Saitama Wild Knights
Shizuoka Blue Revs
Spears Tokyo Bay
Tokyo Sungoliath
Toyota Verblitz
Urayasu D-Rocks
Yokohama Eagles
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: league-one.jp
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

  1. "NTT Japan Rugby League One 2024-25 Division 1" [NTT Japan Rugby League One 2024-25, Divisional and Conference Organisation (Updated)]. league-one.jp (in Japanese). Japan Rugby League One. 1 August 2024.
  2. "NTTジャパンラグビー リーグワン2023-24 大会日程決定のお知らせ". league-one.jp (in Japanese). League One. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  3. "Schedule and Results". Japan Rugby League One. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

External links

Japan Rugby League One
2023–24 teams
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Division Two
Division Three
Former teams
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