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,[1] 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.
| 2024-25 Japan Rugby League One – D1 | |
|---|---|
| Countries |  Japan |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Date | 21 December 2024 – 1 June 2025 |
| Promoted | Urayasu D-Rocks |
| Matches played | 18 |
| Attendance | 169,500 (average 9,417 per match) |
| Highest attendance | 22,871 (Yokohama Eagles vs. Brave Lupus Tokyo, 22 December 2024) |
| Official website | |
| league-one | |
Format
editThe 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.[2]
Teams and personnel
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Ladder
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saitama Wild Knights | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 52 | +46 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | Qualification for Play-off Semi-finals |
| 2 | Brave Lupus Tokyo | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 55 | +66 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |
| 3 | Shizuoka Blue Revs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 66 | +51 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |
| 4 | Spears Tokyo Bay | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 80 | +6 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| 5 | Mie Heat | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 70 | +1 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| 6 | Kobe Steelers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 65 | +10 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 7 | Yokohama Eagles | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 76 | +3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 8 | Black Rams Tokyo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 94 | −24 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 9 | Sagamihara DynaBoars | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 120 | −47 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 10 | Toyota Verblitz | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 74 | 81 | −7 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 11 | Tokyo Sungoliath | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 74 | 96 | −22 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 12 | Urayasu D-Rocks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 133 | −83 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Number of wins; 3) Point difference
Fixtures
editEach team will play five teams twice and six teams once for a total of sixteen home and away matches.[3]
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Schedule and Results". Japan Rugby League One. Retrieved 12 September 2023.