The 2022–23 Japan Rugby League One – Division 1 season was the twentieth top flight league season played from December 2022 through to May 2023,
in the newly rebranded
Japan Rugby League One
Japan Rugby League One (formerly the Top League) is a rugby union competition in Japan. It is the highest level of professional rugby competition in the country. The Japan Rugby Football Union created the competition in 2003, by absorbing the ...
. The competition consisted of twelve teams, including two promoted teams from
Division 2,
Sagamihara Dynaboars and
Hanazono Liners.
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Format
The format and schedule was announced on 16 September 2022. It consisted 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
Personnel changes
Ladder
Fixtures
Each team were to play five teams twice and six teams once for a total of sixteen home and away matches.
Promotion/Relegation play-offs
The relegation play-offs took place between 5 May and 14 May 2023.[
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Overview
Matches
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Sagamihara DynaBoars v Toyota Shuttles
Green Rockets Tokatsu v MIE Heat
Hanazono Liners v Urayasu D-Rocks
Season play-offs
Bracket
Semi-finals
3rd Place Playoff
Final
References
External links
Japan Rugby League One site
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2022 rugby union tournaments for clubs
2022–23 in Japanese rugby union
2023 rugby union tournaments for clubs
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