Japan Rugby League One 2025-26 Round 11 Preview
3 days ago by Ultimate RugbyIn the world of Japan Rugby League One, games don’t come much bigger than this.In the orange corner, the Kubota Spears: winners of the 2022-23 title, current table leaders, finalists last year, andthe...
Japan Rugby League One 2025-26 Round 10 review
1 week ago by Ultimate RugbyBrodie Retallick continued his try-scoring addiction this season, scoring twice amongst the 12 gathered by KobelcoKobe Steelers as they savaged hapless Urayasu D-Rocks 78-19 yesterday to retain second...
Japan Rugby League One round nine review
2 weeks ago by Ultimate RugbyThere is a new name at the top of the leaderboard at the halfway stage of the regular season in Japan Rugby League One as Kubota Spears took over from Saitama Wild Knights following the inaugural champions’...
Japan Rugby League One Round Nine Official Preview
3 weeks ago by Ultimate RugbyIs this the biggest test? League leaders, Saitama Wild Knights, might be unbeaten this season, and the winners of 71 matches from 82 outings since Japan Rugby League One inaugurated five years ago, but...
Japan Rugby League One 2025-26 Round Eight Preview
1 month ago by Ultimate RugbyIt couldn’t have come at a better time. Yokohama Canon Eagles’ first win of the season was an important step forward for the two-time League One semi-finalists, and a great confidence boost...
Japan Rugby League One preview (Round Eight)
1 month ago by Ultimate RugbyCrunch time has come early. While neither Toyota Verblitz nor Yokohama Canon Eagles will become relegation series certainties should they lose at Aichi’s Paloma Mizuho Rugby Stadium on Saturday,...
Japan Rugby League One Round Four Official Preview
2 months ago by Ultimate RugbyShizuoka BlueRevs might have won just once in the opening three rounds, but the side led by Springbok KwaggaSmith are not to be underrated, and their next opponent, Saitama Wild Knights, certainly won’t...
Japan Rugby League One 2025-26 Round 3 Review
2 months ago by Ultimate RugbyA 29-point haul from veteran Wallaby flyhalf Bernard Foley, alongside 11 tries, has allowed Kubota Spears to rompto their third straight win in Japan Rugby League One after the Frans Ludeke-coached outfit...
'Where's that spine?': All Blacks come under fire after record loss
5 months ago by Ultimate RugbyScrutiny on coach Scott Robertson and his team was intense following their late capitulation in Saturday's 43-10 Rugby Championship Test in Wellington. It was the heaviest defeat in all of New Zealand's...
Official Preview: Japan Rugby League One 2024-25 Quarter Finals
9 months ago by Ultimate RugbyDivision One And then there were six. With half of Division One having exited the competition, the six remaining get down to business from tomorrow, sorting out who will be crowned Kings of the fourth...