Official Review | Japan Rugby League One (Round 14)
1 week ago by Ultimate RugbyToyota Verblitz scored a stunning upset as the race for the sixth and final place in the playoffs intensified beforeJapan Rugby League One enters the final regular season bye weekend.Steve Hansen’s...
Official Preview for Round 12 of Japan Rugby League One
3 weeks ago by Ultimate RugbyTwo seasons ago, Ricoh BlackRams Tokyo were fighting for survival as a Division One entity, forced to scrap theirway to salvation in the post-season Replacement Battle.On Saturday, they will attempt to...
Japan Rugby League One 2025-26 Round 10 review
1 month 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...
Preview: Japan Rugby League One 2025-26 | Round 10
1 month ago by Ultimate RugbyThese are unusual times for the Saitama Wild Knights.A new head coach, an unbeaten run broken, a record defeat, and just third position on a championship ladderthey nearly always have led.All are not the...
Official Preview: Japan Rugby League One | Round One
4 months ago by Ultimate RugbyHe might be 33-years-old but TJ Perenara is far from a spent force, which he will be determined to prove again asJapan Rugby League One returns on Saturday.That the competitive fire burns just as ferociously...
Official Preview: Japan Rugby League One 2024-25 Quarter Finals
10 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...
Japan Rugby League One Preview (Round Sixteen)
11 months ago by Ultimate RugbyWhile their playing careers didn’t overlap, Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights coach Robbie Deans and his Ricoh Black RamsTokyo counterpart Tabai Matson know each other well.A dual international for...
Japan Rugby League One 2024-25 Round 15 Review
11 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights have returned to summit while the team they beat in last year’s semi-final, YokohamaCanon Eagles, are looking less likely to feature in this season’s playoffs,...
Japan Rugby League One 2024-25
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyFormer champions Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo-Bay and Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights have joined reigning premiers Toshiba Brave Lupus in the playoffs, earning their invitations with four games to spare...
Japan Rugby League One 2024-25 Round 13 Review
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyDivision One A remarkable hattrick in the final 10 minutes by Shannon Frizell and a pair of tries from fellow New Zealand-born secondrower Jacob Pierce powered Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo to a 59-21 win...
