2009–10 Top League










2009–10 Top League

Topleague09-10final.JPG
Season finale for 2009–10: Toshiba versus Sanyo.

Countries
Japan Japan
Date4 September 2009 - 9 January 2010
Champions
Toshiba Brave Lupus (5th title)
Runners-upSanyo Wild Knights

← 2008–09


2010–11 →

The 2009–10 Top League was the seventh season of Japan's domestic rugby union competition, the Top League. The Toshiba Brave Lupus defeated Sanyo Wild Knights by 6–0 in the final of the Microsoft Cup to claim their fifth Top League championship.


The Top League is a semi-professional competition which is at the top of the national league system in Japan, with promotion and relegation between the next level down.


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Contents





  • 1 Changes


  • 2 Teams


  • 3 Regular season

    • 3.1 Final standings


    • 3.2 Fixtures and results

      • 3.2.1 Round 1


      • 3.2.2 Round 2




  • 4 Title play-offs

    • 4.1 Semi-finals


    • 4.2 Final



  • 5 Wildcard play-offs

    • 5.1 First round


    • 5.2 Second round



  • 6 Top League Challenge Series


  • 7 Promotion and relegation play-offs


  • 8 Top Ten Points Scorers


  • 9 End of season awards


  • 10 References


  • 11 External links




Changes



  • Honda Heat and Ricoh Black Rams were promoted to the Top League, replacing IBM Big Blue and Yokogawa Atlastars who were relegated.

  • Last season's rule change of allowing three overseas players on the field at any one time was altered for the 2009–10 season; one of the three overseas players must have already represented Japan, be currently eligible to represent Japan or eligible to represent Japan in the future.

  • Teams are allowed to field one player from the Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) outside the above restrictions on overseas players. That Asian player may have represented another country at Test, A or Sevens levels as long as that country is a Union member of the ARFU.

  • Last season the top six finishers automatically qualified for the national championship; however, this season the top four qualify, with the teams that finish 5th to 10th playing off for the remaining two Top League qualifiers.


Teams















































Team
Region
Season

Coca-Cola West Red Sparks

Fukuoka, Kyushu
4

Fukuoka Sanix Blues
Fukuoka, Kyushu
6

Honda Heat
Suzuka, Mie
1

Kintetsu Liners

Osaka, Kansai
4

Kobelco Steelers

Hyogo, Kansai
7

Kubota Spears
Chiba, Kanto
7

Kyuden Voltex
Fukuoka, Kyushu
3

NEC Green Rockets
Chiba, Kanto
7

Ricoh Black Rams

Tokyo, Kanto
6

Sanyo Wild Knights

Gunma, Kanto
7

Suntory Sungoliath
Tokyo, Kanto
7

Toshiba Brave Lupus
Tokyo, Kanto
7

Toyota Verblitz

Aichi, Tokai
6

Yamaha Jubilo

Shizuoka, Tokai
7


Regular season



Final standings























































































































































































Top League Table

Club
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
Points For
Points Against
Points Difference
Try Bonus
Losing Bonus
Points
1
Sanyowildknights.png Sanyo Wild Knights
131210534175+359
59
2
Suntorycolours.png Suntory Sungoliath
131120570195+375
58
3
Toshibabravelupus.png Toshiba Brave Lupus
131003436276+160
52
4
Toyotaverblitz.png Toyota Verblitz
131012394219+175
48
5
Kobesteelers.png Kobelco Steelers
13715343303+40
38
6
Kubotaspears.png Kubota Spears
13607313339−26
31
7
Fukuokasanixblues.png Fukuoka Sanix Blues
13607311371−60
31
8
Redsparkscolours.png Coca-Cola West Red Sparks
13706299448−149
31
9
Yamahajubilo.png Yamaha Jubilo
13526311327−14
30
10
NECgreenrockets.png NEC Green Rockets
13409224280−56
25
11
Kintetsuliners.png Kintetsu Liners
13418218348−130
23
12
Ricohblackrams.png Ricoh Black Rams
13409262422−160
19
13
Hondaheat.png Honda Heat
131012255464−209
10
14
Kyudenvoltex.png Kyuden Voltex
130013199502−303
4

 • The top 4 teams qualified to the title play-offs.

 • The top 4 teams also qualified for entry into the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship.

 • Teams 5 to 10 qualified to the wildcard play-offs for entry into the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship.

 • Teams 11 and 12 went through to the promotion and relegation play-offs against regional challengers.

 • Teams 13 and 14 were automatically relegated to the regional leagues for 2010–11.



Source:The Rugby Archive[1]


Four points for a win, two for a draw, one bonus point for four tries or more (BP1) and one bonus point for losing by seven or less (BP2).

If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

 • Difference between points for and against

 • Total number of points for

 • Number of matches won

 • Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams

 • Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled





Fixtures and results



Round 1






























































































Round 2






























































































Title play-offs


Top four sides of the regular season competed for the Top League Championship (the play-offs were not sponsored for the 2009–10 season). The teams competing were Toshiba Brave Lupus, Sanyo Wild Knights, Toyota Verblitz and Suntory Sungoliath.



Semi-finals





























Final
















Wildcard play-offs


The two second round winners qualified for the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship.



First round


The Top League teams ranked 7th and 10th played-off for the right to meet the Top League team ranked 5th in the second round. The Top League teams ranked 8th and 9th played-off for the right to meet the Top League team ranked 6th in the second round.


So Coca-Cola West Red Sparks and NEC progressed to the second round.



Second round


The Top League team ranked 5th played-off against the winner of the teams ranked 7th and 10th, and the Top League team ranked 6th played-off against the winner of the teams ranked 8th and 9th. The two winning second round teams advanced to the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship.


So Kobe and NEC advanced to the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship.



Top League Challenge Series


Main article: 2010 Top League Challenge Series

NTT Communications Shining Arcs and Toyota Industries Shuttles won promotion to the 2010–11 Top League via the 2010 Top League Challenge Series, while Mazda Blue Zoomers and Yokogawa Musashino Atlastars progressed to the promotion play-offs.



Promotion and relegation play-offs


Two promotion/relegation matches (Irekaesen) were played. The Top League team ranked 12th played-off against the Challenge 1 team ranked 3rd, and the Top League team ranked 11th played-off against the Challenge 2 team ranked 1st. The winners were included in the Top League for the following season.




























So Kintetsu and Ricoh remained in the Top League for the following season.



Top Ten Points Scorers



























































































Player
Team
Pts
T
C
PG
DG
1Atsushi Tanabe
Sanyowildknights.png Sanyo Wild Knights
191448250
2Ryan Nicholas
Suntorycolours.png Suntory Sungoliath
173646170
3Shaun Webb
Redsparkscolours.png Coca-Cola West Red Sparks
150228167
4Shane Drahm
Kubotaspears.png Kubota Spears
135228167
5David Hill
Toshibabravelupus.png Toshiba Brave Lupus
12243980
6Ayumu Goromaru
Yamahajubilo.png Yamaha Jubilo
111027190
7Yoshimitsu Kawano
Ricohblackrams.png Ricoh Black Rams
102123152
8Orene Ai'i
Toyotaverblitz.png Toyota Verblitz
8042151
9Hirotoki Onozawa
Suntorycolours.png Suntory Sungoliath
7014000
10Tomoki Kitagawa
Sanyowildknights.png Sanyo Wild Knights
8042151

Table notes


  • Pts = Points scored

  • T = Tries

  • C = Conversions

  • PG = Penalty Goals

  • DG = Drop Goals


End of season awards



References




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External links


  • 2009-10 draw


  • Team Profiles (Japanese)


  • Top League official site (Japanese)

  • Top League video digest


  • Final Table (Japanese)








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