The 2014–15 Top League was the 12th season of Japan's domestic rugby union competition, the Top League. It kicked off on 30 August 2014. The final was held on 8 February 2015 and won by Panasonic Wild Knights, 30–12 over Yamaha Júbilo.
2014–15 Top League
Panasonic win the Lixil Cup for season 2014–15. Japan 22 August 2014 – 1 February 2015 Panasonic Wild Knights (3rd title) Yamaha Júbilo 115 Berrick Barnes (156 pts) Panasonic Wild Knights Nemani Nadolo (11 tries) NEC Green Rockets Rakuhei Yamashita (11 tries) Kobelco Steelers Kyosuke Horie (11 tries) Yamaha Júbilo
The 2014–15 Top League was the 12th season of Japan 's domestic rugby union competition, the Top League . It kicked off on 30 August 2014. The final was held on 8 February 2015 and won by Panasonic Wild Knights , 30–12 over Yamaha Júbilo .
The only change to the make-up of the league was the Top Kyushu champion team Fukuoka Sanix replacing Kyuden Voltex.
Team Region Coach Captain
Canon Eagles Machida, Tokyo, Kantō Zane Hilton Taku Wada Coca-Cola Red Sparks Fukuoka, Kyūshū Akihiro Usui Masakazu Toyota Fukuoka Sanix Blues Fukuoka, Kyūshū Yuichiro Fujii Eito Tamura Kintetsu Liners Higashiosaka, Osaka, Kansai Ryusuke Maeda Daiki Toyota Kobelco Steelers Kobe, Kansai Gary Gold Daiki Hashimoto Kubota Spears Funabashi, Chiba, Kantō Toutai Kefu Naomichi Tatekawa NEC Green Rockets Abiko, Chiba, Kantō Masao Amino Sunao Takizawa NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka, Kansai Masahiro Shimoki Hiroki Yoshioka NTT Com Shining Arcs Chiba, Chiba, Kantō Rob Penney Yuya Mizoguchi Panasonic Wild Knights Ota, Gunma, Kantō Robbie Deans Shota Horie Ricoh Black Rams Tokyo, Kantō Damien Hill Daisuke Komatsu Suntory Sungoliath Fuchū, Tokyo, Kantō Andy Friend Shinya Makabe Toshiba Brave Lupus Fuchū, Tokyo, Kantō Teppei Tomioka Yoshikazu Morita Toyota Industries Shuttles Aichi, Mizuho Tai McIsaac Koichi Umeda Toyota Verblitz Toyota, Aichi, Tokai Filo Tiatia Kojiro Yoshida Yamaha Júbilo Iwata, Shizuoka, Tokai Katsuyuki Kiyomiya Yuhimaru Mimura
For the Pool stage, the 16 teams were placed into 2 pools of 8 teams each and a round-robin tournament was played within each of the pools.
Then, for the Group stage, the top 4 teams from each pool went through to Group 1, and the bottom 4 teams from each pool went through to Group 2. The teams were given starting points based on where they finished in their pool.
i.e. starting points of 4, 3, 2, and 1, for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th respectively; and starting points of 4, 3, 2, and 1, for 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th respectively.
Another round-robin was played for each of the groups. The Top League teams in Group 1 ranked 1st to 4th qualified for the title play-offs to fight for the Microsoft Cup and the Top League title. The top 4 also qualified directly into the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship .
The teams in Group 1 ranked 5th to 8th, and teams in Group 2 ranked 1st to 4th went through to the wildcard play-offs for qualification into the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship .
The teams in Group 2 ranked 5th to 7th went through to the promotion and relegation play-offs against regional challengers to fight to remain in the Top League. The team in Group 2 ranked 8th was automatically relegated to the regional leagues for 2015–16.
Try: Pietersen 11' cHayashi 80' cCon: Barnes (2) 11', 80'Pen: Barnes (4) 2', 23', 33', 64' Try: Oshima 19' cAsahara 35' c Bates 55' Ogawa 60' c, 64' cCon: Ogawa (3) 19', 35', 60' Futoshi Mori (1) 64'Pen: Ogawa (2) 15', 66'
Try: Nakaya 71' cWatanabe 79' cCon: Motegi (1) 71', Saiguchi (1) 80'Pen: Motegi (1) 41' Try: Shigemitsu 24' cToyoda 32' c Ratuila 48' cCon: Shigemitsu (3) 24', 32', 48'
Try: Nishibashi 27' c Tsuruda 55' c Mafi 68'Con: Jantjies (2) 27', 55'Pen: Jantjies (2) 5', 74' Try: Sweeney 48'Pen: Tashiro (2) 8', 43'
Try: Ohigashi 14' cMurata 26' c Onodera 38' cCon: Tamura (3) 14', 26', 38'Pen: Tamura (1) 65' Pen: Tatekawa (1) 51'
Try: Miyazawa 48' cKrishnan 52', 71' c Yatomi 80' cCon: Goromaru (3) 48', 71', 80'Pen: Goromaru (4) 4', 15', 18', 34' Pen: Onishi (3) 7', 21', 38'
Try: King 41' cCon: Fukuda (1) 41'Pen: Fukuda (2) 9', 53' Try: Sasaki 49' Nakazuru 65' Narita 80' cCon: Pisi (1) 80'
Try: Carpenter 1' cTakeda 43' cCon: Monji (2) 1', 43'Pen: Monji (3) 10', 18', 62' Try: Yamamoto 27' cCon: Mitomo (1) 27'Pen: Mitomo (3) 35', 59', 80'
Try: Taniguchi 59' cCon: Tanabe (1) 59'Pen: Tanabe (4) 13', 18', 64', 78' Try: Mau 36' c Komatsu 74' cCon: Peters (2) 36', 74'Pen: Peters (1) 2'
Try: Penalty Try 31' cHirose 63' cCon: Ogawa (2) 31', 63'Pen: Ogawa (3) 12', 19', 43' Try: Nishibashi 66' Karauria-Henry 76'Pen: Jantjies (2) 14', 45'
Try: Kawano 11' cTanaka 20' Sasakura 26' c Heenan 36' Uchida 49' Kawamata 64' Shimomura 80' cCon: Barnes (1) 11' Hayashi (1) 26' Miwa (1) 80'Pen: Barnes (2) 3', 8' Try: Toeava 45' Moriwaki 53' c Finau 80' cCon: Tatekawa (2) 53', 80'Pen: Tatekawa (1) 5'
Try: Thomson 10' c, 23' c, 27' Hashino 36' c Bennetts 46' cCon: Mitomo (4) 10', 23', 36', 46' Try: Pohiva 18' c Yanagawa 69'Con: Peters (1) 18'Pen: Peters (3) 3', 7', 21'
Try: Gerrard 6' cSakai 13' c, 57' c Penalty Try 77' cCon: Barnes (4) 6', 13', 57', 77'Pen: Barnes (1) 34' Try: Arai 25' Hamazato 35' cCon: Tashiro (2) 25', 35'
Try: Thomas 29' cCon: Monji (1) 29'Pen: Monji (1) 4' Try: Nakazuru 55' cCon: Pisi (1) 55'Pen: Ono (2) 9', 40'
Try: Shomen 38' c Taniguchi 49' cCon: Tanabe (2) 38', 49'Pen: Tanabe (4) 21', 32', 41', 76' Pen: Shigemitsu (1) 18'
Try: Kawaguchi 5' Toyota 53' cCon: Fukuda (1) 53'Pen: Fukuda (1) 40' Pen: Viljoen (3) 18', 25', 28'
Try: Goto 19' cCon: Tamura (1) 19' Try: Hino 4', 59' c Miyazawa 10', Piutau 42' c, 49' c, 66' c, 73' c Tuliai'i 71' cCon: Goromaru (6) 42', 49', 59', 66', 71', 73'Drop: Sogabe (1) 79'
Try: Hatakeyama 31' cBurger 72' cCon: Pisi (2) 31', 72'Pen: Pisi (2) 6', 21' Try: Fukui 38' c Thomson 44' cCon: Mitomo (2) 38', 44'Pen: Mitomo (1) 12'
Try: Nishibashi 10' Tomoigawa 33' c, Tsuruya 58' Bin 71' cCon: Jantjies (1) 33' Numajiri (1) 71'Pen: Jantjies (2) 4', 26' Pen: Goodman (2) 8', 32'
Try: Matsunobu 2', 20' cCon: Ogawa (1) 2'Pen: Ogawa (2) 50', 77' Try: Tanaka 29' c Toeava 53' cCon: Tatekawa (2) 29', 53'Pen: Tatekawa (3) 8', 47', 72'
Try: Fairbanks 32' c Taufa 53' c Ratuila 60'Con: Shigemitsu (2) 32', 53'Pen: Taylor (1) 15' Shigemitsu (2) 24', 30' Try: Komatsu 19' c Peters 47' cCon: Peters (2) 19', 47'Pen: Peters (3) 3', 27', 75'
Try: Brüssow 14' c Kohiyama 29' Watanabe 36' cCon: Viljoen (2) 14', 36' Try: Ueno 1' c Namekawa 19' c Yates 39' c Matsushita 49' cCon: Monji (4) 1', 19', 39', 49'Pen: Monji (1) 59'
Try: Potgieter 17' c, 49' c Yagi 34', 47' c Lemalu 69' cCon: Sweeney (3) 17', 47', 49' Hamazoto 69'Pen: Sweeney (1) 11' Try: Yoshihiro 5' c Kubota 12' Brew 29' c Morita 53' c Takizawa 77'Con: Tamura (3) 5', 29', 53'
Try: Kizu 23', 64' c Yamashita 68' c Bekker 73' c Yamazaki 78'Con: Yamanaka (3) 64', 68', 73'
Pen: Goromaru (3) 14', 40', 72' Try: Ueno 29'Pen: Barnes (2) 1', 10' Miwa (1) 69'
19:30 Try: Natsui 2' Toyosima 18' c, 66' Kahui 48' cCon: Ogawa (2) 18', 48'Pen: Ogawa (2) 14', 27' Try: Brew 35' c Nadolo 75' cCon: Tamura (1) 35' Nadolo (1) 75'Pen: Tamura (4) 40', 55', 60', 64'
16:40 Try: Ahio 24' Hesketh 74' cCon: Hamazato (1) 74' Try: Tuiali'i 4' c, 31' Horie 15' c, 39' c Koike 45' c, Havili 54' c, 67' Nakazono 80' cCon: Goromaru (5) 4', 15', 39', 45', 80' Otao (1) 54'
19:00 Try: Bateman 35' c Egashira 59' cCon: Fukuda (2) 35', 59'Pen: Fukuda (3) 4', 13', 40' Try: Thomas 8' Monji 47' c Kusaka 52' cCon: Monji (2) 47', 52'Pen: Monji (2) 33', 57'
18:00 Try: Nakazuru 17' c Nishikawa 27' c Murata 33' c Tui 46' c, Burger 61' cCon: Pisi (3) 17', 27', 33' Ono 46', 61'Pen: Pisi (1) 20' Try: Komatsu 41', 67' c Bourke 71' c Yamamoto 77' cCon: Peters (3) 67', 71', 77'
19:05 Try: Vaka 25' Try: Heenan 2' c Miwa 33' c Yamada 39' c, 58' c Tanaka 54' c Yatabe 80' cCon: Miwa (6) 2', 33', 39', 54', 58', 80'Pen: Miwa (4) 15', 23', 29', 31'
18:00 Try: Shigeno 54' c, 75' c Watanabe 59' c, 64'Con: Viljoen (2) 54', 59' Saiguchi 75' c Try: Bekker 13' Yamashita 33' c Penalty Try 46' c Nakahama 50' c Anderson 66' cCon: Morita (4) 33', 46', 50', 66'Pen: Morita (1) 32', 57'
16:00 Try: Jyou 8' c Mitomo 19' c Wada 45' c Thomson 58' Bond 73' cCon: Mitomo (4) 8', 19', 45', 73'Pen: Mitomo (1) 43' Try: Fairbanks 41' c, 52' c Samo 66' c Yamaguchi 80' cCon: Shigemitsu (4) 41', 52', 66', 80'Pen: Shigemitsu (1) 22'
18:20 Try: Finau 26' c Tamura 41' Tanaka 54'Con: Tatekawa (1) 26'Pen: Tatekawa (4) 10', 51', 64', 80' Try: M. Tsuruya 17' c Saunders 34' c Mafi 66' cCon: Jantjies (3) 17', 34', 66'Pen: Jantjies (2) 14', 58'
19:30 Try: Nakazuru 38' c Sasaki 32' c Kakinaga 80'Con: Pisi (2) 38', 62'Pen: Pisi (1) 44' Try: Yasui 41' c Mapakaitolo 52' c Yamashita 58' Murakami 77' cCon: Yamanaka (3) 41', 52', 77'Pen: Yamanaka (1) 30'
16:40 Try: Yamamoto 2' c Komatsu 9' c, 74' c Peters 15' Pohiva 34' Hoshino 46' c, 77' Makita 53' cCon: Peters (4) 2', 9', 46', 53' Perera (1) 74'Pen: Peters (1) 40' Try: Kuwazuru 49'
19:00 Try: Thomson 40' c Penalty Try 50' c Moriya 61' Bond 78'Con: Mitomo (2) 40', 50' Try: Watanabe 36' Tsujino 59'
16:40 Try: Fifita 63' Teaupa 75' Try: Bates 26', 41' c, 54' c Yamaguchi 80' cCon: Ogawa (3) 41', 54', 80'Pen: Steyn (1) 9' Ogawa (2) 39', 44'
19:00 Try: Hirosaka 12' c Thomas 25' c, 55' c Taumoepeau 77' cCon: Monji (4) 12', 25', 55', 77'Pen: Monji (1) 33' Try: Toyoda 17' c Ierome 38' c Taylor 49' Penalty Try 69' cCon: Shigemitsu (3) 17', 38', 69'Pen: Shigemitsu (4) 7', 44', 58', 80'
13:00 Try: Tsuruda 31' Ueda 52' c Penalty Try 58' c Kobayashi 61' cCon: Jantjies (3) 52', 58', 61'Pen: Jantjies (1) 37'Drop: Jantjies (1) 75' Try: Forau 10' c Nadolo 28', 67' Latu 65' c Yoshihiro 69' cCon: Nadolo (1) 10' Tamura (2) 65', 69'
15:00 Try: Kitagawa 15' c, 19' c, 36', 55' Shimamura 23' c Whitelock 30' c, 66' c, 73' c Holani 45' c Horie 48' c Sakai 62' c Barnes 80' cCon: Miwa (6) 15', 19', 23', 30', 45', 48' Barnes (4) 62', 66', 73', 80' Try: Robins 9' cCon: Hamazato (1) 9'
15:00 Try: Tanaka 27' c Motegi 33' c Finau 46' c Toeava 64' cCon: Tatekawa (4) 27', 33', 46', 64' Try: Horie 4' c, 71' c Ohdo 12' c Tuiali'i 37' cCon: Goromaru (4) 4', 12', 37', 41'
12:00 Try: Takizawa 6' c Mau 41' c Pohiva 46', 59' Bourke 62' cCon: Peters (3) 6', 41', 62' Try: Brüssow 15' Shigeno 54' Iongi 65' c Moliteika 68' cCon: Yamanaka (2) 65', 68'
14:05 Try: Finau 26' c Tatekawa 61' c Tamura 65' Tanaka 75'Con: Tatekawa (2) 26', 61' Try: Oyamada 50' c Gerrard 56' cCon: Onishi (2) 50', 56'Pen: Onishi (2) 12', 16' Gerrard (3) 44', 64', 79'
12:00 Try: Imamura 46' c, 62' c Yamashita 52' cCon: Morita (1) 46' Yamanaka (2) 52', 62'Pen: Morita (1) 14' Try: Matsushita 11' c Takeda 25' c Sato 65' cCon: Monji (3) 11', 25', 65'Pen: Monji (1) 72'
14:05 Try: Tanaka 34' c, 61' Ratuila 55' Yamaguchi 77' cCon: Shigemitsu (2) 34', 77'Pen: Shigemitsu (2) 25', 42' Try: Ozawa 12' c, 57' c Miyamoto 50' c Hiwasa 70' cCon: Pisi (3) 12', 50', 57' Miyamoto (1) 70'Pen: Pisi (1) 31'
13:00 Try: Goto 34' c, 65' c Nadolo 76' cCon: Tamura (3) 34', 65', 76' Try: Kitagawa 5' c Shimomura 16' c Barnes 28' c Yamada 56' c, Kawamata 79' cCon: Barnes (4) 5', 16', 28', 56' Miwa (1) 79'Pen: Barnes (3) 25', 38', 70'
13:00 Try: Harada 7' Thomson 14' c, 20', 33' c Bruce 27' Kikutani 67' cCon: Mitomo (4) 14', 27', 33', 67'Pen: Mitomo (2) 40', 59' Try: Haradome 23' c Tsuiki 55' cCon: Fukuda (2) 23', 55'Pen: Fukuda (2) 5', 12'
14:05 Try: Takayama 47' c Thomson 68' c Everingham 78' cCon: Sweeney (2) 47', 78' Tashiro (1) 68' Try: Kahui 1' c, 60' c Hirose 13' c Matsunobu 20' c, 39' Yoshida 34', 44' c, 52' c, 80' cCon: Ogawa (6) 1', 13', 20', 44', 52', 60' Masuda (1) 80'
13:00 Try: Tomoigawa 32' c Sugiura 37' Yamashita 47' c Kurihara 67' cCon: Jantjies (2) 32', 47' Kawamoto (1) 67'Pen: Jantjies (1) 16' Try: Ohdo 4' c Horie 11' c Hino 25' c Sa'u 43'Con: Goromaru (3) 4', 11', 25'
11:40 Try: Yanagawa 2' Lotoahea 78' cCon: Peters (1) 78' Try: Hirosaka 72' cCon: Monji (1) 72'Pen: Monji (2) 39', 49'
14:00 Try: Pisi 32' c, 42' c, 50' c Murata 38' c Tsukamoto 53' c, 72' c Nakazuru 61', 78' c Takemoto 67' cCon: Pisi (5) 32', 38', 42', 50', 53' Ono (3) 67', 72', 78' Try: Paea 3', 22' cCon: Viljoen (1) 22'
12:00 Try: Sakamoto 12' c Ierome 37' c Tani 41' c Li 56' cCon: Shigemitsu (4) 12', 37', 41', 56'Pen: Shigemitsu (1) 50' Try: Kuwazuru 30' c Tani 80' cCon: Haradome (1) 30' Yamada (1) 80'
14:05 Try: Havili 35' cCon: Goromaru (1) 35'Pen: Goromaru (4) 5', 11', 19', 29' Try: Oshima 53'Pen: Ogawa (3) 2', 15', 33'
13:00 Try: Murata 16' c, Forau 26' c Kamaike 49' c, 78' c Nadolo 56' c, 59', 72' c Yoshihiro 76' cCon: Tamura (7) 16', 26', 49', 56', 72', 76', 78' Try: Vaka 22' c, 65' c Kankowski 69' cCon: Onishi (3) 22', 65', 69'Pen: Gerrard (3) 1', 13', 39' Onishi (1) 32'
13:00 Try: Hayashi 2' c, 60' c Miwa 72' c Tani 75' cCon: Barnes (2) 2', 60' Miwa (2) 72', 75'Pen: Barnes (4) 8', 10', 44', 51' Miwa (1) 79' Try: Bin 4' cCon: Kawamoto (1) 4'Pen: Kawamoto (2) 23', 40'
13:00 Try: Bekker 1' Mapakaitolo 20' Yamanaka 39' cCon: Wing (1) 39' Try: Bennetts 29' c Harada 59'Con: Mitomo (2) 29', 59'
13:00 Try: Daniel 1', 48' c Toeava 37' c Takitaki 44' Poki 53' Tanaka 56' cCon: Tatekawa (3) 37', 48', 56'Pen: Tatekawa (2) 5', 77' Try: Everingham 9' c Arai 11' c Hesketh 67' c, Robins 73' cCon: Robins (2) 9', 11' Sweeney (2) 67', 73'
19:30 Try: Sugiura 6'Pen: Jantjies (2) 20', 47' Try: Penalty Try 37' c Harada 77' cCon: Mitomo (2) 37', 77'Pen: Mitomo (7) 17', 26', 34', 44', 52', 67', 73'
11:40 Try: Tatekawa 46' c Takitaki 73'Con: Tatekawa (1) 46'Pen: Tatekawa (2) 55', 64' Try: Yoshizawa 79'Pen: Lafaele (1) 39'
14:00 Try: Matsushima 11' cCon: Pisi (1) 11'Pen: Pisi (3) 21', 40', 67' Pen: Goromaru (4) 8', 17', 26', 48'
11:40 Try: Vatuvei 56' c, 80' cCon: Onishi (2) 56', 80'Pen: Onishi (1) 21' Try: Saiguchi 7' c Shigeno 13' Watanabe 36' Viljoen 49' Kiyose 64' cCon: Saiguchi (1) 7' Viljoen (1) 64'Pen: Saiguchi (3) 43', 48', 76'
14:00 Try: Taumoepeau 66' cCon: McIntyre (1) 66'Pen: Monji (1) 18' Try: Kitagawa 2', 58' Nishiara 21' c Holani 29' cCon: Barnes (2) 21', 29'Pen: Barnes (1) 45' Miwa (1) 71'
12:00 Pen: Shigemitsu (3) 19', 70', 75' Taylor (1) 77' Try: Latu 50'Pen: Tamura (1) 72'
14:05 Try: Yamashita 15' Kizu 54' c Maekawa 65'Con: Yamanaka (1) 54'Pen: Tanabe (1) 48' Try: Penalty Try 24' c Nishiara 69' c Bates 74' cCon: Ogawa (1) 24' Oshima (2) 69', 74'Pen: Ogawa (3) 7', 14', 42'
13:00 Try: Everingham 78' cCon: Hamazato (1) 78'Pen: Sweeney (3) 5', 14', 48' Try: Peters 21' Bourke 67' cCon: Peters (1) 67'Pen: Peters (3) 12', 34', 51'
12:00 Try: Moriya 17' cCon: Mitomo (1) 17'Pen: Mitomo (2) 6', 28' Try: Ohdo 2' Tuiali'i 41' c Horie 54', 75' Krishnan 78'Con: Goromaru (1) 41'Pen: Goromaru (3) 25', 47', 63'
14:05 Try: Hirose 34' c Oshima 57' c Yuhara 63' cCon: Steyn (1) 34' Oshima (2) 57', 63'Pen: Steyn (4) 11', 15', 41', 44' Try: Whitelock 74'Con: Miwa (1) 74'Pen: Barnes (2) 1', 50'
11:40 Try: Mori 7' c, 62' cCon: Tatekawa (2) 7', 62'Pen: Tatekawa (1) 53' Pen: Gerrard (2) 4', 31'
14:00 Try: Hikosaka 15' c, 74' c Takeda 20' c Makihara 78' cCon: McIntyre (2) 15', 20' Monji (2) 74', 78'Pen: McIntyre (3) 6', 11', 50' Try: Kobayashi 29' Suto 70'Con: Jantjies (1) 29'Pen: Jantjies (1) 54'
12:00 Try: Taufa 80'Pen: Shigemitsu (1) 30' Try: Yamamoto 25' c, 34' c Makita 51' c Pohiva 57' cCon: Peters (4) 25', 34', 51', 57'Pen: Peters (2) 5', 16'
14:05 Try: Bekker 68' c Wing 77' cCon: Yamanaka (2) 68', 77'Pen: Yamanaka (1) 40'Drop: Shomen (1) 26' Try: Sasaki 54' cCon: Ono (1) 54'Pen: Ono (1) 22'
12:00 Try: Nadolo 18' c, 55' c Usui 46' c Miyamae 49' cCon: Tamura (4) 18', 46', 49', 55' Monji (2) 74', 78'Pen: Tamura (2) 3', 15' Try: Hamazato 22' c Lemalu 68' cCon: Sweeney (1) 22' Hamazato (1) 68'Pen: Sweeney (1) 10'
13:00 Try: Tsujino 15' c, 74' c Watanabe 20', 26' Viljoen 30' c Paea 55' c Kiyose 64' cCon: Saiguchi (4) 15', 30', 55', 64'Pen: Saiguchi (1) 38' Try: Bateman 5'
11:40 Try: Murata 32' c Nakazuru 34', 59', 65' Hatakeyama 67' cCon: Nicholas (1) 32' Ono (1) 67'Pen: Nicholas (1) 52' Try: Kahui 73' cCon: Ogawa (1) 73'Pen: Steyn (2) 3', 8'Drop: Steyn (1) 31'
14:00 Try: Yamada 54' Horie 58' c Pietersen 62' c Inagaki 70' cCon: Barnes (3) 58', 62', 70'Pen: Barnes (1) 20' Try: Nakahama 13' c Bekker 14' c Yamashita 34' cCon: Yamanaka (3) 13', 14', 34'Pen: Yamanaka (2) 23', 33'
12:00 Try: Konno 6' Toe'ava 18', 44' Daniel 46' c, 48' c Miyata 67' cCon: Tatekawa (3) 46', 48', 67' Try: K. Hamazato 34'Pen: Sweeney (2) 23', 39'
14:05 Try: Nanto 16' Taufa 49' Kim 71' c Tadanobu 73' cCon: Tadanobu (2) 71', 73'Pen: Shigemitsu (1) 24' Tadanobu (1) 80' Try: Iongi 20' c Viljoen 35' c Yamashita 55' cCon: Saiguchi (3) 20', 35', 55'Pen: Saiguchi (1) 52'Drop: Paea (1) 59'
13:00 Try: Ito 35' c Penalty Try 74' cCon: Goromaru (2) 35', 74'Pen: Goromaru (4) 5', 17', 51', 72' Pen: Jantjies (3) 21', 28', 43'
13:00 Try: Latu 14' Miyamae 20' Yoshihiro 22' c Nadolo 44' c, 54'Con: Tamura (2) 22', 44'Pen: Tamura (1) 34' Try: Bateman 30' c Tsuiki 60' c Kinoshita 71' c Kayashima 73' cCon: Yoshihara (1) 30' Yamada (3) 60', 71' 73'
14:00 Try: Bourke 27' c Makita 69' c Hoshino 71' c Takahira 74' Kauhenga 78' cCon: Peters (4) 27', 69', 71', 78'Pen: Peters (1) 10'
13:00 Pen: Mitomo (3) 21', 34', 80' Try: Taniguchi 60' cPen: McIntyre (3) 13', 28', 74'
11:40 Try: Kauhenga 1' c Yamamoto 27' c Pohiva 51' Penalty Try 70' cCon: Peters (3) 1', 27', 70' Try: Midorikawa 35' c Watanabe 41' c Park 45' cCon: Saiguchi (3) 35', 41', 45'Pen: Saiguchi (2) 5', 73'
14:00 Try: Nishibashi 29' c Suto 80' cCon: Jantjies (2) 29', 80' Try: Yamada 4' c, 41' c Nishiara 25' c Penalty Try 34' c Kawamata 40' c Uchida 76' cCon: Barnes (5) 4', 25', 34', 40', 41' Miwa (1) 76'Pen: Ealey (1) 58'
11:40 Try: Gerrard 10' c, 36' c Vatuvei 34' c Umeda 42' c, 73' c Okazaki 59'Con: Onishi (5) 10', 34', 36', 42', 73'Pen: Onishi (2) 30', 65' Try: Hesketh (2) 46' c, 62' cCon: S. Hamazato (1) 46' Takayama (1) 62'
14:00 Try: Hikosaka 13' c, 39' c Takeda 30' McIntyre 42' cCon: McIntyre (3) 13', 39', 42'Pen: McIntyre (1) 57' Try: Penalty Try 20' c Ito 49' c Leitch 54' c, 69' c Yamamoto 73' cCon: Ogawa (3) 20', 49', 54' Steyn (2) 69', 73'Pen: Ogawa (3) 10', 37', 62'
13:00 Try: Burger 1' c, 10' Aruga 39' c Sasaki 42' c Tui 64' c Matsushima 68' c Pisi 77' cCon: Ono (3) 1', 39', 42' Pisi (3) 64', 68', 77' Try: Bond 23' c Mitomo 52' c Shimada 57' c Lowe 74' cCon: Mitomo (3) 23', 52', 57' Harada (1) 74'
13:00 Try: Toe'ava 11' Miyata 52' c Mori 62'Con: Tatekawa (1) 52'Pen: Tatekawa (1) 33' Try: Miyamae 13' cCon: Webb (1) 13'Pen: Webb (5) 36', 59', 67', 72', 78'
13:00 Try: Yamashita 22' c, 36' Yamanaka 41' Nakahama 50' c Maekawa 65' cCon: Yamamoto (3) 22', 50', 65'Pen: Yamamoto (2) 10', 19'Drop: Yamamoto (1) 63' Try: Ito 46' cCon: Goromaru (1) 46'Pen: Goromaru (1) 29'
14:00 Try: Toyota 8' c, 24' c Hirabara 15' Katsuki 28' c Yoshizawa 37'Con: Yoshihara (3) 8', 24', 28' Try: Saita 43' c Samo 67' Penalty Try 72' c Yatsugi 74'Con: Shigemitsu (2) 43', 72'
13:00 Try: Hino 13' c, 32' Penalty Try 65' c Piutau 69' cCon: Goromaru (3) 13', 65', 69' Try: Levave 80' cCon: Monji (1) 80'Pen: McIntyre (1) 44'
13:00 Try: Yamashita 7' c Bekker 13' c, 21' c Yamanaka 36' c Shomen 48' c, 52' Yasue 72' c, 80' cCon: Yamamoto (7) 7', 13', 21', 36', 48', 72', 80' Try: Kazushi Hano 17' c Ross 59' c Clever 76' cCon: Jantjies (2) 59', 76'
11:40 Try: Penalty Try 26' c Latu 36', 39' c Tamura 52', 75' cCon: Webb (3) 26', 39', 65'Pen: Webb (3) 22', 62', 72' Try: Iongi 3' c Paea 45' cCon: Saiguchi (2) 3', 45'
14:00 Try: Mori 25' c Miyata 42' c Tatekawa 66' c Tamura 71'Con: Tatekawa (1) 25' Moriwaki (2) 42', 66' Try: Pohiva 5' c Takahira 39' Hasegawa 61' cCon: Peters (2) 5', 61'Pen: Peters (3) 19', 49', 76'
11:40 Try: Ahio 10' c Potgieter 55' c K. Hamazato 75' c Lemalu 79' cCon: Kanagawa (3) 10', 55', 75'Pen: Kanagawa (2) 28', 59' Try: Tsuji 17' c Yatsugi 36' c Taylor 38' Shigemitsu 65' c, 69' c Samo 77' cCon: Shigemitsu (5) 17', 36', 65', 69', 77'Pen: Shigemitsu (1) 45'
14:00 Try: Koyanagi 16' Toyota 21' c, 49' Uemoto 24' c Kuwazuru 35' Fuimaono-Sapolu 43' cCon: Yoshihara (3) 21', 24', 43'Pen: Yoshihara (1) 40' Try: Matsui 30' Namioka 67' c Akaishi 77'Con: Ida (1) 67'
13:00 Try: Thomson 24' cCon: Mitomo (1) 24'Pen: Mitomo (1) 7' Try: Usuzuki 20' c Kahui 28' c Oshima 60' c Senba 70' cCon: Ogawa (4) 20', 28', 60', 70'Pen: Ogawa (1) 5'
13:00 Try: Pietersen 20', 41' c, 58' c Yamada 31' c, 53' cCon: Barnes (4) 31', 41', 43', 58'Pen: Barnes (4) 26', 35', 50', 64' Try: Pisi 22'Pen: Pisi (1) 13'
11:40 Try: Leitch 26' c Toyosima 65' c, 72' c Matsunobu 68' cCon: Ogawa (1) 26' Steyn (3) 65', 68', 72' Try: Sa'u 8' Horie 12' c, 32' c, 53' cCon: Goromaru (3) 12', 32', 53'Pen: Goromaru (1) 60'
14:00 Try: Tomoigawa 13' c Kurihara 40' cCon: Jantjies (2) 13', 40'Pen: Jantjies (1) 59' Try: Ono 3' Pisi 31' Takemoto 66'Pen: Pisi (1) 20'
12:00 Try: Takizawa 34' cCon: Peters (1) 34'Pen: Peters (3) 13', 73', 79' Pen: Webb (1) 2'
14:05 Try: Barnes 14' Yamada 37' Heenan 42' c Horie 56' c Inagaki 63'Con: Barnes (2) 42', 56'Pen: Barnes (2) 8', 61' Miwa (1) 71' Try: Leilua 11' cCon: Harada (1) 11'Pen: Harada (2) 17', 32'
11:40 Try: Shigeno 11' c Setephano 22' c Viljoen 42' Tsujino 68' c Iongi 72' cCon: Saiguchi (4) 11', 22', 68', 72'Pen: Saiguchi (2) 8', 40'Drop: Paea (1) 78' Try: Penalty Try 2' c Toe'ava 32'Con: Tatekawa (1) 2'Pen: Tatekawa (1) 8'
14:00 Try: Bekker 15' c, 45' c Maekawa 63' c Yamashita 75' cCon: Yamamoto (4) 15', 45', 63', 75'Pen: Yamamoto (2) 33', 80' Try: Yates 24' cCon: Monji (1) 24'
13:00 Try: Hasegawa 40' c Akaishi 73' cCon: Gerrard (1) 40' Sakai (1) 73'Pen: Gerrard (1) 1' Try: Taylor 9' c, 19', 56' c Tsuji 46' c Taufa 54' c Toyoda 80' cCon: Shigemitsu (5) 9', 46', 54', 56' 80'
13:00 Try: Lemalu 8' c Sugiura 31' c Ahio 62' cCon: Tashiro (2) 8', 31' Sweeney (1) 62'Pen: Tashiro (1) 21' Try: Arita 39' Koyanagi 73'
11:40 Try: Penalty Try 18' c, 21' c Bates 34' Kajikawa 43' c Latimer 65'Con: Steyn (3) 18', 21', 53' Try: Tomoigawa 69' c Jantjies 80' cCon: Jantjies (2) 69', 80'
14:00 Try: Kikutani 48'Pen: Mitomo (1) 7' Try: H. Yamashita 8' c R. Yamashita 28' c Anderson 63' c, 65' c, 74' cCon: Yamamoto (5) 8', 28', 63', 65', 74'Pen: Yamamoto (3) 34', 38', 70'Drop: Yamamoto (1) 17'
11:40 Try: Matsuoka 1' cCon: Onishi (1) 1' Pen: Tamura (3) 11', 68', 78'
14:00 Try: Mizuno 1' c, 29' Kitagawa 7' cCon: Monji (2) 1', 7' Try: Kakinaga 4' c Nakazuru 16' Matsushima 38' c, 63' c Tui 55' c Ono 80' cCon: Ono (5) 4', 38', 55', 63', 80'
11:40 Try: Sweeney 39' Arai 48' c K. Hamazato 55' c S. Hamazato 73' c Everingham 75' cCon: Sweeney (4) 48', 55', 73', 75' Try: Setephano 4' Shigeno 19' c Paea 23' c, 34' c Watanabe 45' c Park 64' cCon: Saiguchi (5) 19', 23', 34', 45', 64'Pen: Saiguchi (2) 58', 79'
14:00 Try: King 10' c Yamashita 18', 48' Uemoto 40'Con: Yoshihara (1) 10' Try: Takahira 3' Ellison 25' c Pohiva 34' c, 78' Yanagawa 66' c Kauhenga 72' cCon: Peters (4) 25', 34', 66', 72'
12:00 Try: Penalty Try 18' cCon: Shigemitsu (1) 18'Pen: Shigemitsu (1) 35' Try: Miyata 8' Tamura 46' c K. Suzuki 50' cCon: Tatekawa (2) 46', 50'
14:05 Try: Ito 19' c, 59' c Sa'u 25' c Horie 46'Con: Goromaru (3) 19', 25', 59' Try: Holani 51' c Kitagawa 79'Con: Barnes (1) 51'Pen: Barnes (2) 2', 5'
Top 4 sides of the regular season competed in the Lixil Cup knock out tournament to decide the Top League champion. The top 4 teams of 2014–15 were Kobelco Steelers , Panasonic Wild Knights , Toshiba Brave Lupus , and Yamaha Júbilo .
14:00 Try: Shomen 32' Yamamoto 57' cCon: Yamamoto (1) 57' Try: Yatomi 12' c Nakazono 19' c Hino 41' Krishnan 60' c Mimura 74' c Saita 76'Con: Goromaru (4) 12', 19' 60', 74'Pen: Goromaru (1) 36'
14:00 Try: Yuhara 45' Penalty Try 63' cCon: Steyn (1) 64'Pen: Steyn (1) 5' Try: Nishihara 1' c Yamada 16' c Kitagawa 28' c, 38' c Heenan 73' cCon: Barnes (5) 1', 16', 28', 38', 73'Pen: Barnes (5) 11', 25', 37', 50', 69'
14:00 Try: Horie 8' c Nakazono 11'Con: Goromaru (1/2) 9' Try: Kitagawa 11', 76' c Barnes 22' Yamada 28' cCon: Barnes (1/3) 29' Miwa (1/1) 77'Pen: Barnes (2/2) 3', 39'
The Top League Group 1 teams ranked 5–8 and Group 2 teams ranked 1–4 played off over two rounds, with the second round winners qualifying for the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship .
11:40 Pen: Jantjies (4) 2', 7', 17', 58' Try: Hasegawa 26' cCon: Peters (1) 27'Pen: Peters (3) 11', 46', 69'
14:00 Try: Tui 22' Murata 51' Aruga 66'Pen: Nakamura (1) 18' Pisi (2) 72', 80' Try: Tanaka 1' Taylor 30'Pen: Shigemitsu (2) 27', 53'
12:00 Try: Bond 53' Bruce 79' Try: Usui 20'Pen: Tamura (3) 8', 14', 62'
14:05 Try: Ando 33' c, 61', 69' c Yates 78'Con: McIntyre (1) 34' Matsushita (1) 69'Pen: McIntyre (1) 12' Try: Paea 5' c Shigeno 7' c Watanabe 35', 42' c Iongi 40' cCon: Saiguchi (4) 5', 7', 40', 42'Pen: Viljoen (1) 74'
12:00 Try: Kawada 70' cCon: Saiguchi (1) 70'Pen: Saiguchi (1) 29' Try: Usui 19' c Tamura 26' c Morita 33' c Brew 67' c Doi 77'Con: Tamura (4) 19', 26', 33', 67'
14:05 Try: Aruga 3' c Pisi 11' c, 16' c, 59' c du Preez 39' c Nakaduru 52' cCon: Pisi (6) 4', 12', 17', 40', 53', 61' Try: Yamamoto 50' c Kauhenga 74' cCon: Peters (2) 50', 74'
So NEC Green Rockets and Suntory Sungoliath advanced to the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship.
Honda Heat won promotion to the 2015–16 Top League via the 2014–15 Top League Challenge Series, while Kamaishi Seawaves , Kyuden Voltex and Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars progressed to the promotion play-offs.
The Top League teams in Group 2 ranked 5th, 6th, and 7th, played-off against the Challenge 1 teams ranked 4th, 3rd, and 2nd, respectively, for the right to be included in the Top League for the following season.
So Kubota Spears , Coca-Cola Red Sparks and Toyota Industries Shuttles remained in the Top League for the next season.
Award Winner
Top League winners: Panasonic Wild Knights Fair Play award: Panasonic Wild Knights Best fans: Kobelco Steelers Toshiba Brave Lupus Panasonic Wild Knights
Award Winner
Top League MVP: Berrick Barnes (Panasonic Wild Knights) Rookie award: Rakuhei Yamashita (Kobelco Steelers) Most tries: Nemani Nadolo (NEC Green Rockets) 11 Kyosuke Horie (Yamaha Júbilo) 11 Rakuhei Yamashita (Kobelco Steelers) 11 Top scorer: Berrick Barnes (Panasonic Wild Knights) 156 Best kicker: Berrick Barnes (Panasonic Wild Knights) 82.61% Best referee: Akihisa Aso Playoffs MVP: Akihito Yamada (Panasonic Wild Knights)
# Winner Team
1. Keita Inagaki Panasonic Wild Knights 2. Shota Horie Panasonic Wild Knights 3. Hiroshi Yamashita Kobelco Steelers 4. Andries Bekker Kobelco Steelers 5. Shoji Ito Kobelco Steelers 6. Adam Thomson Canon Eagles 7. Michael Leitch Toshiba Brave Lupus 8. Kyosuke Horie Yamaha Júbilo 9. Fumiaki Tanaka Panasonic Wild Knights 10. Berrick Barnes Panasonic Wild Knights 11. Rakuhei Yamashita Kobelco Steelers 12. Kotaro Matsushima Suntory Sungoliath 13. Jaque Fourie Kobelco Steelers 14. Akihito Yamada Panasonic Wild Knights 15. Ayumu Goromaru Yamaha Júbilo
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