Rugby Top League This season, from January after the World Cup to August 30, 20:31
This season's rugby top league started in January of the next year after the World Cup Japan tournament, and it was decided to compete in the league round of 16 teams.
This was announced by the Japan Rugby Association on the 30th.
According to it, the top league is usually organized from autumn to winter, but this season will be held from January to November, because the World Cup Japan Tournament will be held from September to November. .
And until May 9, 16 teams such as Kobe Steel, which won last season, and Suntory, which was runner-up, competed in rankings in a round-robin league.
The Top League is also an important season in connecting the climax of the World Cup to the popularity of domestic rugby, as the number of spectators did not reach the target last season before the World Cup.