In the Rugby Top League, four games of the second round of the playoff tournament were held, and Suntory and Kobe Steel advanced to the quarterfinals.
▽ Suntory, which ranked 1st in the Red Conference, defeated NEC, which ranked 8th in the White Conference, 76 to 31.
▽ Kobe Steel, which ranked second in the White Conference, beat Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Sagamihara, which ranked seventh in the Red Conference, 50 to 17.
▽ Ricoh, 4th in the White Conference, beat Toshiba, 5th in the Red Conference, 27 to 24.
▽ Kubota, 3rd in the Red Conference, defeated Yamaha Motor, 6th in the White Conference, 46-12.
Yamaha Motor's Goromaru Ayumu, a former Japan national team who had announced that he would retire from active duty only this season, was decided to retire after the team lost the playoffs.
All four winning teams will advance to the quarterfinals.