The final of the national high school rugby tournament was held at Osaka's Hanazono Rugby Stadium on the 7th, and Higashi Fukuoka High School defeated Hyogo's Hotoku Gakuen 41-10 to win the championship for the 7th time and the first time in 6 tournaments.
Higashi Fukuoka and Hotoku Gakuen were scheduled to face each other in the final of another national tournament held in March last year, but due to the influence of the new coronavirus, Higashi Fukuoka declined, so the match was canceled and Hotoku Gakuen won by default. was winning.
In the final of this tournament held at Hanazono Rugby Stadium on the 7th, immediately after the start of the match, Higashi Fukuoka's Tomoya UESHIMA evaded the opponent's defense and scored a try, taking the lead in the early stages.
On the other hand, Hotoku Gakuen charged up the opponent's kick in the 23rd minute of the first half and stole the ball, and in the end, Sumigama Yuto scored a try and counterattacked. I was.
In the 10th minute of the second half, Higashi Fukuoka kicked the ball into an empty space, but Nishi Hiiragi caught it and scored a try.
Higashi-Fukuoka did not slow down their attacks after this, winning 41-10 against Hotoku Gakuen to win their 7th championship, their first in 6 tournaments.
Higashi Fukuoka's manager Yuichiro Fujita said, "The power of the 3rd graders is amazing. It was a three-year period in which I had to endure and limit my actions due to various thoughts, but I was happy that I was able to demonstrate the power of the 3rd graders. The culmination of the event. He performed well in the competition," he said.