The "League One Award", which recognizes players who have played in rugby and League One this season, was held in Tokyo on the 22nd, and Tachikawa Rimichi, captain of Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay, who won the MVP = Most Valuable Player award for the first time, was selected.
The second season of Rugby League One was held at the National Stadium on 2 this month, where Spears defeated last season's champions Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights in a close match to win their first Rugby League One.
On the 20nd, the League One Awards were held in Tokyo to recognize players and head coaches who have performed well this season, and Spears captain Tachikawa was selected as the best player.
Tachikawa is 22 years old.
This season, he played in 33 league and playoff games as a center, leading the team with his physical play and leadership in offense and defense.
In the playoff final, he assisted the winning try with a perfectly timed kick pass, contributing greatly to the Spears' first victory.
Also in
[Best Fifteen] is Spears' Bernard Foley, who was the top scorer with his accurate kick in
the standoff, and on the wing,
Tokyo Suntory Sungolias' Shinya Ozaki, who won the tries, and Haruto Kida of Spears, who scored the second most tries in the league.
▽ In the lock, Warner Dians, who is over 15 meters tall and tall from Toshiba BlazBlue Pass Tokyo, was selected.
In addition
, Tomoki Osada, who scored eight tries in the regular season as a Wild Knights Bucks,
was selected for the [Rookie of the Year].
MVP Rimichi Tachikawa "Thanks to the team, thanks to the fans"
Spears' Tachikawa, who was named MVP = Most Valuable Player, said, "I was really surprised when I came to the venue and learned about the award. I think it's too much, but I'm grateful that you chose me. I think it's not because of my own strength, but because of the team, because of the fans. I want to grow up to win this award next season. We've had some tough seasons in the past, but this win proved that we've done what we've been doing. We want to create an even better culture so that we can win next season as well."
Winners of each award
【MVP (Division 1)】
Rido
Tachikawa Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay
First Winner
[Rookie of the Year Award] Tomoki
Nagata Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights
[Top Scorer]
Bernard Foley Bota
SpearsFunabashi's First Tokyo Bay
Award [Most Try Getter]
Shinya
Ozaki First Tokyo Suntory Sungoliath
Award
【Best Kicker】Rikiya
Matsuda Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights
First Winner
【Best Line Breaker】
Haruto
Kida Kubota Spears Funabashi
wins Tokyo Bay First Award【Best Tackler】
Harry Hockings
Tokyo Suntory Sungolias'
First Award
【 MVP (Division 2)]
Tom Banks Mie Honda
Heat
First Winner
【MVP (Division 3)】
Taichi
YoshizawaNTT DOCOMO Red Hurricanes Osaka
First Winner [Winning Head Coach Award (Division 1)]
Fran Rudikekubota
Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay
First Winner
[Winning Head Coach Award (Division 2) Taihei
Ueda
wins Mie Honda Heat's first award
[Winning Head Coach Award (Division 3)]
Matt Cobain
NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka
First Award【Best Whistle Award】Kenki
FuruseFirst Waseda University
Award【Lifetime Achievement Award
】
※
Yu Kutomi Ichihino
Red Dolphins
First award* He
has played 177 official matches in the top league and League One, making him the most appearances in history. He also broke his own record for the oldest participant (44 years, 5 months and 10 days).
Best Fifteen
【Prop】
Keita
Inagaki Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights 2nd consecutive season 2nd
OperationHerkubota Spears
Funabashi / Tokyo Bay
2nd consecutive season 2nd
[Hooker]
Malcolm MarksKubota
SpearsFunabashi's First Tokyo Bay
Award【Rock】
Warner Dians
Toshiba BlazBlue Pass Tokyo
First Award
Harry Hockings
Tokyo Suntory Sungolias
First Winner
【Flanker】
Kazuki
Himeno Wins Toyota Verblitz
First Award
Peter-Steph DutoyToyota
Verblitz
wins first award
【Number Eight】
Quagga SmithShizuoka
Blue Revs
2nd
consecutive season [Scrum-half] Faf de Klerk
Yokohama Canon Eagles
first award
[Standoff]
Bernard Foley Kubota
SpearsFunabashi wins Tokyo Bay First Award【Wing】
Haruto KidaKubota
Spears Funabashi, Tokyo Bay
First Award
Shinya
Ozaki wins
Tokyo Suntory Sungolias' first award【Center】
Tomoki
Nagata Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights
first award
Dylan Riley
Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights 2nd
consecutive season [Fullback]
Ryuji
Noguchi Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights
first award