In Rugby League One, two games were played in Round 7 of Division 1, where the leader Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights came from behind to beat Tokyo Suntory Sungoliath, extending their winning streak from the start of the tournament to 7 games.
Division 1 of League One resumed play for the first time in three weeks on the 17th, following an exchange match with teams from the southern hemisphere league Super Rugby Pacific.
In a top-level showdown between the first-place Wild Knights and the third-place Sun Goliath, the Wild Knights trailed by seven points, but in the 16th minute of the second half fullback Ryuji Noguchi's try gave them a two-point lead, and in the 21st minute, standoff Rikiya Matsuda scored a penalty goal. He decided to make the score 21-20.
The Wild Knights scored a penalty goal in the final minute to win 24-20, extending their winning streak from the start of the game to seven and taking their total to 33 points.
Sungoliath's winning streak has stopped at 4, and they have 24 points with 5 wins and 2 losses.
In the other match, Toyota Verblitz scored eight tries to beat Mie Honda Heat 54-7.
Verblitz has 19 points with 4 wins and 3 losses, while the Heat have lost their first seven games and have no points yet.
The remaining four matches of Round 7 will be played on February 24th and 25th.