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REVIEW | SEMI FINALS 🏆

Semi-final weekend delivered everything 🍿

Before this weekend’s third place decider and championship final, catch up on all the action and relive how we got here 👀

SF 1
🔗 https://t.co/SuWaPTFKWO
SF 2
🔗 https://t.co/Baexw97vZc

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Best Line Breaker 🏆

The players who split defences apart, found the gaps, and turned half chances into game-changing moments 🔥

D1: Cheslin Kolbe | Tokyo Suntory Sungoliath
D1: Haruto Kida | Kubota Spears
D2: Chance Peni | Toyota Industries Shuttles Aichi
D3: Ryunosuke Fujiwara | Sayama Secom Rugguts

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Head Coach of the Year 🏆

Recognising the coaches who shaped the season 🔥

D1: Dave Rennie | Kobelco Kobe Steelers
D2: Yoichi Tokuno | Toyota Industries Shuttles Aichi
D3: Damian Karauna | Mazda SkyActivs Hiroshima

Congratulations to this season’s outstanding head coaches 🎉

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Golden Shoulder Award 🏆

The players who brought the collisions, carried the fight, and earned the respect of their peers 💥

D1: Ben Gunter | Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights
D2: Tom Florence | Toyota Industries Shuttles Aichi
D3: Kota Moriyama | Chugoku Electric Power Red Regulions

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Player of the Season 🏆

Chosen by their fellow players as the standout performers of the season 👏✨

D1: Brodie Retallick | Kobelco Kobe Steelers
D2: Peter Umaga-Jensen | Hanazono Kintetsu Liners
D3: Chase Tiatia | Secom Rugguts

Congratulations 🎉

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Fair Play Team Award 🏆

Awarded to the teams with the fewest disciplinary infringements throughout the season 👏✨

D1: Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights
D2: Nippon Steel Kamaishi Seawaves
D3: Kurita Water Gush Akishima & LeRIRO Fukuoka

Congratulations to all teams recognised for embodying the spirit of rugby this season!

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It’s time for the League One 2025-26 Award Ceremony 🏆✨

The stage is set.
The finalists are ready.
Our award winners await 🤩

Who’s taking home the silverware?

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Japan Rugby League One 2025–26 CHAMPIONS 🏆

History made.

After an incredible season and a thrilling final, Kobe Steelers are crowned League One champions for the very first time 👏🏆

Congratulations to the players, staff, and supporters who made it happen ❤️‍🔥

@kobe_steelers

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The Japan Rugby League One 2025–26 runners-up: Kubota Spears 🥈

What a season for the Spears and the Orange Army 👏🍊🦄

After a final that went right down to the wire, congratulations to @Kubota_Spears on an incredible campaign filled with unforgettable moments, relentless rugby, and a fight worthy of the biggest stage

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Two finalists, one trophy 🏆

Be there this Sunday when League One history is made in Tokyo 🙌

🎟️ Tickets available here: https://t.co/U84bhv1Gkl

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🏆 The final weekend is here 🔥

6 months. 12 teams. Countless battles. One trophy left to win.

🥉 Bronze Final
📆 Saturday 6 June | 13:30

🏆 Grand Final
📆 Sunday 7 June | 15:05

Grab your seat for the action 👀
🔗 https://t.co/U84bhv1Gkl

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L’émotion de Naoto Saito au moment de faire ses adieux au public du @StadeToulousain 🥹❤️

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MERCI NAOTO 🫶🇯🇵

Tu es arrivé de très loin, avec cette discrétion qui te caractérise. Pourtant, il n’aura fallu que peu de temps pour que tu deviennes l’un des nôtres.

Par ton talent, bien sûr. Mais surtout par ton sourire, ton humilité et cette générosité que tu as montrée à chaque match, à chaque entraînement, à chaque instant passé sous ce maillot.

Tu as joué avec le cœur, tu as tout donné pour cette équipe, et les supporters toulousains te l’ont rendu.
Ce soir, c’est tout un stade qui te remercie.

Merci Naoto.
Merci pour ces souvenirs.
Et bonne route ❤🖤

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🏆 PROMOTED 🏆

Mazda SkyActivs Hiroshima are heading to Division 2!

After successfully coming through the promotion/relegation series, they’ve earned their place on the D2 stage next season 🙌

Congratulations @mazdaskyactivs 🎉✨

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One team through, one to go 🤩

Tomorrow features a huge battle at the breakdown and in defense

Will Lachlan Boshier or Tyler Paul come out on top? 👀

Expect a wing showdown between Koki Takeyama and Haruto Kida ⚡️

Semi-final 2
📆 Sun 31 May | 14:05
🏟️ Tokyo

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Everything is on the line this weekend 🏆

Semi-finals. Promotion. Relegation.

Who takes one step closer to glory? 👀

Read the full weekend preview ⬇️
🔗 https://t.co/SuWaPTFKWO

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Semi-final match-ups 👊🏆

Tomorrow’s clash sees captains Brodie Retallick and Harry Hockings go head-to-head, while finishers Inoke Burua and Cheslin Kolbe prepare for a blockbuster showdown 👀

📆 Saturday 30 May | 12:05
🏟️ Tokyo

🎟️ https://t.co/U84bhv1Gkl

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Best of luck @mo_richie ✨🍀

Thank you for bringing your game to Japan Rugby League One 🇯🇵👏

@bravelupus1048

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Matt McIlraith 👨‍💻 previews the second Japan Rugby League One semi-final this weekend.

@LeagueOne_EN | #JRLO | #Springboks
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REVIEW | Quarter finals 🏆

A dramatic weekend in Japan Rugby League One 😱

🏅 Quarter-final spots decided
🫡 Defending champions bow out
🏆 Semi-final matchups confirmed
🔥 Replacement Battles heat up

Catch up on all the action here
🔗 https://t.co/5mJEpxbrz5

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