View source for 2023–24 Japan Rugby League One – Division 1

{{Short description|Rugby union competition in Japan}}
{{ Infobox rugby union season
| name = {{nowrap|2023–24 Japan Rugby League One – D1}}
| date = 9 December 2023 – 26 May 2024
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| countries = {{JPN}}
| teams = [[#Teams and personnel|12]]
| champions = [[Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo|Brave Lupus Tokyo]]
| runnersup =
| promoted = [[Mie Honda Heat|Mie Heat]]
| relegated = [[Hanazono Kintetsu Liners|Hanazono Liners]]
| matches = 106 
| attendance = 972434
| highest attendance = 56,486 (Saitama Wild Knights vs. Brave Lupus Tokyo, 26 May 2024)
| lowest attendance =
| attendance footnote =
| tries =
| top point scorer = {{nowrap|{{flagdeco|NZL}} [[Bryn Gatland]] (217)}}
| top try scorer = {{nowrap|{{flagdeco|NZL}} [[Malo Tuitama]] (15)}}
| broadcasters = [[J Sports]]
| website = https://league-one.jp/en
| prevseason = [[2022–23 Japan Rugby League One – Division 1|2022–23]]
| nextseason = [[2024–25 Japan Rugby League One – Division 1|2024–25]]
}}
The '''2023–24 Japan Rugby League One – Division 1''' season is the thirteenth top flight league season played from December 2023 through to May 2024,<ref name=L1>{{cite web |url=https://league-one.jp/schedule/?year=2023&t1= |title=NTT Japan Rugby League One 2023-24 Division 1 |last= |first= |date=1 August 2022 |website=league-one.jp |publisher=Japan Rugby League One |language=Japanese |trans-title=NTT Japan Rugby League One 2022–23, Divisional and Conference Organisation (Updated) }}</ref> in the newly rebranded [[Japan Rugby League One]]. The competition consisted of twelve teams, including one promoted team from Division 2, the [[Mie Honda Heat|Mie Heat]].

==Format==
The format and schedule was announced on 6 September 2023. It will consist of a [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] fixture, before entering into a [[Single-elimination tournament|knockout style play-off]] for the final four teams. It featured two conferences (A, B). Teams in each conference played the teams in their respective conference twice (one at home, one away), and six matches against all the teams in the other conference, three being at home and three away. Each team played a total of sixteen seasonal fixtures, plus additional play-off matches, including relegation play-offs.<ref name=Fix>{{cite web |url=https://league-one.jp/news/2592 |title=NTTジャパンラグビー リーグワン2023-24 大会日程決定のお知らせ |last= |first= |date=6 September 2023 |website=league-one.jp |publisher=[[Japan Rugby League One|League One]] |access-date=6 September 2023 |language=Japanese }}</ref>

==Teams and personnel==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
{| class="wikitable"  
! Club
! Prefecture
! Coach
! Stadium
! Capacity
|-
|[[Black Rams Tokyo]]<br />{{small|リコーブラックラムズ東京}}
|[[Tokyo]]
|{{flagdeco|AUS}} [[Peter Hewat]]
|[[Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium]]
|align=center|20,010
|-
|[[Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo|Brave Lupus Tokyo]]<br />{{small|東芝ブレイブルーパス東京}}
|[[Tokyo]]
|{{flagdeco|NZL}} [[Todd Blackadder]]
|[[Ajinomoto Stadium]]
|align=center|49,970
|-
|[[Hanazono Kintetsu Liners|Hanazono Liners]]<br />{{small|花園近鉄ライナーズ}}
|[[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]] 
|{{flagdeco|JPN}} [[Yoshitake Mizuma]] 
|[[Hanazono Rugby Stadium]] 
|align=center|30,000
|-
|[[Kobelco Kobe Steelers|Kobe Steelers]]<br />{{small|コベルコ神戸スティーラーズ}}
|[[Hyōgo Prefecture|Hyōgo]] 
|{{flagdeco|NZL}} [[Dave Rennie]]
|[[Noevir Stadium Kobe]]
|align=center|30,132
|-
|[[Mie Honda Heat|Mie Heat]]<br />{{small|三重ホンダヒート}}
|[[Mie Prefecture|Mie]] 
|{{flagdeco|NZL}} [[Kieran Crowley]] 
|[[Mie Suzuka Sports Garden]]
|align=center|12,000
|-
|[[Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars|Sagamihara DynaBoars]]<br />{{small|三菱重工相模原ダイナボアーズ}}
|[[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]]
|{{flagdeco|NZL}} [[Glenn Delaney]] 
|[[Sagamihara Gion Stadium]]
|align=center|15,300
|-
|[[Saitama Wild Knights]]<br />{{small|埼玉パナソニックワイルドナイツ}}
|[[Saitama Prefecture|Saitama]] 
|{{flagdeco|NZL}} [[Robbie Deans]]
|[[Kumagaya Rugby Ground]]
|align=center|24,000 
|-
|[[Shizuoka Blue Revs]]<br />{{small|静岡ブルーレヴズ}}
|[[Shizuoka Prefecture|Shizuoka]]
|{{flagdeco|JPN}} [[Yuichiro Fujii]]
|[[Yamaha Stadium]]
|align=center|15,165
|-
|[[Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay|Spears Tokyo Bay]]<br />{{small|クボタスピアーズ船橋・東京ベイ}}
|[[Abiko, Chiba|Chiba]]
|{{flagdeco|RSA}} [[Frans Ludeke]]
|[[Edogawa Stadium]]
|align=center|6,950
|- 
|[[Tokyo Sungoliath]]<br />{{small|東京サントリーサンゴリアス}}
|[[Tokyo]]
|{{flagdeco|JPN}} [[Tanka Kiyonori]]
|[[Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium]]
|align=center|27,188
|-
|[[Toyota Verblitz]]<br />{{small|トヨタヴェルブリッツ}}
|[[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi]] 
|{{flagdeco|NZL}} [[Ben Herring]] 
|[[Paloma Mizuho Rugby Stadium]]
|align=center|15,000
|-
|[[Yokohama Canon Eagles|Yokohama Eagles]]<br />{{small|横浜キヤノンイーグルス}}
|[[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]]
|{{flagdeco|JPN}} [[Keisuke Sawaki (rugby union)|Keisuke Sawaki]]
|[[NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium]]
|align=center|15,454 
|}

{{col-break}} 
{{location map+ |Japan |float=right   |width=550 |caption=Locations of the 2023–24 Division 1 teams |places= 
{{location map~ |Japan |lat=34.6901   |long=135.1956   |label=<div style="font-size:95%">[[Kobelco Kobe Steelers|Steelers]]</div> |position=left }}
{{location map~ |Japan |lat=35.6635   |long=139.5280   |label=<div style="font-size:95%">{{nowrap|'''Greater Tokyo Area'''}}</div> |position=right }}
{{location map~ |Japan |lat=34.7179   |long=137.8515   |label=<div style="font-size:95%">[[Shizuoka Blue Revs|Blue Revs]]</div> |position=right }}
{{location map~ |Japan |lat=35.0826   |long=137.1561   |label=<div style="font-size:95%">[[Toyota Verblitz|Verblitz]]</div> |position=top}}
{{location map~ |Japan |lat=34.5255   |long=136.353   |label=<div style="font-size:95%">[[Mie Honda Heat|Heat]]</div> |position=bottom}}
{{location map~ |Japan |lat=34.668944 |long=135.626389 |label=<div style="font-size:95%">[[Hanazono Kintetsu Liners|Liners]]</div> |position=right}}

{{Location map~ |Japan |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.svg |marksize=1 |lat=41 |long=142.5 |label=<div style="font-size:95%;">{{nowrap|'''[[Greater Tokyo Area|Teams based in Tokyo]]:'''}}<br />
[[Black Rams Tokyo|Black Rams]]<br />
[[Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo|Brave Lupus]]<br />
[[Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars|DynaBoars]]<br />
[[Yokohama Canon Eagles|Eagles]]<br />
[[Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay|Spears]]<br />
[[Tokyo Sungoliath|Sungoliath]]<br />
[[Saitama Wild Knights|Wild Knights]]<br />
</div>|position=right}}
}}
{{location map+ |Japan Kanto |float=right |width=450 |caption=2023–24 Division 1 teams in Greater Tokyo Area|places=
{{location map~ |Japan Kanto |lat=35.6466 |long=139.6533  |background=#FFFFDD |label=<div style="font-size:95%">[[Black Rams Tokyo|Black Rams]]</div> |position=right}} 
{{location map~ |Japan Kanto |lat=35.4437 |long=139.6380  |background=#FFFFDD |label=<div style="font-size:95%">[[Yokohama Canon Eagles|Eagles]]</div> |position=left }}
{{location map~ |Japan Kanto |lat=35.5713 |long=139.3734  |background=#FFFFDD |label=<div style="font-size:95%">[[Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars|DynaBoars]]</div> |position=left }}
 {{location map~ |Japan Kanto |lat=35.6945 |long=139.9827  |background=#FFFFDD |label=<div style="font-size:95%">[[Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay|Spears]]</div> |position=right }}
{{location map~ |Japan Kanto |lat=35.664306 |long=139.527111  |background=#FFFFDD |label=<div style="font-size:95%">[[Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo|Brave Lupus]]</div> |position=top }}
{{location map~ |Japan Kanto |lat=35.6690 |long=139.4777  |background=#FFFFDD |label=<div style="font-size:95%">[[Tokyo Sungoliath|Sungoliath]]</div> |position=left }}
{{location map~ |Japan Kanto |lat=36.1006 |long=139.23409  |background=#FFFFDD |label=<div style="font-size:95%">[[Saitama Wild Knights|Wild Knights]]</div> |position=top }}
}}
{{col-end}}

==Ladder==
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Rugby
| res_col_header = QR

| team1 = SWK | name_SWK = [[Saitama Wild Knights]]
| team6 = STB | name_STB = [[Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay|Spears Tokyo Bay]] 
| team3 = TSG | name_TSG = [[Tokyo Sungoliath]]
| team4 = YE | name_YE = [[Yokohama Canon Eagles|Yokohama Eagles]]
| team2 = BLT | name_BLT = [[Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo|Brave Lupus Tokyo]] | status_BLT = C
| team7 = TV | name_TV  = [[Toyota Verblitz]]
| team10 = BRT | name_BRT = [[Black Rams Tokyo]] | status_BRT = O
| team8 = SBR  | name_SBR = [[Shizuoka Blue Revs]]
| team5 = KS | name_KS = [[Kobelco Kobe Steelers|Kobe Steelers]]
| team9 = SDB | name_SDB = [[Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars|Sagamihara DynaBoars]] 
| team12 = HL | name_HL = [[Hanazono Kintetsu Liners|Hanazono Liners]] | status_HL = R
| team11 = MH | name_MH = [[Mie Honda Heat|Mie Heat]] | status_MH = O

| win_SWK = 16 | draw_SWK = 0 | loss_SWK = 0 | pf_SWK = 747| pa_SWK =  275 | tf_SWK = 106| ta_SWK = 39 | tb_SWK = 11| lb_SWK = 0
| win_STB = 8 | draw_STB = 1 | loss_STB = 7 | pf_STB = 554| pa_STB =  447 | tf_STB = 78 | ta_STB = 63 | tb_STB = 5 | lb_STB = 5
| win_TSG = 10 | draw_TSG = 1 | loss_TSG = 5 | pf_TSG = 584| pa_TSG =  425 | tf_TSG = 83 | ta_TSG = 58 | tb_TSG = 5 | lb_TSG = 3
| win_YE = 10 | draw_YE = 0 | loss_YE = 6 | pf_YE = 518| pa_YE =  446 | tf_YE = 75 | ta_YE = 63 | tb_YE = 6 | lb_YE = 3
| win_BLT = 14 | draw_BLT = 1 | loss_BLT = 1 | pf_BLT = 554| pa_BLT =  373 | tf_BLT = 81 | ta_BLT = 49 | tb_BLT = 7 | lb_BLT = 0
| win_SDB = 6 | draw_SDB = 0 | loss_SDB = 10 | pf_SDB = 457| pa_SDB =  637 | tf_SDB = 62 | ta_SDB = 93 | tb_SDB = 0 | lb_SDB = 3
| win_BRT = 3 | draw_BRT = 0 | loss_BRT = 13 | pf_BRT = 321| pa_BRT =  503 | tf_BRT = 46 | ta_BRT = 69 | tb_BRT = 1 | lb_BRT = 4
| win_KS = 9 | draw_KS = 1 | loss_KS = 6 | pf_KS = 647| pa_KS =  459 | tf_KS = 89 | ta_KS = 59 | tb_KS = 5 | lb_KS = 2
| win_TV  = 9 | draw_TV  = 0 | loss_TV  = 7 | pf_TV  = 498| pa_TV  =  450 | tf_TV  = 72 | ta_TV  = 59 | tb_TV  = 5 | lb_TV  = 2
| win_SBR = 6 | draw_SBR = 2 | loss_SBR = 8 | pf_SBR = 501| pa_SBR =  513 | tf_SBR = 71 | ta_SBR = 76 | tb_SBR = 3 | lb_SBR = 2
| win_MH = 1 | draw_MH = 0 | loss_MH = 15 | pf_MH = 242| pa_MH =  744 | tf_MH = 32 | ta_MH = 112| tb_MH = 0 | lb_MH = 3
| win_HL = 1 | draw_HL = 0 | loss_HL = 15 | pf_HL = 353| pa_HL =  704 | tf_HL = 51 | ta_HL = 102 | tb_HL = 0 | lb_HL = 2

| col_QP = green2 | text_QP = Qualification for [[#Play-offs|Play-off Semi-finals]]
| result1 = QP | result2 = QP | result3 = QP | result4 = QP
| col_QR = red2 | text_QR = Qualification for [[#Relegation play-offs|relegation play-offs]]
| result10 = QR | result11 = QR | result12 = QR

| status_text_C = Champion
| status_text_O = Play-off winner(s)
| status_text_R = Relegated
| class_rules =  1) Points; 2) Number of wins; 3) Point difference
| source = [https://league-one.jp/standings/ league-one.jp]
}}

==Fixtures==
Each team will play five teams twice and six teams once for a total of sixteen home and away matches.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Schedule and Results|url=https://league-one.jp/en/schedule/?t1=0|access-date=12 September 2023 |publisher=Japan Rugby League One|language=en}}</ref>

{{#invoke:sports results|main
|source        = [https://league-one.jp/en/schedule/ league-one.jp]
|update        = 5 May 2024
|matches_style = FBR
|team_order    = BRT, BLT, HL, KS, MH, SDB, SWK, SBR, STB, TSG, TV, YE
|name_BRT = [[Black Rams Tokyo]]
|name_BLT = [[Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo|Brave Lupus Tokyo]]
|name_HL = [[Hanazono Kintetsu Liners|Hanazono Liners]]
|name_KS = [[Kobelco Kobe Steelers|Kobe Steelers]]
|name_MH = [[Mie Honda Heat|Mie Heat]]
|name_SDB = [[Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars|Sagamihara DynaBoars]]
|name_SWK = [[Saitama Wild Knights]]
|name_SBR = [[Shizuoka Blue Revs]]
|name_STB = [[Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay|Spears Tokyo Bay]]
|name_TSG = [[Tokyo Sungoliath]]
|name_TV = [[Toyota Verblitz]]
|name_YE = [[Yokohama Canon Eagles|Yokohama Eagles]]

|match_BRT_HKL = 41–14
|match_BRT_KKS = 17–27
|match_BRT_KSP =
|match_BRT_MHH = 
|match_BRT_MSD = 17–25
|match_BRT_SWK = 26–50
|match_BRT_SBR = 29–36
|match_BRT_SUN = 
|match_BRT_TBL = 
|match_BRT_TV  = 18–45
|match_BRT_YCE = 12–31

|match_HL_BRT = 34–23
|match_HL_KS = 
|match_HL_STB = 19–56
|match_HL_MH = 19–20
|match_HL_SDB = 36–46
|match_HL_SWK = 0–49
|match_HL_SBR = 
|match_HL_TSG =
|match_HL_BLT = 32–50
|match_HL_TV  = 14–47
|match_HL_YE = 33–52

|match_KS_BRT = 
|match_KS_HL = 60–17
|match_KS_STB = 34–38
|match_KS_MH = 80–15
|match_KS_SDB = 
|match_KS_SWK = 18–28
|match_KS_SBR = 63–19
|match_KS_TSG = 27–36
|match_KS_BLT = 39–46
|match_KS_TV  = 57–22
|match_KS_YE = 

|match_STB_BRT = 
|match_STB_HL = 
|match_STB_KS = 39–29
|match_STB_MH = 61–24
|match_STB_SDB = 28–34
|match_STB_SWK = 22–55
|match_STB_SBR = 19–23
|match_STB_TSG = 26–52
|match_STB_BLT = 20–22
|match_STB_TV  = 27–31
|match_STB_YE = 

|match_MH_BRT = 14–24
|match_MH_HL = 
|match_MH_KS = 31–33
|match_MH_STB = 0–75
|match_MH_SDB = 26–31
|match_MH_SWK = 
|match_MH_SBR = 13–62
|match_MH_TSG = 16–34
|match_MH_BLT = 7–8
|match_MH_TV  = 
|match_MH_YE = 21–50

|match_SDB_BRT = 24–31
|match_SDB_HL = 30–29
|match_SDB_KS = 14–43
|match_SDB_STB = 
|match_SDB_MH = 
|match_SDB_SWK = 21–81
|match_SDB_SBR = 53–45
|match_SDB_TSG = 
|match_SDB_BLT = 
|match_SDB_TV  = 20–34
|match_SDB_YE = 35–40

|match_SWK_BRT = 44–17
|match_SWK_HL = 33–24
|match_SWK_KS = 
|match_SWK_STB = 
|match_SWK_MH =
|match_SWK_SDB = 53–12
|match_SWK_SBR = 
|match_SWK_TSG = 24–20
|match_SWK_BLT = 36–24
|match_SWK_TV  = 43–27 
|match_SWK_YE = 53–12

|match_SBR_BRT = 
|match_SBR_HL = 
|match_SBR_KS = 26–30
|match_SBR_STB = 31–31
|match_SBR_MH = 43–14
|match_SBR_SDB = 
|match_SBR_SWK = 19–45
|match_SBR_TSG = 25–29
|match_SBR_BLT = 20–59
|match_SBR_TV  = 24–8
|match_SBR_YE =

|match_TSG_BRT = 62–0
|match_TSG_HL = 34–14
|match_TSG_KS = 44–36
|match_TSG_STB = 26–45
|match_TSG_MH = 60–10
|match_TSG_SDB = 
|match_TSG_SWK = 
|match_TSG_SBR = 31–31
|match_TSG_BLT = 19–26
|match_TSG_TV  = 
|match_TSG_YE = 35–37

|match_BLT_BRT = 40–33
|match_BLT_HL = 
|match_BLT_KS = 40–40
|match_BLT_STB = 24–20
|match_BLT_MH = 40–12
|match_BLT_SDB = 41–19
|match_BLT_SWK = 
|match_BLT_SBR = 43–30
|match_BLT_TSG = 36–27
|match_BLT_TV  = 
|match_BLT_YE = 27–7

|match_TV_BRT = 15–8
|match_TV_HL = 47–30
|match_TV_KS = 
|match_TV_STB = 
|match_TV_MH = 54–7
|match_TV_SDB = 54–40
|match_TV_SWK = 7–40
|match_TV_SBR = 
|match_TV_TSG = 38–39
|match_TV_BLT = 
|match_TV_YE = 35–31

|match_YE_BRT = 24–8
|match_YE_HL = 66–26
|match_YE_KS = 
|match_YE_STB = 26–29
|match_YE_MH =
|match_YE_SDB = 43–19
|match_YE_SWK = 14–43
|match_YE_SBR = 34–17
|match_YE_TSG = 
|match_YE_BLT = 
|match_YE_TV = 24–22
}}

==Promotion/Relegation play-offs==
The relegation play-offs will take place in May 2024.

===Overview===
<section begin=Details />
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult| (D1) '''[[Black Rams Tokyo]]'''||95–21|[[Green Rockets Tokatsu]] (D2)||[[#Green Rockets Tokatsu v Black Rams Tokyo|40–21]]|[[#Black Rams Tokyo v Green Rockets Tokatsu|55–0]]}}
{{TwoLegResult| (D1) [[Mie Honda Heat|'''Mie Heat''']]||72–63|[[Toyota Industries Shuttles Aichi|Shuttles Aichi]] (D2)||[[#Shuttles Aichi v Mie Heat|57–39]]|[[#Mie Heat v Shuttles Aichi|15–24]]}}
{{TwoLegResult| (D1) [[Hanazono Kintetsu Liners|Hanazono Liners]]||42–56|'''[[Urayasu D-Rocks]]''' (D2)||[[#Urayasu D-Rocks v Hanazono Liners|12–21]]|[[#Hanazono Liners v Urayasu D-Rocks|30–35]]}}
{{end}}<section end=Details />

=== Matches ===
''All times [[Japan Standard Time]] (JST) ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])''

'''Black Rams Tokyo v Green Rockets Tokatsu'''
{{rugbybox
|id          = Green Rockets Tokatsu v Black Rams Tokyo
|date        = 18 May 2024
|time        = 14:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|home        = [[Green Rockets Tokatsu]]
|score       = 21–40
|report      = [https://league-one.jp/en/match/26677 Report]
|away        = [[Black Rams Tokyo]]
|try1        = 
|con1        = 
|pen1        = 
|drop1       = 
|try2        = 
|con2        = 
|pen2        = 
|stadium     = [[Kashiwanoha Stadium]]
|attendance  = 5,062
|referee     = 
}}
{{rugbybox
|id          = Black Rams Tokyo v Green Rockets Tokatsu
|date        = 25 May 2024
|time        = 14:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|home        = [[Black Rams Tokyo]]
|score       = 55–0
|report      = [https://league-one.jp/en/match/26685 Report]
|away        = [[Green Rockets Tokatsu]]
|try1        = 
|con1        = 
|pen1        = 
|drop1       = 
|try2        = 
|con2        = 
|pen2        = 
|stadium     = [[Sagamihara Gion Stadium]]
|attendance  = 
|referee     = 2,523
}}

'''Mie Heat v Shuttles Aichi'''
{{rugbybox
|id          = Shuttles Aichi v Mie Heat
|date        = 18 May 2024
|time        = 12:00 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|home        = [[Toyota Industries Shuttles Aichi|Shuttles Aichi]]
|score       = 39–57
|report      = [https://league-one.jp/en/match/26675 Report]
|away        = [[Mie Honda Heat|Mie Heat]]
|try1        = 
|con1        = 
|pen1        = 
|drop1       = 
|try2        = 
|con2        = 
|pen2        = 
|stadium     = [[Paloma Mizuho Rugby Stadium]]
|attendance  = 2,771
|referee     = 
}}
{{rugbybox
|id          = Mie Heat v Shuttles Aichi 
|date        = 25 May 2024
|time        = 12:00 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|home        = [[Mie Honda Heat|Mie Heat]]
|score       = 15–24
|report      = [https://league-one.jp/en/match/26678 Report]
|away        = [[Toyota Industries Shuttles Aichi|Shuttles Aichi]]
|try1        = 
|con1        = 
|pen1        = 
|drop1       = 
|try2        = 
|con2        = 
|pen2        = 
|stadium     = [[Mie Suzuka Sports Garden]]
|attendance  = 4,230
|referee     = 
}}

'''Hanazono Liners v Urayasu D-Rocks'''
{{rugbybox
|id          = Urayasu D-Rocks v Hanazono Liners
|date        = 18 May 2024
|time        = 12:00 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|home        = [[Urayasu D-Rocks]]
|score       = 21–12
|report      = [https://league-one.jp/en/match/26305 Report]
|away        = [[Hanazono Kintetsu Liners|Hanazono Liners]]
|try1        = 
|con1        = 
|pen1        = 
|drop1       = 
|try2        = 
|con2        = 
|pen2        = 
|stadium     = [[Edogawa Stadium]]
|attendance  = 5,004
|referee     = 
}}
{{rugbybox
|id          = Hanazono Liners v Urayasu D-Rocks
|date        = 24 May 2024
|time        = 19:00 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|home        = [[Hanazono Kintetsu Liners|Hanazono Liners]]
|score       = 30–35
|report      = [https://league-one.jp/en/match/26308 Report]
|away        = [[Urayasu D-Rocks]]
|try1        = 
|con1        = 
|pen1        = 
|drop1       = 
|try2        = 
|con2        = 
|pen2        = 
|stadium     = [[Hanazono Rugby Stadium]]
|attendance  = 7,883
|referee     = 
}}

==Season play-offs==
'''Bracket'''
{{Round4-with third
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--semi-finals -->
|18 May – [[Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium|Aoyama (Tokyo)]]|'''[[Saitama Wild Knights]]'''|'''20''' |[[Yokohama Canon Eagles|Yokohama Eagles]]|17
|19 May – [[Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium|Aoyama (Tokyo)]]|'''[[Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo|Brave Lupus Tokyo]]'''|'''28''' |[[Tokyo Sungoliath]]|20
<!--final -->
|26 May – [[Japan National Stadium|Shinjuku (Tokyo)]]|[[Saitama Wild Knights]]|20 |[[Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo|'''Brave Lupus Tokyo''']]|'''24'''
<!--third place -->
|25 May – [[Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium|Aoyama (Tokyo)]]|'''[[Tokyo Sungoliath]]'''|'''40'''|[[Yokohama Canon Eagles|Yokohama Eagles]]|33
}}

=== Semi-finals ===
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|date        = 18 May 2024
|time        = 14:05 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|home        = [[Saitama Wild Knights]]
|score       = 20–17
|report      = [https://league-one.jp/en/match/26275 Report]
|away        = [[Yokohama Canon Eagles|Yokohama Eagles]]
|try1        = 
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|stadium     = [[Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium]]
|attendance  = 15,464
|referee     = 
}}
{{rugbybox
|date        = 19 May 2024
|time        = 14:05 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|home        = [[Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo|Brave Lupus Tokyo]]
|score       = 28–20
|report      = [https://league-one.jp/en/match/26276 Report]
|away        = [[Tokyo Sungoliath]]
|try1        = 
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|stadium     = [[Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium]]
|attendance  = 17,133
|referee     = 
}}

=== 3rd Place Playoff ===
{{rugbybox
|date        = 25 May 2024
|time        = 12:05 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|home        = [[Tokyo Sungoliath]]
|score       = 40 - 33
|report      = [https://league-one.jp/en/match/26277 Report]
|away        = [[Yokohama Canon Eagles|Yokohama Eagles]]
|try1        = 
|con1        = 
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|drop1       = 
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|stadium     = [[Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium]]
|attendance  = 9,509
|referee     = 
}}

=== Final ===
{{rugbybox
|date        = 26 May 2024
|time        = 15:05 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|home        = [[Saitama Wild Knights]]
|score       = 20 - 24
|report      = [https://league-one.jp/en/match/26278 Report]
|away        = [[Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo|Brave Lupus Tokyo]]
|try1        = 
|con1        = 
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|stadium     = [[Japan National Stadium]]
|attendance  = 56,486
|referee     = 
}}
==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://league-one.jp/en/ Japan Rugby League One site]
{{Japan Rugby League One}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Japan Rugby League One 2023-24}}


[[Category:Japan Rugby League One]]
[[Category:Rugby in Japan]]
[[Category:2023–24 in Japanese rugby union|League One]]