Japan Rugby Football Union - Top League

Top League

In an effort to improve the overall standard of Japanese rugby, the JRFU created a new semi-professional Top League in 2003 with the season spanning 2003-04. In the second season the League was composed of the following company-sponsored teams:

  • Kintetsu Liners
  • Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers
  • Kubota Spears
  • NEC Green Rockets
  • Nihon IBM Big Blue
  • Ricoh Black Rams
  • Sanyo Wild Knights
  • Suntory Sungoliath
  • Toshiba Brave Lupus
  • Toyota Verblitz
  • World Fighting Bull
  • Yamaha Jubilo.

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