RUGBY　JERSEY～Top League Final Play-off Tournament

(written by Azul/April 18,2021)

The top league is rushed into a tournament competition than 4/27. There is a period in more than 1 month until a final game of 5/23, but so a discounted team is the off season from here.

Please choose as a Japanese representative, a player wants even game of place by the appeal. The game with the thick density is expected.

** View of a tournament **

When something as Giant Killing is the rugby for which it’s difficult to occur, but a victory will view which team it is.

• 1)　KOBE Steelers : The team for which the name as the champion is suitable

　　　SUNTORY Sangolias : The world most valuable player Beauden Barrett also joins, overwhelming victory of league series.

　　　Panasonic Wildnights : The RWC selected player is enrolled a lot.

　　　These 3 teams are front-running.

• 2)　 The team which presses this a little more than 3 are as follows.

     KUBOTA Spears: Even 1 step more of SUNTORY was run down. They aim at the first-time victory.

     TOYOTA Verblitz : A player layer is too thick. Even a representative captain goes around to wait.

• 3)　　The teams which keeps a reverse possibility are as follows:

     NTT DOCOMO Red Hurricanes: Eye of this season’s typhoon. You can’t take your eyes off any games.

     TOSHIBA Bravelupas : The strength of Physical is No.1. Calmness is desired but to win.

** Then today’s game **

Sunday, April 18 TOP LEAGUE Final Play-off Tournament The 1st clause

VS

The 1st clause of Top League Tournament will be a confrontation with 4 teams of Top League (Dominance league) subordinate and 4 teams of Top Challenge League (Lower rank league)Dominance team.

2 games of yesterday is digested already. The results are as follows:

1. Toyota Shuttles VS NEC Green Rockets: 24-25 (winner =NEC)
2. Coca-cola Red Sparks VS Mitsubishi Dynaboars: 24-17 (winner =Mitsubishi)

The victory which is Top League momentum properly when only a result is seen. But the contents were quite close victory. There is almost no ability difference.

A meeting place is Chichibunomiya rugby playground. It’s the 3rd time of watch this season in this field. For 12:00Kick Off, I arrived at 11:15 at Sendagaya station.

In 15 minutes on foot, stadium arrival. I enterd by a system as mask wear, hand finger alcohol sterilization and taking the temperature by a new-style Corona measure. For audience’s crowd state avoidance, it’s seating every one person. Still when it’s full, about 10,000 people put it in, but it’s entering of about 50 % = about 5000 people.

Even though the ideal watch weather. Comfortable.

I had not also watched a game of these both teams on television this season, so I saw the one recorded on the previous day and prepared. The first half can hold on by a dominance strong contestant team in Sanixblues, too. But the second half is too deformed.

Liners was compared, and saw an order play-off of Top Challenge League, but there are too much slightly small mistakes (Handling Error, Off Side). If I was Top League partner if it was this, it was the impression to which I say whether it was painful.

** Profile of both teams besides that.

* MUNAKATA Sanixblues: Top League

 The only entry into the war team from Kyushu. 8th place of 2021 White Conference (the= lowest rank).

When the enterprise which becomes a mother’s body compares with Toyota, it’s small, so because there is no funding ability, can’t people be gathered? I thought so, but I don’t meet. A face is wonderful.

* James Moore (Japanese representative Rock)

* Kosei Ono (former Japanese representative 34cap, SO)

* LEMEKI (Japanese representative WTB)

* Waren Vosayako (No.8) and Dan Pryor (FL) were Sun Wolves (= Japanese representative upbringing team) Central players.

Though there is a player who becomes a stone so much, why is it the lowest rank? But achievement of a company descends for new-style Corona according to newspaper report, and the rugby club will be said to be degradation from next year. Does this influence? I’m sad.

* KINTETSU Liners:  2nd place of 2021 year Top Challenge League. Toyota Shuttles of about 1 discounted yesterday, so is the power also inferior a little here? Though it is not so.

Will Genia (Australia representative 110cap, SH)

* Quade Cooper (Australia representative 70cap, SO)

* Michael Stolberg (2020 Sunwolves, Rock)

*Semisi Masirewa (2018-2019 Sunwolves, FB)

This team is also wonderful. When it’s seen actually at a ground, it’s astonished, a lock of Liners is that both of 2 people are tall more than 200 cm. Line out will be invincible.

And 12:00Kick Off as scheduled.

A taking the initiative try is Sanixblues. Readily, they broke through defense. There is a lot of handling error in Liners, They’ll reverse immediately. But the try which was taken by the individual brilliance which are SH and SO rather than destroying partner formation and getting a try. The first half is the lead which is Liners in 17-14.

The difference in points rivaled, so the second half also had the hunch which seems rather fun.

And in tackle where Fakaosilea of No.8 of Liners is dangerous in second half starting Sincerely yours, blow exiting. Liners  One person has become little. This thought they seem able to overcome Sanixblues, SH Genia in Liners rolls Kick effective in the partner’s back many times here, and, Sanixblues, processing, while they were sluggish, the score was repeated. The self-destruction loss which can decide the attack Sanixblues has to do primarily reversely, and is Sanixblues.

He couldn’t get a try also, but an existence sense of Masirewa in FB put in Liners from the second half shone.

When he began to run with a ball, a cheer arose from a stand. It’s because an audience knows Masirewa rather than the run has the force different from other players clearly. If he had a ball, not to kick back if it’s kicked, Play Style in Masirewa is FB which does Counter attack.

Masirewa was seen and remembered, but it’s because he was the player who doesn’t kick back and does Counter Attack by all means when a opponent did Kick, that a player as James Dargaville is in Sunwolves in 2020 and makes an impression very much. Such player is a considerable minority by high modern rugby of defense power like present. (If the player who would like to be a Japanese representative is doing this, it would never be chosen.)

But it’s thought that such very offensive player appears from the audience side, and it’s fascinating and is no use. When I say the player who showed Counter Attack surprised in the past.

1. John Kirwan (NZ): Sean who accomplished running until a partner inn goal from the goal front shown in the start game of RWC in 1987 and tried, already, legend.
2. Johna Romu (NZ): Try king of 1995 year RWC. The player who plans for a breakthrough by all means when he has a ball as WTB. I left with the intense impression no one can stop.

Additionally: A team is French champagne rugby in 1987. In today, Fiji national team. The consciousness connected away by all the members is a team carried without exception, so opposing team can’t kick carelessly. The Argentine representative when one more being inferior. The strong will I say can be felt to be never defeated in 1 to 1.

Jersey collection 26

Jersey of the world selection team (club) Barbarians. It’s new in YAFUOKU and it’s bought at 5900 yen. Though it was new, it was inexpensive, so it has been bought unconsciously. The small by which the size is international size. I don’t find out that the one as the size won’t be tried on by slyboots, this jersey was no problem.