1983: 85th Season

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[Japan] The Japan national team lost to the Oxford-Cambridge combined team 15-10, which came to Japan in September. In October, the Japan team toured Wales for the second time. All members where fully prepared for this tour. The result was two wins, one draw and two losses. The Japan national team gained a strong reputation by staying quite close with the strong Wales team losing by on a one try difference, 29-24.
[Japan Rugby Championship] In the 21st Japan Rugby Championship, Nippon Steel Kamaishi, was in their prime and defeated the university champion Doshisha 35−10 claiming their seventh championship title for six consecutive years.
[University] In the 20th All-Japan University Rugby Championship, Doshisha beat Nippon Sport Science University 31-7 in the final match achieving two consecutive titles. In the 54th Kanto Inter-University Rugby Tournament, Nippon Sport Science University had seven wins with a loss claiming their third tournament title and for the first time in five years. In the 17th Kanto University Rugby League, Hosei had seven wins and one loss claiming their eighth league title and for the first time in two years. In the Kansai University Rugby League, Doshisha won all their seven matches claiming their 33rd league title achieving 60 consecutive wins. In the 3rd Kyushu Championship, Fukuoka Institute of Technology beat Nagasaki 42−0.
[Company] In the final match of the 36th Japan Company Rugby Football Championship, Nippon Steel Kamaishi beat Toshiba Fuchu by the big margin of 31−0 claiming their eighth championship title for six years in a row.
[International] On 23 September, the world's first abroad Oxford-Cambridge match was held at Tokyo's National Stadium (Cambridge 22−9 Oxford). The Oxford-Cambridge combined A team and B team had matches against the Japan national team and the Japan B team respectively, where each of Oxford and Cambridge had four wins against Japanese teams. Yuji Matsuo played in the 100th memorial matches of the Northern Territory Association in Australia as captain, SO of the World Select Team. In April, Doshisha and Meiji Universities went on an accompanying tour to New Zealand (Doshisha had two wins and four losses, Meiji had three wins and four losses, and Doshisha and Meiji combined team had one loss). In August, Hosei toured New Zealand with one win and five losses. In March 1984, Toshiba Fuchu toured England with two wins and three losses. In August, the Japan U18 national team toured abroad for the ninth time to New Zealand with two wins, one draw, and four losses.