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[JRFU] The IRB board meeting held in Dublin, Ireland, on July 28 officially decided that the RWC 2019 would be held in Japan. The general meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) held on October 10 determined to incorporate rugby sevens and golf as official sports for the Rio De Janeiro 2016 Olympics and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. In June, the U20 Rugby World Cup was held in Japan. Japan's operational ability to make the event successful in which 16 nation participated and the ability to attract one-hundred thousand customers received high marks from the IRB member nations, which contributed significantly to 2019 RWC bid activity. A match between All Blacks and Wallabies (Bledisloe Cup) was held at Tokyo's National Stadium on October 31 and drew a big audience of 45,000 people got really excited. In this match, the New Zealand All Blacks beat the Australia Wallabies 32−19.
[Japan]
* The Japan national team, which beat the United States in the previous year, invited the Canada national team this year and won test matches against them consecutively to raise their IRB world ranking to 13.
* The Asian Five Nations Tournament 2009 (the 10th) and the 12th Korea-Japan Regular Match
The Japan national team won all of their four matches
* The IRB Pacific Nations Cup 2009 Fiji (the 4th)
The Japan national team had one win and three losses.
* The Canada national team came to Japan. The Japan national team had two wins.
[Japan Rugby Championship] In the 47th Japan Rugby Championship, the Sanyo Electric Wild Nights beat TOYOTA Verblitz 22−17 claiming their three consecutive titles.
[Top League] In the league matches, the Sanyo Electric Wild Nights had 12 wins and 1 draw with 59 points, claiming the top place with no losses. They fended off the second team, Suntory Sungoliath having 11 wins and 2 draws with 58 points. However, Toshiba Brave Lupus, which finished third in the league matches, beat TOYOTA Verblitz 35−24 in the semi-final of the play-off and won the no-try game against Sanyo 6-0 in the final, claiming their consecutive titles.
[University] In the 46th All-Japan University Rugby Championship, Teikyo beat Tokai coming from behind 14−13 in the final and claimed their first championship title. In the 80th Kanto Inter-University Rugby Tournament, Waseda claimed their 33rd tournament title and for the first time in two years, with six wins and one draw. In the 43rd Kanto University Rugby League, Tokai won all their seven matches claiming their third consecutive league title. In the 81st Kansai University Rugby League, Kansei Gakuin claimed their ninth league title for two years in a row. In Kyushu, Fukuoka University beat Kyushu Kyoritsu 71−3 claiming their six consecutive titles.
[Women's Rugby] In September, the Japan women's national team toured Canada to improve their team's strength but came home with two losses. In November, the Japan team played in the Asia qualifying round of the Women's RWC, winning the first match against Singapore 35−11. But they lost in the final to Kazakhstan 43-5.
[International] In April, NZU came to Japan for the 13th time: Kanto 31-30 NZU and Keio 30-27 NZU. In June, the England selection team came to Japan and won consecutive matches against the Kanto team 67−31 and Yamaha Jubilo 36−20. In April, the England national team came to Japan and won consecutive matches against the Kanto team 67−31 and Yamaha Jubilo 36−20. In March 2010, the Japan U18 national team toured abroad for the 35th time to France with one win and three losses.
[JRFU] The IRB board meeting held in Dublin, Ireland, on July 28 officially decided that the RWC 2019 would be held in Japan. The general meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) held on October 10 determined to incorporate rugby sevens and golf as official sports for the Rio De Janeiro 2016 Olympics and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. In June, the U20 Rugby World Cup was held in Japan. Japan's operational ability to make the event successful in which 16 nation participated and the ability to attract one-hundred thousand customers received high marks from the IRB member nations, which contributed significantly to 2019 RWC bid activity. A match between All Blacks and Wallabies (Bledisloe Cup) was held at Tokyo's National Stadium on October 31 and drew a big audience of 45,000 people got really excited. In this match, the New Zealand All Blacks beat the Australia Wallabies 32−19.
[Japan]
* The Japan national team, which beat the United States in the previous year, invited the Canada national team this year and won test matches against them consecutively to raise their IRB world ranking to 13.
* The Asian Five Nations Tournament 2009 (the 10th) and the 12th Korea-Japan Regular Match
The Japan national team won all of their four matches
* The IRB Pacific Nations Cup 2009 Fiji (the 4th)
The Japan national team had one win and three losses.
* The Canada national team came to Japan. The Japan national team had two wins.
[Japan Rugby Championship] In the 47th Japan Rugby Championship, the Sanyo Electric Wild Nights beat TOYOTA Verblitz 22−17 claiming their three consecutive titles.
[Top League] In the league matches, the Sanyo Electric Wild Nights had 12 wins and 1 draw with 59 points, claiming the top place with no losses. They fended off the second team, Suntory Sungoliath having 11 wins and 2 draws with 58 points. However, Toshiba Brave Lupus, which finished third in the league matches, beat TOYOTA Verblitz 35−24 in the semi-final of the play-off and won the no-try game against Sanyo 6-0 in the final, claiming their consecutive titles.
[University] In the 46th All-Japan University Rugby Championship, Teikyo beat Tokai coming from behind 14−13 in the final and claimed their first championship title. In the 80th Kanto Inter-University Rugby Tournament, Waseda claimed their 33rd tournament title and for the first time in two years, with six wins and one draw. In the 43rd Kanto University Rugby League, Tokai won all their seven matches claiming their third consecutive league title. In the 81st Kansai University Rugby League, Kansei Gakuin claimed their ninth league title for two years in a row. In Kyushu, Fukuoka University beat Kyushu Kyoritsu 71−3 claiming their six consecutive titles.
[Women's Rugby] In September, the Japan women's national team toured Canada to improve their team's strength but came home with two losses. In November, the Japan team played in the Asia qualifying round of the Women's RWC, winning the first match against Singapore 35−11. But they lost in the final to Kazakhstan 43-5.
[International] In April, NZU came to Japan for the 13th time: Kanto 31-30 NZU and Keio 30-27 NZU. In June, the England selection team came to Japan and won consecutive matches against the Kanto team 67−31 and Yamaha Jubilo 36−20. In April, the England national team came to Japan and won consecutive matches against the Kanto team 67−31 and Yamaha Jubilo 36−20. In March 2010, the Japan U18 national team toured abroad for the 35th time to France with one win and three losses.