Japan League One

The gap between the Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights and the rest is widening at the top of the table but the Chiefs’ conquerors from The Cross Border Rugby had to work hard to extend their unbeaten record with a 24-20 win over third-placed Tokyo Suntory Sungoliath.
Sungoliath have not beaten their arch-rivals since the game resumed after the Covid lockdown – a losing run which includes two finals.
Suntory turned around a three-point half-time deficit in two-minutes shortly after the break. After Brave Blossoms centre Dylan Riley had scored against Sungoliath for the fifth...