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Goromaru makes history in Japan
By Online Editors
Japan's most iconic rugby player can now claim to be the most prolific in its domestic league.
Yamaha Jubilo Ayumu Goromaru has broken the record for the most points scored in the history of the Japanese Top League.
According to the Japan Times Goromaru overtook Suntory Sungoliath center Ryan Nicholas as the most prolific scorer in the league's history as he kicked five conversions and a penalty goal in his side's 43-3 win over the Coca-Cola Red Sparks.
Goromaru made his debut in 2008 and has scored 1,195 points.
The legend of the game who came to international fame during the 2015 Rugby World Cup, returned to Japan last year, after a lacklustre stint at Toulon.
He has also enjoyed a stint at the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby, although his time in that competition was cut short by injury.
Goromaru enjoys a cult following back in Japan, where life-size statues of the player are sculpted, zoo animals are named after him and he has even been made a "ninja master".
He can also lay claim to be the best-paid rugby player on the planet, if you include the massive sponsorship deals he has individually struck in his homeland.
Despite his celebrity status, when departing Toulon club President Mourad Boudjellal stated: "We don't want him either," the outspoken businessman told RMC Sport. "We won't be keeping him, he doesn't want to stay."
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They really use this sorta system? Much smaller pool of bonus points available, that would mean they have far less impact. Interestingly you must be withen winning range/chance in France’s Top 14 league, rather that just draw territory, so 6 points instead of 7. Fairly arbitrary and pointless (something the NRL would do to try and look cool), but kinda cool.
I said it Nick’s and other articles, I’m not sure about the fixed nature of matchups in these opening rounds. For instance, I would be interested in seeing an improved ranking/prediction/reflection ladder to what we had last year, were some author here game so rejigged list of teams purely based of ‘who had played who’ so far in the competition. It was designed to analyze the ladder and better predict what the real order would be after the full round robin had completed. It needed some improvement, like factoring in historical data as well, as it was a bit skiwif, but it is the sort of thing that would give a better depiction of what sort of contests weve had so far, because just using my intuition, the matchups have been very ‘level appropriate’ so far, and were jet to get the other end of the spectrum, season ranked bottom sides v top sides etc.
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