Dateline: January 16th, 2011

The Tokyo Gaijin RFC and their supporters gathered at Akigase Koen out in Urawa on a bitterly cold  Sunday to play their last game of the 2010 Shuto League against All Jin Jan - a match that had been delayed due to a rain washout. The final clash of the 2010 Shuto League was basically a Grand Final as the two teams were even on points. All Jin Jan, despite losing to the Gaijin last year, ended up as League Champions after the Gaijin dropped a game to the cellar-dwelling Fuji Club. The Gaijin had also bested All Jin Jan again earlier in 2010 by beating them in injury time to win the 2010 Shuto 10's in a rivetting final and again in the first game of the Sugadaira 7's a week later. The teams are developing a strong rivalry and the closeness of past matches meant that this game was going to be a cracker.