Rugby: League One entertains in 1st season, but big challenges remain

League One's inaugural season came to an entertaining close Sunday with Saitama Wild Knights' championship win over Tokyo Sungoliath, but the rebranded rugby union competition remains a long way from reaching its objectives.Superseding the more corporate-oriented Top League, League One kicked off in January with the ambitious goal of recruiting the world's top players and becoming "the best league in the world."League executives hoped to lessen Japanese rugby's reliance on the backing of corporate team owners by building on the momentum from the successful hosting of the 2019 World Cup and …READ FULL ARTICLE