Seven teams confirmed their places in the playoffs to determine the Japan Rugby Top League champions Saturday as the pool stage reached its penultimate round.Yamaha Jubilo, Panasonic Wild Knights, Ricoh Black Rams and Kubota Spears will all progress from the White Conference, while Kobe Kobelco Steelers, Toyota Verblitz and Suntory Sungoliath made sure they cannot finish outside the top four in the Red Conference.This season, the league's 16 teams have been split into two Conferences -- Red and White. Following seven rounds of pool games the top four sides from each group will play for the …READ FULL ARTICLE