In a game that highlighted the differences that exist between the "men" of company rugby and the "boys" of university rugby, Toyota beat Waseda University 77-12 at Chichibunomiya Stadium on Sunday to earn a place in the semifinals of the All-Japan Championship where it will play company champion Suntory.
Kubota, still recovering from its 104-12 drubbing at the hands of Suntory in the company semifinal, beat Kanto Gakuin University 85-35 in the day's other game at Hanazono Stadium, Osaka, and will play Kobe Steel for a place in the final.
From the opening minutes it was clear that the students knew they could not compete physically with the "professional" players. Consequently they tried to spin the ball whenever they could and used their fullback to put the ball in at scrums in the hope that the scrumhalf could clear the ball as quickly as possible from a fast retreating pack.