Japan League One round-up
By BEN JAYCOCK

MASAYOSHI Takezawa scored a hat-trick for Yokohama Eagles in a 53-35 win over Shizuoka Blue Revs.
Although the Eagles wing was able to display his speed to dodge tacklers at Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium, his scores were largely a result of the hosts being better at every facet of the game against the previously unbeaten Blue Revs.
“This past week, our theme was to take charge of the game, and you saw that in the first half,” said Takezawa, whose three tries all came almost unopposed down the left flank, the first just five minute...