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Higashi Fukuoka High School trounced Toin Gakuen of Kanagawa 31-5 in the 89th National High School Boys Rugby Championship to claim their second national title, and their first in two years. The team also won the national elimination tournament held in the spring, making them only the third school ever to hold both titles simultaneously. Higashi Fukuoka scored an aggregate total of 274 points during the tournament, breaking the previous record of 270 set in 1999.