Shizuoka BlueRevs 15 - 13 Kobe Steelers

Full time

21 Dec 2024

Stage: Conference A Round 1

Yamaha Stadium

Shizuoka BlueRevs vs Kobe Steelers head to head

The Shizuoka BlueRevs narrowly defeated the Kobelco Kobe Steelers 15-13 in a closely contested match. The Steelers struck first with a penalty from Lee in the opening minute, but Greene quickly equalized for the BlueRevs. Brodie Retallick and George Turner both scored tries for the Steelers, giving them a 13-3 lead at halftime. Malgene Ilaua received a yellow card for the BlueRevs but returned as they fought back. Valynce TeWhare scored a crucial try early in the second half, narrowing the gap. Late in the match, Vueti Tupou's try and Greene's conversion secured the victory for the home side. Despite a valiant effort from the Steelers, they fell just short, unable to convert their chances into points in the final moments.

Weather

Temperature: 10.0°C (Feels like 8.1°C) Condition: Rain Wind: 7.9 km/h, gusting to 17.0 km/h Humidity: 67% Cloud Cover: 98%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
1'

Penalty

Seungsin Lee · Kobe Steelers

0 - 3
3'

Penalty

Sam Greene · Shizuoka BlueRevs

3 - 3
23'

Try

Brodie Retallick · Kobe Steelers

3 - 8
31'

Yellow Card

Malgene Ilaua · Shizuoka BlueRevs
34'

Try

George Turner · Kobe Steelers

3 - 13
Halftime 3 - 13
Second Half
41'

Yellow Card Complete

Malgene Ilaua · Shizuoka BlueRevs
46'

Substitution

Kazuhiro Kawata on for Kenta Yamashita · Shizuoka BlueRevs
48'

Substitution

Eishin Kuwano on for Jack Wright · Shizuoka BlueRevs
48'

Substitution

Vueti Tupou on for Yuya Odo · Shizuoka BlueRevs
48'

Substitution

Richard Goh Jones on for Malgene Ilaua · Shizuoka BlueRevs
48'

Substitution

Kauvaka Kaivelata on for Shigure Takao · Kobe Steelers
48'

Substitution

Hiroshi Yamashita on for Sho Maeda · Kobe Steelers
60'

Substitution

Valynce TeWhare on for Damian Markus · Shizuoka BlueRevs
60'

Substitution

Richmond Tongatama on for Takeshi Hino · Shizuoka BlueRevs
60'

Substitution

Sean Vete on for Heiichiro Ito · Shizuoka BlueRevs
61'

Yellow Card

Gerard Cowley-Tuioti · Kobe Steelers
61'

Substitution

Kenta Matsuoka on for George Turner · Kobe Steelers
61'

Substitution

Daiki Nakajima on for Atsushi Hiwasa · Kobe Steelers
61'

Substitution

Tiennan Costley on for Takara Imamura · Kobe Steelers
61'

Substitution

Ngani Laumape on for Michael Little · Kobe Steelers
62'

Try

Valynce TeWhare · Shizuoka BlueRevs

8 - 13
67'

Substitution

Ataata Moeakiola on for Inoke Burua · Kobe Steelers
69'

Substitution

Shuntaro Kitamura on for Kodai Okazaki · Shizuoka BlueRevs
71'

Yellow Card Complete

Gerard Cowley-Tuioti · Kobe Steelers
77'

Substitution

Sosefo Fakatava on for Amanaki Saumaki · Kobe Steelers
81'

Yellow Card

Ngani Laumape · Kobe Steelers
84'

Try

Vueti Tupou · Shizuoka BlueRevs

13 - 13
85'

Conversion

Sam Greene · Shizuoka BlueRevs

15 - 13
Fulltime 15 - 13

Player ratings

Shizuoka BlueRevs

15 Sam Greene 7.6
14 Damian Markus 7.0
13 Sylvian Mahuza 6.1
12 Viliami Tahitua 9.2
11 Malo Tuitama 7.2
10 Kenta Iemura 6.8
9 Kodai Okazaki 7.4
1 Kenta Yamashita 7.0
2 Takeshi Hino 6.4
3 Heiichiro Ito 6.8
4 Jack Wright 7.2
5 Murray Douglas 7.0
6 Yuya Odo 6.2
7 Kwagga Smith 7.1
8 Malgene Ilaua 5.2
16 Richmond Tongatama 7.2
17 Kazuhiro Kawata 6.5
18 Sean Vete 6.6
19 Eishin Kuwano 7.0
20 Vueti Tupou 7.5
21 Richard Goh Jones 6.8
22 Shuntaro Kitamura 6.5
23 Valynce TeWhare 7.7

Kobe Steelers

15 Kanta Matsunaga 5.6
14 Inoke Burua 5.8
13 Michael Little 7.2
12 Timothy Lafaele 6.7
11 Rakuhei Yamashita 5.7
10 Seungsin Lee 7.1
9 Atsushi Hiwasa 5.6
1 Shigure Takao 5.9
2 George Turner 7.3
3 Sho Maeda 6.0
4 Gerard Cowley-Tuioti 4.9
5 Brodie Retallick 7.8
6 Takara Imamura 6.5
7 Hayato Fukunishi 4.9
8 Amanaki Saumaki 6.8
16 Kenta Matsuoka 6.1
17 Kauvaka Kaivelata 5.2
18 Hiroshi Yamashita 5.5
19 Sosefo Fakatava –
20 Tiennan Costley 6.2
21 Daiki Nakajima 6.0
22 Ngani Laumape 4.8
23 Ataata Moeakiola 6.0