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Wild Knights Wild Knights 26 - 24 Kubota Spears Kubota Spears

Full time

28 Dec 2024

Japan League One D1

Stage: Conference B Round 2

Kumagaya Rugby Stadium

Wild Knights vs Kubota Spears head to head

The Saitama Wild Knights narrowly defeated the Kubota Spears 26-24 in a thrilling encounter at Kumagaya Rugby Stadium. Kyohei Yamasawa's kicking was instrumental for the home side, scoring multiple penalties and converting a crucial try by Dylan Riley. The Spears struggled with discipline, receiving two yellow cards in the first half, which led to a penalty try for the Wild Knights. Following the break, Faulua Makisi's impressive performance for the Spears, with two tries, kept them in contention. The match saw a series of substitutions that injected energy into both teams. As the game approached its climax, the Wild Knights held onto their slim lead despite late pressure from the Spears. Ultimately, the home side's defensive resilience secured their victory in a tightly contested match.

Weather

Temperature: 9.3°C (Feels like 7.7°C) Condition: MostlyCloudy Wind: 9.0 km/h, gusting to 20.0 km/h Humidity: 41% Cloud Cover: 70%

Highlights

Events

  • Kickoff
  • 9'

    Penalty

    Kyohei Yamasawa · Wild Knights

    3 - 0
  • 14'

    Penalty

    Bernard Foley · Kubota Spears

    3 - 3
  • 18'

    Penalty

    Kyohei Yamasawa · Wild Knights

    6 - 3
  • 27'

    Yellow Card

    Kota Kaishi · Kubota Spears

  • 29'

    Try

    Dylan Riley · Wild Knights

    11 - 3
  • 30'

    Conversion

    Kyohei Yamasawa · Wild Knights

    13 - 3
  • 34'

    Substitution

    Shinobu Fujiwara on for Bryn Hall · Kubota Spears

  • 37'

    Yellow Card Complete

    Kota Kaishi · Kubota Spears

  • 38'

    Yellow Card

    Tyler Paul · Kubota Spears

  • 38'

    Penalty Try

    No Player · Wild Knights

    20 - 3
  • 40'

    Substitution

    Bryn Hall on for Shinobu Fujiwara · Kubota Spears

  • Halftime 20 - 3
  • Second Half
  • 42'

    Yellow Card

    Ockie Barnard · Wild Knights

  • 44'

    Substitution

    Yota Kamimori on for Kota Kaishi · Kubota Spears

  • 44'

    Substitution

    Shinobu Fujiwara on for Bryn Hall · Kubota Spears

  • 44'

    Substitution

    Yamada Hibiki on for Yuhei Shimada · Kubota Spears

  • 44'

    Substitution

    Malcolm Marx on for Hayate Era · Kubota Spears

  • 45'

    Substitution

    Opeti Helu on for Keijiro Tamefusa · Kubota Spears

  • 46'

    Substitution

    Asaeli Ai Valu on for Shohei Hirano · Wild Knights

  • 46'

    Substitution

    Craig Millar on for Keita Inagaki · Wild Knights

  • 48'

    Yellow Card Complete

    Tyler Paul · Kubota Spears

  • 49'

    Try

    David Bulbring · Kubota Spears

    20 - 8
  • 50'

    Conversion

    Bernard Foley · Kubota Spears

    20 - 10
  • 52'

    Penalty

    Kyohei Yamasawa · Wild Knights

    23 - 10
  • 52'

    Yellow Card Complete

    Ockie Barnard · Wild Knights

  • 59'

    Substitution

    Sione Teaupa on for Yuya Hirose · Kubota Spears

  • 61'

    Substitution

    Itsuki Onishi on for Ockie Barnard · Wild Knights

  • 62'

    Try

    Faulua Makisi · Kubota Spears

    23 - 15
  • 63'

    Conversion

    Bernard Foley · Kubota Spears

    23 - 17
  • 64'

    Substitution

    Asipeli Moala on for Tyler Paul · Kubota Spears

  • 70'

    Try

    Faulua Makisi · Kubota Spears

    23 - 22
  • 71'

    Conversion

    Bernard Foley · Kubota Spears

    23 - 24
  • 73'

    Yellow Card

    Asipeli Moala · Kubota Spears

  • 74'

    Penalty

    Kyohei Yamasawa · Wild Knights

    26 - 24
  • 74'

    Substitution

    Ryota Hasegawa on for Esei Haangana · Wild Knights

  • 75'

    Substitution

    Yuki Aoki on for David Bulbring · Kubota Spears

  • Fulltime 26 - 24

Player ratings

Wild Knights
  • 15 Takuya Yamasawa 6.6
  • 14 Koki Takeyama 6.6
  • 13 Dylan Riley 8.1
  • 12 Damian de Allende 7.5
  • 11 Tomoki Osada 6.1
  • 10 Kyohei Yamasawa 7.7
  • 9 Taiki Koyama 6.3
  • 1 Keita Inagaki 7.5
  • 2 Atsushi Sakate 7.1
  • 3 Shohei Hirano 6.5
  • 4 Ockie Barnard 6.3
  • 5 Esei Haangana 7.3
  • 6 Ben Gunter 7.8
  • 7 Lachlan Boshier 7.2
  • 8 Jack Cornelsen 6.7
  • 16 Kazuma Shimane –
  • 17 Craig Millar 6.2
  • 18 Asaeli Ai Valu 6.6
  • 19 Ryota Hasegawa –
  • 20 Itsuki Onishi 6.4
  • 21 Yuta Takagi –
  • 22 Tatsuhiro Tanji –
  • 23 Ryuji Noguchi –
Kubota Spears
  • 15 Yuhei Shimada 5.9
  • 14 Halatoa Vailea 6.8
  • 13 Rikus Pretorius 6.2
  • 12 Yuya Hirose 5.9
  • 11 Haruto Kida 7.0
  • 10 Bernard Foley 6.5
  • 9 Bryn Hall 6.1
  • 1 Kota Kaishi 4.6
  • 2 Hayate Era 5.6
  • 3 Keijiro Tamefusa 6.2
  • 4 Merwe Olivier 6.9
  • 5 David Bulbring 6.8
  • 6 Tyler Paul 5.4
  • 7 Takeo Suenaga 5.8
  • 8 Faulua Makisi 8.5
  • 16 Malcolm Marx 6.5
  • 17 Yota Kamimori 6.0
  • 18 Opeti Helu 5.7
  • 19 Yuki Aoki –
  • 20 Asipeli Moala 4.9
  • 21 Shinobu Fujiwara 6.3
  • 22 Yamada Hibiki 6.5
  • 23 Sione Teaupa 6.1