Kobe Steelers 36 - 18 Yokohama

Full time

29 Dec 2024

Stage: Conference A Round 2

Kobe Misaki Stadium

The Kobelco Kobe Steelers secured a decisive 36-18 victory over the Yokohama Canon Eagles at Kobe Misaki Stadium. George Turner opened the scoring with an early try, followed by three more from Ataata Moeakiola, Timothy Lafaele, and Kanta Matsunaga, making it 24-5 at halftime. Seungsin Lee's kicking was on point, converting three tries successfully. The Eagles fought back in the second half, with Viliame Takayawa scoring two tries, but they could not close the gap. Brodie Retallick added to the Steelers' tally shortly after the break. Moeakiola capped off a standout performance with his second try of the match. The Steelers' strong offensive display and solid defense ultimately led to their dominant win.

Weather

Temperature: 8.4°C (Feels like 2.1°C) Condition: PartlyCloudy Wind: 22.8 km/h, gusting to 37.1 km/h Humidity: 52% Cloud Cover: 60%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
0'

Try

George Turner · Kobe Steelers

5 - 0
5'

Penalty

Yu Tamura · Yokohama

5 - 3
18'

Try

Ataata Moeakiola · Kobe Steelers

10 - 3
20'

Try

Timothy Lafaele · Kobe Steelers

15 - 3
21'

Conversion

Seungsin Lee · Kobe Steelers

17 - 3
24'

Try

Kanta Matsunaga · Kobe Steelers

22 - 3
25'

Conversion

Seungsin Lee · Kobe Steelers

24 - 3
26'

Yellow Card

Amanaki Saumaki · Kobe Steelers
36'

Yellow Card Complete

Amanaki Saumaki · Kobe Steelers
39'

Try

Sione Halasili · Yokohama

24 - 8
Halftime 24 - 8
Second Half
47'

Yellow Card

Timothy Lafaele · Kobe Steelers
47'

Try

Viliame Takayawa · Yokohama

24 - 13
50'

Try

Brodie Retallick · Kobe Steelers

29 - 13
50'

Conversion

Seungsin Lee · Kobe Steelers

31 - 13
55'

Try

Viliame Takayawa · Yokohama

31 - 18
56'

Substitution

Hiroshi Yamashita on for Sho Maeda · Kobe Steelers
56'

Substitution

Kauvaka Kaivelata on for Shigure Takao · Kobe Steelers
56'

Substitution

Takuya Kitade on for George Turner · Kobe Steelers
56'

Substitution

Masato Furukawa on for Naoto Shimada · Yokohama
57'

Yellow Card Complete

Timothy Lafaele · Kobe Steelers
62'

Substitution

Yusuke Niwai on for Shunta Nakamura · Yokohama
63'

Substitution

Takara Imamura on for Willie Potgieter · Kobe Steelers
63'

Substitution

Ngani Laumape on for Timothy Lafaele · Kobe Steelers
63'

Substitution

Rakuhei Yamashita on for Ryohei Yamanaka · Kobe Steelers
64'

Substitution

Cormac Daly on for Lekima Nasamila · Yokohama
64'

Substitution

Kazufumi Yamasuga on for Faf de Klerk · Yokohama
64'

Substitution

Chihito Matsui on for Viliame Takayawa · Yokohama
66'

Try

Ataata Moeakiola · Kobe Steelers

36 - 18
67'

Substitution

Shota Matsuoka on for Tatsuro Sugimoto · Yokohama
67'

Substitution

Sioeli Vakalahi on for Takato Okabe · Yokohama
69'

Substitution

Sosefo Fakatava on for Gerard Cowley-Tuioti · Kobe Steelers
71'

Substitution

Ryo Tabata on for Yusuke Kajimura · Yokohama
Fulltime 36 - 18

Player ratings

Kobe Steelers

15 Ryohei Yamanaka 6.7
14 Ataata Moeakiola 7.6
13 Michael Little 9.0
12 Timothy Lafaele 6.5
11 Kanta Matsunaga 8.0
10 Seungsin Lee 6.4
9 Atsushi Hiwasa 6.7
1 Shigure Takao 6.1
2 George Turner 7.5
3 Sho Maeda 6.4
4 Gerard Cowley-Tuioti 7.4
5 Brodie Retallick 7.8
6 Tiennan Costley 7.6
7 Willie Potgieter 7.6
8 Amanaki Saumaki 5.4
16 Takuya Kitade 6.6
17 Kauvaka Kaivelata 6.0
18 Hiroshi Yamashita 6.1
19 Sosefo Fakatava 6.2
20 Takara Imamura 6.3
21 Daiki Nakajima –
22 Ngani Laumape 6.3
23 Rakuhei Yamashita 6.2

Yokohama

15 Junpei Ogura 6.1
14 Kippei Ishida 6.4
13 Jesse Kriel 6.3
12 Yusuke Kajimura 5.6
11 Viliame Takayawa 10.0
10 Yu Tamura 5.4
9 Faf de Klerk 7.3
1 Takato Okabe 6.1
2 Shunta Nakamura 6.6
3 Tatsuro Sugimoto 6.3
4 Lekima Nasamila 7.1
5 Matthew Philip 6.7
6 Billy Harmon 6.5
7 Naoto Shimada 6.3
8 Sione Halasili 8.0
16 Yusuke Niwai 6.1
17 Sioeli Vakalahi 6.0
18 Shota Matsuoka 5.8
19 Cormac Daly 5.8
20 Masato Furukawa 6.1
21 Kazufumi Yamasuga 5.9
22 Ryo Tabata –
23 Chihito Matsui 6.2