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Tokyo Sungoliath Tokyo Sungoliath 30 - 30 Toyota Verblitz Toyota Verblitz

Full time

04 Jan 2025

Japan League One D1

Stage: Conference B Round 3

Ajinomoto Stadium

Tokyo Sungoliath vs Toyota Verblitz head to head

The match between Tokyo Sungoliath and Toyota Verblitz ended in a thrilling 30-30 draw. Ozaki opened the scoring for the home team with a try in the fourth minute, which was converted by Takamoto. Verblitz responded with a try from Hikosaka and a penalty from Matsuda, leveling the score. The game saw a notable yellow card for Kolbe of Sungoliath, but they managed to secure another try through Takamoto before half-time. After the break, Smith and McCurran helped Verblitz take the lead with tries, but Sungoliath countered with a try from Ozaki. A late try from McGahan brought Verblitz back to parity, securing a hard-fought draw. Both teams displayed resilience and attacking prowess throughout the match.

Weather

Temperature: 8.2°C (Feels like 7.5°C) Condition: MostlyClear Wind: 11.2 km/h, gusting to 22.4 km/h Humidity: 37% Cloud Cover: 19%

Highlights

Events

  • Kickoff
  • 4'

    Try

    Seiya Ozaki 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

    5 - 0
  • 5'

    Conversion

    Mikiya Takamoto 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

    7 - 0
  • 14'

    Yellow Card

    Cheslin Kolbe 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 16'

    Penalty

    Rikiya Matsuda 路 Toyota Verblitz

    7 - 3
  • 21'

    Try

    Yoshikatsu Hikosaka 路 Toyota Verblitz

    7 - 8
  • 24'

    Yellow Card Complete

    Cheslin Kolbe 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 25'

    Try

    Mikiya Takamoto 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

    12 - 8
  • 26'

    Conversion

    Mikiya Takamoto 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

    14 - 8
  • 40'

    Substitution

    Kenta Kobayashi on for Yukio Morikawa 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 40'

    Substitution

    Shinnosuke Kakinaga on for Kan Nakano 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

  • Halftime 14 - 8
  • Second Half
  • 44'

    Try

    Aaron Smith 路 Toyota Verblitz

    14 - 13
  • 45'

    Conversion

    Rikiya Matsuda 路 Toyota Verblitz

    14 - 15
  • 45'

    Substitution

    Tamati Ioane on for Sean McMahon 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 48'

    Penalty

    Mikiya Takamoto 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

    17 - 15
  • 48'

    Substitution

    William Tupou on for Kosei Miki 路 Toyota Verblitz

  • 48'

    Substitution

    Josh Dickson on for Richie Gray 路 Toyota Verblitz

  • 50'

    Try

    Nicholas McCurran 路 Toyota Verblitz

    17 - 20
  • 51'

    Conversion

    Rikiya Matsuda 路 Toyota Verblitz

    22 - 22
  • 51'

    Try

    Seiya Ozaki 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

    22 - 20
  • 52'

    Conversion

    Mikiya Takamoto 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

    24 - 22
  • 53'

    Substitution

    Kienori Go on for Kosuke Horikoshi 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 53'

    Substitution

    Taiga Ozaki on for Cheslin Kolbe 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 54'

    Substitution

    Siosaia Fifita on for Joseph Manu 路 Toyota Verblitz

  • 56'

    Substitution

    Shunsuke Asaoka on for Genki Sudo 路 Toyota Verblitz

  • 60'

    Penalty

    Kai Yamamoto 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

    27 - 22
  • 60'

    Substitution

    Saimoni Vunilagi on for Sam Jeffries 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 60'

    Substitution

    Shogo Nakano on for Ryoto Nakamura 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 65'

    Penalty

    Mikiya Takamoto 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

    30 - 22
  • 65'

    Substitution

    Matt McGahan on for Yuichiro Wada 路 Toyota Verblitz

  • 67'

    Penalty

    Rikiya Matsuda 路 Toyota Verblitz

    30 - 25
  • 70'

    Substitution

    Kaito Shigeno on for Aaron Smith 路 Toyota Verblitz

  • 70'

    Substitution

    Ryunosuke Momoji on for Shogo Miura 路 Toyota Verblitz

  • 70'

    Substitution

    Ryusei Kato on for Yoshikatsu Hikosaka 路 Toyota Verblitz

  • 70'

    Substitution

    Kenta Fukuda on for Yutaka Nagare 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 76'

    Try

    Matt McGahan 路 Toyota Verblitz

    30 - 30
  • 78'

    Yellow Card

    Shogo Nakano 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 78'

    Substitution

    Yuichiro Wada on for Nicholas McCurran 路 Toyota Verblitz

  • Fulltime 30 - 30

Player ratings

Tokyo Sungoliath
  • 15 Ryosuke Kawase 7.9
  • 14 Seiya Ozaki 8.4
  • 13 Isaiah Punivai 7.3
  • 12 Ryoto Nakamura 5.8
  • 11 Cheslin Kolbe 5.3
  • 10 Mikiya Takamoto 9.0
  • 9 Yutaka Nagare 7.0
  • 1 Yukio Morikawa 6.4
  • 2 Kosuke Horikoshi 7.6
  • 3 Kan Nakano 5.6
  • 4 Sam Jeffries 6.4
  • 5 Harry Hockings 7.5
  • 6 Kanji Shimokawa 6.8
  • 7 Kai Yamamoto 6.5
  • 8 Sean McMahon 7.1
  • 16 Kienori Go 6.5
  • 17 Kenta Kobayashi 6.2
  • 18 Shinnosuke Kakinaga 6.4
  • 19 Saimoni Vunilagi 5.8
  • 20 Tamati Ioane 7.9
  • 21 Kenta Fukuda 6.1
  • 22 Shogo Nakano 5.0
  • 23 Taiga Ozaki 6.5
Toyota Verblitz
  • 15 Tiaan Falcon 6.4
  • 14 Taichi Takahashi 7.5
  • 13 Joseph Manu 6.6
  • 12 Nicholas McCurran 8.5
  • 11 Yuichiro Wada 8.0
  • 10 Rikiya Matsuda 7.1
  • 9 Aaron Smith 7.6
  • 1 Shogo Miura 6.5
  • 2 Yoshikatsu Hikosaka 8.8
  • 3 Genki Sudo 6.2
  • 4 Richie Gray 5.9
  • 5 Daichi Akiyama 7.3
  • 6 Isaiah Mapusua 6.6
  • 7 Kosei Miki 6.9
  • 8 Kazuki Himeno 8.1
  • 16 Ryusei Kato 6.2
  • 17 Ryunosuke Momoji 6.2
  • 18 Shunsuke Asaoka 6.1
  • 19 Josh Dickson 6.2
  • 20 William Tupou 7.1
  • 21 Kaito Shigeno 6.2
  • 22 Matt McGahan 7.0
  • 23 Siosaia Fifita 6.2