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Mie Honda Heat Mie Honda Heat 19 - 27 Tokyo Sungoliath Tokyo Sungoliath

Full time

19 Jan 2025

Japan League One D1

Stage: Conference B Round 5

Suzuka Sports Garden

Mie Honda Heat vs Tokyo Sungoliath head to head

Tokyo Sungoliath secured a 27-19 victory over Mie Honda Heat in a closely contested match. The home team got off to a strong start with a try from Tangipa, quickly followed by a conversion from Vunipola. However, the tide turned when Kolbe and McMahon scored tries for Sungoliath, alongside Takamoto's successful penalties, taking a commanding lead. Mie Honda responded with Uemura's try early in the second half, but Sungoliath's defense held firm. Despite a second try from Tangipa, the away side maintained their composure, with Takamoto adding crucial points through penalties and a drop goal. Yellow cards for both teams added an element of tension, but Sungoliath's superior discipline ultimately won the day. This result reinforced Sungoliath's position in the league, demonstrating their ability to capitalize on opportunities.

Weather

Temperature: 10.3°C (Feels like 12.4°C) Condition: MostlyClear Wind: 3.6 km/h, gusting to 11.2 km/h Humidity: 58% Cloud Cover: 31%

Highlights

Events

  • Kickoff
  • 2'

    Substitution

    Ikuma Yamada on for Koki Hida · Mie Honda Heat

  • 4'

    Penalty

    Mikiya Takamoto · Tokyo Sungoliath

    0 - 3
  • 10'

    Try

    Talifolofola Tangipa · Mie Honda Heat

    5 - 3
  • 11'

    Conversion

    Manu Vunipola · Mie Honda Heat

    7 - 3
  • 14'

    Yellow Card

    Kyogo Okano · Mie Honda Heat

  • 17'

    Try

    Cheslin Kolbe · Tokyo Sungoliath

    7 - 8
  • 24'

    Try

    Sean McMahon · Tokyo Sungoliath

    7 - 13
  • 24'

    Conversion

    Mikiya Takamoto · Tokyo Sungoliath

    7 - 15
  • 24'

    Yellow Card Complete

    Kyogo Okano · Mie Honda Heat

  • 26'

    Substitution

    Hayata Nakao on for Manu Vunipola · Mie Honda Heat

  • 31'

    Substitution

    Ryoto Nakamura on for Taiga Ozaki · Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 33'

    Penalty

    Mikiya Takamoto · Tokyo Sungoliath

    7 - 18
  • 35'

    Substitution

    Ryuga Hashimoto on for Saimoni Vunilagi · Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 40'

    Substitution

    Taiga Ozaki on for Ryoto Nakamura · Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 40'

    Substitution

    Feinga Fakai on for Katsuyuki Hoshino · Mie Honda Heat

  • Halftime 7 - 18
  • Second Half
  • 41'

    Yellow Card

    Sam Jeffries · Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 42'

    Try

    Haruhiko Uemura · Mie Honda Heat

    12 - 18
  • 44'

    Substitution

    Kan Nakano on for Shinnosuke Kakinaga · Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 49'

    Substitution

    Kosuke Horikoshi on for Kienori Go · Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 51'

    Yellow Card Complete

    Sam Jeffries · Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 52'

    Substitution

    Ryoto Nakamura on for Taiga Ozaki · Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 52'

    Substitution

    Trevor Hosea on for Kanji Shimokawa · Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 54'

    Substitution

    Kanji Shimokawa on for Trevor Hosea · Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 56'

    Penalty

    Mikiya Takamoto · Tokyo Sungoliath

    12 - 21
  • 56'

    Yellow Card

    Kosuke Horikoshi · Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 56'

    Substitution

    Takuro Hojo on for Azuma Doei · Mie Honda Heat

  • 56'

    Substitution

    Takumi Fujii on for Tatsuhiko Tsurukawa · Mie Honda Heat

  • 56'

    Substitution

    Connor Wihongi on for Ryoma Nishimura · Mie Honda Heat

  • 59'

    Try

    Talifolofola Tangipa · Mie Honda Heat

    17 - 21
  • 59'

    Substitution

    Fraser Quirk on for Larry Sulunga · Mie Honda Heat

  • 60'

    Conversion

    Hayata Nakao · Mie Honda Heat

    19 - 21
  • 61'

    Substitution

    Atsuki Yamamoto on for Kenta Kobayashi · Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 62'

    Substitution

    Kienori Go on for Ryuga Hashimoto · Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 66'

    Substitution

    Tevita Tupou on for Tony Hunt · Mie Honda Heat

  • 66'

    Yellow Card Complete

    Kosuke Horikoshi · Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 68'

    Substitution

    Shota Emi on for Ryosuke Kawase · Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 70'

    Penalty

    Mikiya Takamoto · Tokyo Sungoliath

    19 - 24
  • 70'

    Substitution

    Trevor Hosea on for Sean McMahon · Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 71'

    Substitution

    Ryuga Hashimoto on for Kienori Go · Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 77'

    Substitution

    Kenta Fukuda on for Yutaka Nagare · Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 81'

    Drop Goal

    Mikiya Takamoto · Tokyo Sungoliath

    19 - 27
  • Fulltime 19 - 27

Player ratings

Mie Honda Heat
  • 15 Tom Banks 7.6
  • 14 Haruhiko Uemura 7.2
  • 13 Kyogo Okano 4.2
  • 12 Johnny Fa'auli 5.7
  • 11 Larry Sulunga 6.7
  • 10 Manu Vunipola 5.8
  • 9 Azuma Doei 5.9
  • 1 Tatsuhiko Tsurukawa 6.2
  • 2 Koki Hida –
  • 3 Katsuyuki Hoshino 6.1
  • 4 Ryoma Nishimura 6.5
  • 5 Jan Hendrik Swanepoel 6.5
  • 6 Pablo Matera 7.0
  • 7 Tony Hunt 6.7
  • 8 Talifolofola Tangipa 9.3
  • 16 Ikuma Yamada 7.0
  • 17 Takumi Fujii 6.2
  • 18 Feinga Fakai 6.1
  • 19 Connor Wihongi 6.0
  • 20 Tevita Tupou 5.8
  • 21 Takuro Hojo 6.1
  • 22 Hayata Nakao 6.0
  • 23 Fraser Quirk 6.2
Tokyo Sungoliath
  • 15 Ryosuke Kawase 8.0
  • 14 Seiya Ozaki 7.0
  • 13 Taiga Ozaki 6.3
  • 12 Isaiah Punivai 7.3
  • 11 Cheslin Kolbe 8.1
  • 10 Mikiya Takamoto 7.4
  • 9 Yutaka Nagare 6.4
  • 1 Kenta Kobayashi 7.1
  • 2 Kienori Go 6.5
  • 3 Shinnosuke Kakinaga 7.2
  • 4 Saimoni Vunilagi 6.6
  • 5 Harry Hockings 7.2
  • 6 Sam Jeffries 6.0
  • 7 Kanji Shimokawa 7.0
  • 8 Sean McMahon 10.0
  • 16 Kosuke Horikoshi 5.7
  • 17 Atsuki Yamamoto 6.5
  • 18 Kan Nakano 6.8
  • 19 Trevor Hosea 6.4
  • 20 Ryuga Hashimoto 6.0
  • 21 Kenta Fukuda –
  • 22 Ryoto Nakamura 6.9
  • 23 Shota Emi 6.3