Brave Lupus Tokyo 31 - 27 Kubota Spears

Full time

01 Mar 2025

Stage: Conference A Round 10

Shiranami Stadium

Brave Lupus Tokyo vs Kubota Spears head to head

Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo triumphed over Kubota Spears with a score of 31-27 in a fiercely contested match. Richie Mo'unga opened the scoring with a try in the 13th minute, followed by a successful conversion from Takuro Matsunaga. Despite Bernard Foley's yellow card for Kubota, Opeti Helu managed to score a try just before halftime, bringing the score to 21-10 at the break. The second half saw Halatoa Vailea scoring a quick try for Kubota, reducing the deficit. Naikabula's late try for Toshiba secured the victory, despite Malcolm Marx and Kida scoring for Kubota. Matsunaga's kicking was crucial, converting four tries. The match showcased intense back-and-forth play and highlighted standout performances from both teams.

Weather

Temperature: 18.9°C (Feels like 20.0°C) Condition: PartlyCloudy Wind: 6.1 km/h, gusting to 20.7 km/h Humidity: 64% Cloud Cover: 42%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
13'

Try

Richie Mo'unga · Brave Lupus Tokyo

5 - 0
14'

Conversion

Takuro Matsunaga · Brave Lupus Tokyo

7 - 0
22'

Yellow Card

Bernard Foley · Kubota Spears
28'

Try

Mamoru Harada · Brave Lupus Tokyo

12 - 0
31'

Penalty

Halatoa Vailea · Kubota Spears

12 - 3
32'

Yellow Card Complete

Bernard Foley · Kubota Spears
37'

Yellow Card

Jone Naikabula · Brave Lupus Tokyo
38'

Try

Opeti Helu · Kubota Spears

12 - 8
39'

Conversion

Bernard Foley · Kubota Spears

12 - 10
40'

Substitution

Haruto Kida on for Gerhard van den Heever · Kubota Spears
Halftime 12 - 10
Second Half
45'

Try

Sena Kimura · Brave Lupus Tokyo

17 - 10
46'

Conversion

Takuro Matsunaga · Brave Lupus Tokyo

19 - 10
46'

Substitution

Yota Kamimori on for Kota Kaishi · Kubota Spears
46'

Substitution

Ruan Botha on for David Van Zeeland · Kubota Spears
46'

Substitution

Finau Tupa on for Takeo Suenaga · Kubota Spears
47'

Yellow Card Complete

Jone Naikabula · Brave Lupus Tokyo
48'

Try

Halatoa Vailea · Kubota Spears

19 - 15
56'

Try

Haruto Kida · Kubota Spears

19 - 20
56'

Substitution

Shohei Ito on for Warner Dearns · Brave Lupus Tokyo
59'

Try

Yuto Mori · Brave Lupus Tokyo

24 - 20
60'

Conversion

Takuro Matsunaga · Brave Lupus Tokyo

26 - 20
61'

Substitution

Takahiro Ogawa on for Yuhei Sugiyama · Brave Lupus Tokyo
63'

Try

Malcolm Marx · Kubota Spears

26 - 25
64'

Conversion

Bernard Foley · Kubota Spears

26 - 27
64'

Substitution

Yuya Hirose on for Harumichi Tatekawa · Kubota Spears
64'

Substitution

Taichi Mano on for Yuto Mori · Brave Lupus Tokyo
64'

Substitution

Yoshitaka Tokunaga on for Takeshi Sasaki · Brave Lupus Tokyo
65'

Substitution

Bryn Hall on for Shaun Stevenson · Kubota Spears
65'

Substitution

Taufa Latu on for Yuta Kokaji · Brave Lupus Tokyo
68'

Yellow Card

Bryn Hall · Kubota Spears
69'

Try

Jone Naikabula · Brave Lupus Tokyo

31 - 27
70'

Substitution

Masataka Mikami on for Sena Kimura · Brave Lupus Tokyo
70'

Substitution

Daigo Hashimoto on for Malcolm Marx · Kubota Spears
70'

Substitution

Hayate Era on for Opeti Helu · Kubota Spears
78'

Yellow Card Complete

Bryn Hall · Kubota Spears
Fulltime 31 - 27

Player ratings

Brave Lupus Tokyo

15 Takuro Matsunaga 7.2
14 Jone Naikabula 6.1
13 Seta Tamanivalu 6.1
12 Rob Thompson 7.1
11 Yuto Mori 7.6
10 Richie Mo'unga 7.3
9 Yuhei Sugiyama 6.6
1 Sena Kimura 7.6
2 Mamoru Harada 8.3
3 Yuta Kokaji 6.8
4 Jacob Pierce 6.8
5 Warner Dearns 6.3
6 Shannon Frizell 7.1
7 Takeshi Sasaki 6.5
8 Michael Leitch 7.1
16 Daigo Hashimoto 6.2
17 Masataka Mikami 6.3
18 Taufa Latu 6.3
19 Shohei Ito 6.4
20 Yoshitaka Tokunaga 6.4
21 Takahiro Ogawa 5.8
22 Taichi Mano 6.6
23 Michael Collins –

Kubota Spears

15 Shaun Stevenson 6.4
14 Halatoa Vailea 7.2
13 Rikus Pretorius 7.0
12 Harumichi Tatekawa 5.9
11 Gerhard van den Heever 5.8
10 Bernard Foley 5.9
9 Shinobu Fujiwara 6.1
1 Kota Kaishi 6.4
2 Malcolm Marx 7.6
3 Opeti Helu 7.4
4 David Van Zeeland 5.6
5 David Bulbring 6.4
6 Pieter Labuschagne 6.6
7 Takeo Suenaga 6.1
8 Faulua Makisi 7.3
16 Hayate Era 5.9
17 Yota Kamimori 6.1
18 Keijiro Tamefusa –
19 Ruan Botha 6.2
20 Finau Tupa 5.7
21 Bryn Hall 4.4
22 Yuya Hirose 5.4
23 Haruto Kida 6.8