Urayasu D-Rocks 31 - 36 Toyota Verblitz

Full time

01 Mar 2025

Stage: Conference A Round 10

National Training Center J-Village

Urayasu D-Rocks vs Toyota Verblitz head to head

Toyota Verblitz secured a narrow 36-31 victory against Urayasu D-Rocks in a thrilling encounter. The away team took an early lead with three tries from Dickson and Hikosaka, all converted by McGahan. D-Rocks responded with tries from Cavubati and Iinuma, but struggled with discipline, receiving multiple yellow cards. A penalty try awarded to Verblitz further extended their lead. Otere Black's excellent kicking kept D-Rocks in contention, with his conversions adding critical points. In a tense finish, Verblitz held on despite D-Rocks' late surge, highlighted by Iinuma's second try. Ultimately, Verblitz's solid defense and tactical play allowed them to emerge victorious.

Weather

Temperature: 14.4°C (Feels like 14.6°C) Condition: Clear Wind: 11.0 km/h, gusting to 20.4 km/h Humidity: 49% Cloud Cover: 2%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
1'

Try

Josh Dickson · Toyota Verblitz

0 - 5
2'

Conversion

Matt McGahan · Toyota Verblitz

0 - 7
5'

Try

Yoshikatsu Hikosaka · Toyota Verblitz

0 - 12
5'

Conversion

Matt McGahan · Toyota Verblitz

0 - 14
10'

Try

Yoshikatsu Hikosaka · Toyota Verblitz

0 - 19
11'

Conversion

Matt McGahan · Toyota Verblitz

0 - 21
19'

Substitution

Tetta Shigematsu on for Daishi Kojima · Urayasu D-Rocks
19'

Substitution

Dick Wilson on for Siosaia Fifita · Toyota Verblitz
21'

Yellow Card

Taichi Takahashi · Toyota Verblitz
23'

Substitution

Siosaia Fifita on for Dick Wilson · Toyota Verblitz
31'

Yellow Card Complete

Taichi Takahashi · Toyota Verblitz
32'

Yellow Card

Samu Kerevi · Urayasu D-Rocks
Halftime 0 - 21
Second Half
42'

Yellow Card Complete

Samu Kerevi · Urayasu D-Rocks
45'

Substitution

Shuhei Takeuchi on for Kim Ryom · Urayasu D-Rocks
48'

Penalty Try

No Player · Toyota Verblitz

0 - 28
49'

Yellow Card

Lourens Erasmus · Urayasu D-Rocks
49'

Substitution

Hendrik Tui on for Uwe Helu · Urayasu D-Rocks
52'

Yellow Card

Kaito Shigeno · Toyota Verblitz
52'

Try

Caleb Cavubati · Urayasu D-Rocks

5 - 28
53'

Conversion

Otere Black · Urayasu D-Rocks

7 - 28
54'

Substitution

Dick Wilson on for Yuki Okada · Toyota Verblitz
54'

Substitution

Aaron Smith on for Richie Gray · Toyota Verblitz
55'

Try

Ren Iinuma · Urayasu D-Rocks

12 - 28
56'

Conversion

Otere Black · Urayasu D-Rocks

14 - 28
56'

Substitution

Kai Ishii on for Caleb Cavubati · Urayasu D-Rocks
56'

Substitution

Ryusei Kato on for Yoshikatsu Hikosaka · Toyota Verblitz
56'

Substitution

Shunsuke Asaoka on for Genki Sudo · Toyota Verblitz
57'

Try

Ren Iinuma · Urayasu D-Rocks

19 - 28
58'

Conversion

Otere Black · Urayasu D-Rocks

21 - 28
58'

Substitution

Sekonaia Pole on for Hidetomo Nabeshima · Urayasu D-Rocks
59'

Yellow Card Complete

Lourens Erasmus · Urayasu D-Rocks
60'

Substitution

Keito Aoki on for Lautaimi Fetuani · Toyota Verblitz
62'

Substitution

Shogo Miura on for Ryunosuke Momoji · Toyota Verblitz
62'

Yellow Card Complete

Kaito Shigeno · Toyota Verblitz
63'

Substitution

Shinya Komura on for Joseph Manu · Toyota Verblitz
63'

Substitution

Michael Hooper on for Kaito Shigeno · Toyota Verblitz
67'

Try

Viliame Tuidraki · Toyota Verblitz

21 - 33
68'

Substitution

Shokei Kin on for Ryuji Fujimura · Urayasu D-Rocks
70'

Try

Shane Gates · Urayasu D-Rocks

28 - 33
70'

Conversion

Otere Black · Urayasu D-Rocks

23 - 33
70'

Substitution

Norifumi Hashimoto on for Ren Iinuma · Urayasu D-Rocks
71'

Substitution

Tone Tukufuka on for Tetta Shigematsu · Urayasu D-Rocks
76'

Penalty

Matt McGahan · Toyota Verblitz

28 - 36
79'

Penalty

Otere Black · Urayasu D-Rocks

31 - 36
Fulltime 31 - 36

Player ratings

Urayasu D-Rocks

15 Takuhei Yasuda 7.4
14 Souma Matsumoto 5.7
13 Shane Gates 8.3
12 Samu Kerevi 5.6
11 Caleb Cavubati 7.6
10 Otere Black 7.0
9 Ren Iinuma 8.3
1 Hidetomo Nabeshima 6.4
2 Ryuji Fujimura 6.5
3 Kim Ryom 5.6
4 Uwe Helu 5.6
5 Lourens Erasmus 5.3
6 Tom Parsons 6.5
7 Daishi Kojima 5.9
8 Jasper Wiese 7.3
16 Shokei Kin 5.9
17 Sekonaia Pole 5.4
18 Shuhei Takeuchi 5.7
19 Hendrik Tui 6.0
20 Tetta Shigematsu 5.6
21 Tone Tukufuka –
22 Norifumi Hashimoto 5.7
23 Kai Ishii 5.9

Toyota Verblitz

15 Taichi Takahashi 4.7
14 Joseph Manu 6.5
13 Siosaia Fifita 7.5
12 Yuki Okada 6.0
11 Viliame Tuidraki 6.8
10 Matt McGahan 7.4
9 Kaito Shigeno 5.5
1 Ryunosuke Momoji 6.3
2 Yoshikatsu Hikosaka 7.7
3 Genki Sudo 6.2
4 Josh Dickson 6.7
5 Richie Gray 6.0
6 Adre Smith 7.4
7 Akito Okui 7.0
8 Lautaimi Fetuani 6.4
16 Ryusei Kato 6.9
17 Shogo Miura 6.3
18 Shunsuke Asaoka 6.0
19 Keito Aoki 6.4
20 Michael Hooper 6.4
21 Aaron Smith 6.1
22 Shinya Komura 6.2
23 Dick Wilson 6.3