Brave Lupus Tokyo 42 - 31 Wild Knights

Full time

22 Mar 2025

Stage: Conference A Round 12

Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium

Brave Lupus Tokyo vs Wild Knights head to head

Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo triumphed over Saitama Wild Knights with a score of 42-31 in an exciting encounter at Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium. Frizell opened the scoring with an early try, followed by successful conversions from Matsunaga, who was instrumental throughout the match. Harada and Kokaji added further tries, showcasing the home team's attacking prowess. Despite a late first-half try from de Jager, Tokyo led 28-7 at halftime. The Wild Knights responded in the second half with tries from Millar and Onishi, but Tokyo's dominance continued as Harada scored again. Matsunaga's exceptional kicking kept the scoreboard ticking for Tokyo. In the end, Takagi's late try for Saitama was not enough, as the Brave Lupus secured a comfortable victory.

Weather

Temperature: 21.4°C (Feels like 21.3°C) Condition: Clear Wind: 13.7 km/h, gusting to 14.0 km/h Humidity: 36% Cloud Cover: 7%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
3'

Try

Shannon Frizell · Brave Lupus Tokyo

5 - 0
3'

Conversion

Takuro Matsunaga · Brave Lupus Tokyo

7 - 0
4'

Substitution

Asaeli Ai Valu on for Taiki Fujii · Wild Knights
7'

Penalty

Kyohei Yamasawa · Wild Knights

7 - 3
26'

Try

Mamoru Harada · Brave Lupus Tokyo

12 - 3
27'

Conversion

Takuro Matsunaga · Brave Lupus Tokyo

14 - 3
32'

Try

Yuta Kokaji · Brave Lupus Tokyo

19 - 3
33'

Conversion

Takuro Matsunaga · Brave Lupus Tokyo

21 - 3
33'

Substitution

Craig Millar on for Sho Furuhata · Wild Knights
38'

Try

Lood de Jager · Wild Knights

21 - 8
38'

Conversion

Kyohei Yamasawa · Wild Knights

21 - 10
39'

Try

Yuhei Sugiyama · Brave Lupus Tokyo

26 - 10
40'

Conversion

Takuro Matsunaga · Brave Lupus Tokyo

28 - 10
Halftime 28 - 10
Second Half
41'

Substitution

Itsuki Onishi on for Esei Haangana · Wild Knights
48'

Try

Craig Millar · Wild Knights

28 - 15
49'

Conversion

Kyohei Yamasawa · Wild Knights

28 - 17
49'

Substitution

Tom Parton on for Marika Koroibete · Wild Knights
49'

Substitution

Liam Mitchell on for Lood de Jager · Wild Knights
52'

Substitution

Tomoki Osada on for Ryuji Noguchi · Wild Knights
54'

Try

Mamoru Harada · Brave Lupus Tokyo

33 - 17
55'

Conversion

Takuro Matsunaga · Brave Lupus Tokyo

35 - 17
56'

Substitution

Taufa Latu on for Yuta Kokaji · Brave Lupus Tokyo
56'

Substitution

Kenji Sato on for Atsushi Sakate · Wild Knights
62'

Yellow Card

Shannon Frizell · Brave Lupus Tokyo
62'

Substitution

Michael Collins on for Taichi Mano · Brave Lupus Tokyo
62'

Substitution

Daigo Hashimoto on for Mamoru Harada · Brave Lupus Tokyo
62'

Substitution

Shohei Ito on for Jacob Pierce · Brave Lupus Tokyo
62'

Substitution

Takahiro Ogawa on for Yuhei Sugiyama · Brave Lupus Tokyo
64'

Try

Itsuki Onishi · Wild Knights

35 - 22
65'

Conversion

Kyohei Yamasawa · Wild Knights

35 - 24
65'

Substitution

Yuta Takagi on for Taiki Koyama · Wild Knights
65'

Substitution

Masataka Mikami on for Sena Kimura · Brave Lupus Tokyo
67'

Substitution

Yoshitaka Tokunaga on for Takeshi Sasaki · Brave Lupus Tokyo
71'

Try

Takahiro Ogawa · Brave Lupus Tokyo

40 - 24
72'

Conversion

Takuro Matsunaga · Brave Lupus Tokyo

42 - 24
72'

Yellow Card Complete

Shannon Frizell · Brave Lupus Tokyo
76'

Substitution

Shohei Toyoshima on for Jone Naikabula · Brave Lupus Tokyo
81'

Try

Yuta Takagi · Wild Knights

42 - 31
81'

Conversion

Kyohei Yamasawa · Wild Knights

42 - 26
Fulltime 42 - 31

Player ratings

Brave Lupus Tokyo

15 Takuro Matsunaga 7.3
14 Jone Naikabula 7.1
13 Rob Thompson 7.8
12 Taichi Mano 7.3
11 Yuto Mori 7.7
10 Richie Mo'unga 7.4
9 Yuhei Sugiyama 7.2
1 Sena Kimura 6.9
2 Mamoru Harada 8.5
3 Yuta Kokaji 7.7
4 Jacob Pierce 6.3
5 Warner Dearns 7.6
6 Shannon Frizell 6.9
7 Takeshi Sasaki 6.3
8 Michael Leitch 9.7
16 Daigo Hashimoto 6.7
17 Masataka Mikami 6.2
18 Taufa Latu 6.5
19 Shohei Ito 6.5
20 Yoshitaka Tokunaga 6.1
21 Takahiro Ogawa 7.0
22 Michael Collins 6.3
23 Shohei Toyoshima –

Wild Knights

15 Ryuji Noguchi 6.7
14 Koki Takeyama 7.0
13 Vince Aso 6.8
12 Damian de Allende 7.2
11 Marika Koroibete 5.7
10 Kyohei Yamasawa 5.9
9 Taiki Koyama 6.8
1 Sho Furuhata 5.6
2 Atsushi Sakate 6.6
3 Taiki Fujii –
4 Esei Haangana 6.2
5 Lood de Jager 7.0
6 Ben Gunter 6.8
7 Shota Fukui 6.7
8 Jack Cornelsen 6.7
16 Kenji Sato 6.7
17 Craig Millar 6.7
18 Asaeli Ai Valu 6.4
19 Liam Mitchell 5.5
20 Itsuki Onishi 7.0
21 Yuta Takagi 6.4
22 Tomoki Osada 5.2
23 Tom Parton 6.0