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Kubota Spears Kubota Spears 41 - 24 Yokohama Yokohama

Full time

22 Mar 2025

Japan League One D1

Stage: Conference B Round 12

Edogawa Stadium

Kubota Spears vs Yokohama head to head

The Kubota Spears secured a convincing 41-24 victory over the Yokohama Canon Eagles at Edogawa Stadium. Koga Nezuka opened the scoring with a try in the 24th minute, followed by another from David Bulbring just before halftime, which saw the Spears lead 17-3. Bernard Foley was instrumental, scoring a try and converting three others shortly after the break, extending the lead to 31-3. The Eagles responded with tries from Amanaki Lelei Mafi and Brendan Owen, but they struggled to keep pace. Despite a late surge, including a second try from Owen, the Eagles could not close the gap. Merwe Olivier added a final try for the Spears in the closing minutes, solidifying their dominant performance. The match showcased Foley's exceptional playmaking skills and the Spears' strong forward pack.

Weather

Temperature: 20.5°C (Feels like 19.4°C) Condition: Clear Wind: 18.6 km/h, gusting to 22.7 km/h Humidity: 38% Cloud Cover: 2%

Highlights

Events

  • Kickoff
  • 24'

    Try

    Koga Nezuka 路 Kubota Spears

    5 - 0
  • 33'

    Penalty

    Yu Tamura 路 Yokohama

    5 - 3
  • 36'

    Try

    David Bulbring 路 Kubota Spears

    10 - 3
  • 37'

    Conversion

    Bernard Foley 路 Kubota Spears

    12 - 3
  • 40'

    Substitution

    Kazufumi Yamasuga on for Kouki Arai 路 Yokohama

  • Halftime 12 - 3
  • Second Half
  • 42'

    Try

    Bernard Foley 路 Kubota Spears

    17 - 3
  • 43'

    Conversion

    Bernard Foley 路 Kubota Spears

    19 - 3
  • 44'

    Try

    Rikus Pretorius 路 Kubota Spears

    24 - 3
  • 45'

    Conversion

    Bernard Foley 路 Kubota Spears

    26 - 3
  • 45'

    Substitution

    Yusuke Niwai on for Shunta Nakamura 路 Yokohama

  • 46'

    Substitution

    Liakimatagi Moli on for Tom Jeffries 路 Yokohama

  • 46'

    Substitution

    Yota Kamimori on for Kota Kaishi 路 Kubota Spears

  • 46'

    Substitution

    Brendan Owen on for Masayoshi Takezawa 路 Yokohama

  • 51'

    Try

    Amanaki Lelei Mafi 路 Yokohama

    26 - 8
  • 52'

    Conversion

    Yu Tamura 路 Yokohama

    26 - 10
  • 53'

    Try

    Halatoa Vailea 路 Kubota Spears

    31 - 10
  • 54'

    Substitution

    Harumichi Tatekawa on for Yuya Hirose 路 Kubota Spears

  • 54'

    Substitution

    Tyler Paul on for Takeo Suenaga 路 Kubota Spears

  • 58'

    Substitution

    Tatsuro Sugimoto on for Ryosuke Iwaihara 路 Yokohama

  • 60'

    Substitution

    Keijiro Tamefusa on for Opeti Helu 路 Kubota Spears

  • 60'

    Substitution

    Hayate Era on for Malcolm Marx 路 Kubota Spears

  • 61'

    Substitution

    Tomoki Minami on for Takato Okabe 路 Yokohama

  • 61'

    Substitution

    Bryn Hall on for Shinobu Fujiwara 路 Kubota Spears

  • 61'

    Substitution

    Merwe Olivier on for David Bulbring 路 Kubota Spears

  • 63'

    Penalty

    Bernard Foley 路 Kubota Spears

    34 - 10
  • 63'

    Substitution

    Gerhard van den Heever on for Bernard Foley 路 Kubota Spears

  • 63'

    Substitution

    Aminiasi Shaw on for Amanaki Lelei Mafi 路 Yokohama

  • 67'

    Try

    Brendan Owen 路 Yokohama

    34 - 15
  • 68'

    Conversion

    Yu Tamura 路 Yokohama

    34 - 17
  • 68'

    Substitution

    Naoto Shimada on for Masato Furukawa 路 Yokohama

  • 73'

    Try

    Brendan Owen 路 Yokohama

    34 - 22
  • 74'

    Conversion

    Yu Tamura 路 Yokohama

    34 - 24
  • 75'

    Try

    Merwe Olivier 路 Kubota Spears

    41 - 24
  • 75'

    Conversion

    Halatoa Vailea 路 Kubota Spears

    36 - 24
  • Fulltime 41 - 24

Player ratings

Kubota Spears
  • 15 Atsushi Oshikawa 6.4
  • 14 Halatoa Vailea 9.0
  • 13 Rikus Pretorius 7.0
  • 12 Yuya Hirose 5.9
  • 11 Koga Nezuka 8.3
  • 10 Bernard Foley 7.7
  • 9 Shinobu Fujiwara 7.1
  • 1 Kota Kaishi 6.5
  • 2 Malcolm Marx 6.5
  • 3 Opeti Helu 7.5
  • 4 Ruan Botha 7.5
  • 5 David Bulbring 7.2
  • 6 Finau Tupa 7.5
  • 7 Takeo Suenaga 6.9
  • 8 Faulua Makisi 6.0
  • 16 Hayate Era 6.4
  • 17 Yota Kamimori 6.7
  • 18 Keijiro Tamefusa 6.1
  • 19 Merwe Olivier 6.9
  • 20 Tyler Paul 6.7
  • 21 Bryn Hall 6.4
  • 22 Harumichi Tatekawa 7.3
  • 23 Gerhard van den Heever 6.3
Yokohama
  • 15 Jumpei Ogura 5.6
  • 14 Viliame Takayawa 7.1
  • 13 Jesse Kriel 6.8
  • 12 Ryo Tabata 6.5
  • 11 Masayoshi Takezawa 6.5
  • 10 Yu Tamura 6.9
  • 9 Kouki Arai 6.7
  • 1 Takato Okabe 5.6
  • 2 Shunta Nakamura 6.3
  • 3 Ryosuke Iwaihara 6.7
  • 4 Tom Jeffries 6.4
  • 5 Matthew Philip 5.3
  • 6 Billy Harmon 8.1
  • 7 Masato Furukawa 6.3
  • 8 Amanaki Lelei Mafi 7.1
  • 16 Yusuke Niwai 6.4
  • 17 Tomoki Minami 5.9
  • 18 Tatsuro Sugimoto 6.1
  • 19 Liakimatagi Moli 6.2
  • 20 Naoto Shimada 5.8
  • 21 Aminiasi Shaw 5.8
  • 22 Kazufumi Yamasuga 5.8
  • 23 Brendan Owen 7.8