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30 Mar 2025

Japan League One D1

Stage: Conference B Round 13

Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium

BlackRams Tokyo vs Kobe Steelers head to head

In a thrilling encounter at Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, the Kobelco Kobe Steelers defeated BlackRams Tokyo 27-24. The home side took an early lead with tries from McCurran and Yamamoto, both converted by Nakakusu and Main. However, the Steelers responded with a try from Lee, followed by a crucial score from Turner before half-time, taking advantage of BlackRams' yellow cards. Bryn Gatland was instrumental for Kobe, adding points through conversions and penalties, including a try shortly after the break. The Steelers' Stolberg added another try, extending their lead. Despite a late effort from Nakakusu, who scored a try in the dying moments, the BlackRams fell short. This victory marked a significant turnaround for the Steelers after their previous win against Tokyo.

Weather

Temperature: 12.6°C (Feels like 13.3°C) Condition: PartlyCloudy Wind: 3.4 km/h, gusting to 11.7 km/h Humidity: 53% Cloud Cover: 60%

Highlights

Events

  • Kickoff
  • 0'

    Substitution

    Rakuhei Yamashita on for Ataata Moeakiola · Kobe Steelers

  • 12'

    Try

    Brodi McCurran · BlackRams Tokyo

    5 - 0
  • 13'

    Conversion

    Ichigo Nakakusu · BlackRams Tokyo

    7 - 0
  • 13'

    Substitution

    Itsuki Kamimura on for Atsushi Hiwasa · Kobe Steelers

  • 13'

    Substitution

    Shuhei Matsuhashi on for Brodi McCurran · BlackRams Tokyo

  • 18'

    Substitution

    Brodi McCurran on for Shuhei Matsuhashi · BlackRams Tokyo

  • 26'

    Substitution

    Atsushi Hiwasa on for Itsuki Kamimura · Kobe Steelers

  • 27'

    Yellow Card

    Naohiro Kotaki · Kobe Steelers

  • 27'

    Try

    Reijiro Yamamoto · BlackRams Tokyo

    12 - 0
  • 28'

    Conversion

    Taira Main · BlackRams Tokyo

    14 - 0
  • 31'

    Try

    Seungsin Lee · Kobe Steelers

    14 - 5
  • 31'

    Conversion

    Bryn Gatland · Kobe Steelers

    14 - 7
  • 33'

    Yellow Card

    Gerard Cowley-Tuioti · Kobe Steelers

  • 37'

    Try

    George Turner · Kobe Steelers

    14 - 12
  • 37'

    Yellow Card Complete

    Naohiro Kotaki · Kobe Steelers

  • 38'

    Conversion

    Bryn Gatland · Kobe Steelers

    14 - 14
  • Halftime 14 - 14
  • Second Half
  • 42'

    Penalty

    Bryn Gatland · Kobe Steelers

    14 - 17
  • 43'

    Yellow Card Complete

    Gerard Cowley-Tuioti · Kobe Steelers

  • 46'

    Yellow Card

    Liam Gill · BlackRams Tokyo

  • 46'

    Try

    Bryn Gatland · Kobe Steelers

    14 - 22
  • 46'

    Substitution

    Jiwon Gu on for Hiroshi Yamashita · Kobe Steelers

  • 47'

    Conversion

    Bryn Gatland · Kobe Steelers

    14 - 24
  • 48'

    Substitution

    Kenta Matsuoka on for George Turner · Kobe Steelers

  • 48'

    Substitution

    Kauvaka Kaivelata on for Shigure Takao · Kobe Steelers

  • 52'

    Penalty

    Bryn Gatland · Kobe Steelers

    14 - 27
  • 53'

    Substitution

    Yuichiro Taniguchi on for Taishi Tsumura · BlackRams Tokyo

  • 53'

    Substitution

    Masashi Onishi on for Shin Ouchi · BlackRams Tokyo

  • 56'

    Yellow Card Complete

    Liam Gill · BlackRams Tokyo

  • 57'

    Substitution

    Taishi Tsumura on for Yuichiro Taniguchi · BlackRams Tokyo

  • 57'

    Substitution

    Daigo Sasagawa on for Paddy Ryan · BlackRams Tokyo

  • 58'

    Substitution

    Waisake Raratubua on for Amanaki Saumaki · Kobe Steelers

  • 62'

    Try

    Michael Stolberg · BlackRams Tokyo

    19 - 27
  • 66'

    Substitution

    Willie Potgieter on for Naohiro Kotaki · Kobe Steelers

  • 66'

    Substitution

    Timothy Lafaele on for Ngani Laumape · Kobe Steelers

  • 72'

    Substitution

    Shuhei Matsuhashi on for Reijiro Yamamoto · BlackRams Tokyo

  • 72'

    Substitution

    Ryohei Isoda on for PJ Latu · BlackRams Tokyo

  • 72'

    Substitution

    Itsuki Kamimura on for Atsushi Hiwasa · Kobe Steelers

  • 80'

    Try

    Ichigo Nakakusu · BlackRams Tokyo

    24 - 27
  • Fulltime 24 - 27

Player ratings

BlackRams Tokyo
  • 15 Taira Main 5.3
  • 14 Tomoya Yamamura 7.0
  • 13 PJ Latu 6.6
  • 12 Yuki Ikeda 6.4
  • 11 Semisi Tupou 6.0
  • 10 Ichigo Nakakusu 5.7
  • 9 TJ Perenara 6.4
  • 1 Taishi Tsumura 4.9
  • 2 Shin Ouchi 6.5
  • 3 Paddy Ryan 5.4
  • 4 Reijiro Yamamoto 7.3
  • 5 Harrison Fox 6.2
  • 6 Michael Stolberg 9.3
  • 7 Liam Gill 6.8
  • 8 Brodi McCurran 7.6
  • 16 Masashi Onishi 6.0
  • 17 Yuichiro Taniguchi –
  • 18 Daigo Sasagawa 5.8
  • 19 Shu Yamamoto –
  • 20 Shuhei Matsuhashi 5.9
  • 21 Toshiya Takahashi –
  • 22 Kotaro Ito –
  • 23 Ryohei Isoda –
Kobe Steelers
  • 15 Ryohei Yamanaka 6.7
  • 14 Ataata Moeakiola –
  • 13 Ngani Laumape 7.6
  • 12 Seungsin Lee 8.5
  • 11 Kanta Matsunaga 6.5
  • 10 Bryn Gatland 7.8
  • 9 Atsushi Hiwasa 7.5
  • 1 Shigure Takao 5.9
  • 2 George Turner 7.5
  • 3 Hiroshi Yamashita 5.9
  • 4 Gerard Cowley-Tuioti 5.4
  • 5 Naohiro Kotaki 5.8
  • 6 Tiennan Costley 7.5
  • 7 Solomone Funaki 6.9
  • 8 Amanaki Saumaki 7.8
  • 16 Kenta Matsuoka 6.0
  • 17 Kauvaka Kaivelata 6.8
  • 18 Jiwon Gu 6.1
  • 19 Waisake Raratubua 7.0
  • 20 Willie Potgieter 7.0
  • 21 Itsuki Kamimura 6.6
  • 22 Timothy Lafaele 6.2
  • 23 Rakuhei Yamashita 8.3