Wild Knights 60 - 17 Tokyo Sungoliath

Full time

10 May 2025

Stage: Conference B Round 18

Kumagaya Rugby Stadium

Wild Knights vs Tokyo Sungoliath head to head

The Saitama Wild Knights delivered a commanding performance against the Tokyo Sungoliath, winning 60-17. Damian de Allende opened the scoring with a try in the third minute, quickly followed by Tomoki Osada and Liam Mitchell, showcasing the Knights' attacking prowess. Kyohei Yamasawa was instrumental with his boot, converting all but one try and adding penalties to extend the lead. Tokyo managed a brief respite with a try from Kotaro Matsushima, but Saitama's forwards, led by Lood de Jager, continued to assert dominance. In the second half, Itsuki Onishi and Kyohei Yamasawa added to the scoreline, while the Sungoliath struggled, receiving two yellow cards for Cheslin Kolbe and Sam Cane. Seiya Ozaki's late try for Tokyo was overshadowed by Saitama's relentless scoring. The Wild Knights' victory solidified their strong position in Japan League One D1.

Weather

Temperature: 20.4°C (Feels like 21.0°C) Condition: Cloudy Wind: 3.1 km/h, gusting to 8.9 km/h Humidity: 81% Cloud Cover: 94%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
3'

Try

Damian de Allende · Wild Knights

5 - 0
4'

Conversion

Kyohei Yamasawa · Wild Knights

7 - 0
9'

Penalty

Cheslin Kolbe · Tokyo Sungoliath

7 - 3
11'

Try

Tomoki Osada · Wild Knights

12 - 3
12'

Conversion

Kyohei Yamasawa · Wild Knights

14 - 3
15'

Try

Liam Mitchell · Wild Knights

19 - 3
16'

Conversion

Kyohei Yamasawa · Wild Knights

21 - 3
19'

Penalty

Kyohei Yamasawa · Wild Knights

24 - 3
24'

Try

Kotaro Matsushima · Tokyo Sungoliath

24 - 8
25'

Conversion

Cheslin Kolbe · Tokyo Sungoliath

24 - 10
36'

Try

Lood de Jager · Wild Knights

29 - 10
40'

Substitution

Tamati Ioane on for Koji Iino · Tokyo Sungoliath
Halftime 29 - 10
Second Half
47'

Substitution

Kan Nakano on for Sanshiro Kihara · Tokyo Sungoliath
49'

Substitution

Atsuki Yamamoto on for Kenta Kobayashi · Tokyo Sungoliath
49'

Substitution

Mikiya Takamoto on for Keisuke Moriya · Tokyo Sungoliath
49'

Substitution

Keita Inagaki on for Craig Millar · Wild Knights
49'

Substitution

Atsushi Sakate on for Kenji Sato · Wild Knights
49'

Substitution

Taiki Koyama on for Yuta Takagi · Wild Knights
49'

Substitution

Lisala Kisina Finau on for Asaeli Ai Valu · Wild Knights
51'

Substitution

Craig Millar on for Keita Inagaki · Wild Knights
51'

Substitution

Kienori Go on for Kosuke Horikoshi · Tokyo Sungoliath
53'

Penalty

Kyohei Yamasawa · Wild Knights

32 - 10
55'

Try

Liam Mitchell · Wild Knights

37 - 10
56'

Conversion

Kyohei Yamasawa · Wild Knights

39 - 10
60'

Substitution

Itsuki Onishi on for Ben Gunter · Wild Knights
61'

Try

Seiya Ozaki · Tokyo Sungoliath

39 - 15
62'

Conversion

Cheslin Kolbe · Tokyo Sungoliath

39 - 17
62'

Substitution

Sione Lavemai on for Sam Jeffries · Tokyo Sungoliath
62'

Substitution

Esei Haangana on for Lood de Jager · Wild Knights
64'

Try

Itsuki Onishi · Wild Knights

44 - 17
65'

Conversion

Kyohei Yamasawa · Wild Knights

46 - 17
65'

Substitution

Vince Aso on for Damian de Allende · Wild Knights
65'

Substitution

Ryuji Noguchi on for Shogo Nakano · Tokyo Sungoliath
65'

Substitution

Ryoto Nakamura on for Yutaka Nagare · Tokyo Sungoliath
66'

Yellow Card

Cheslin Kolbe · Tokyo Sungoliath
67'

Yellow Card

Sam Cane · Tokyo Sungoliath
69'

Try

Atsushi Sakate · Wild Knights

53 - 17
69'

Conversion

Kyohei Yamasawa · Wild Knights

48 - 17
70'

Substitution

Asaeli Ai Valu on for Lisala Kisina Finau · Wild Knights
72'

Try

Kyohei Yamasawa · Wild Knights

58 - 17
73'

Conversion

Takuya Yamasawa · Wild Knights

60 - 17
76'

Yellow Card Complete

Cheslin Kolbe · Tokyo Sungoliath
77'

Yellow Card Complete

Sam Cane · Tokyo Sungoliath
79'

Missed Drop Goal

Lachlan Boshier · Wild Knights
Fulltime 60 - 17

Player ratings

Wild Knights

15 Takuya Yamasawa 6.9
14 Koki Takeyama 8.3
13 Dylan Riley 7.1
12 Damian de Allende 7.2
11 Tomoki Osada 7.0
10 Kyohei Yamasawa 7.9
9 Yuta Takagi 6.0
1 Craig Millar 7.3
2 Kenji Sato 8.2
3 Asaeli Ai Valu 6.5
4 Liam Mitchell 10.0
5 Lood de Jager 7.5
6 Ben Gunter 6.3
7 Lachlan Boshier 7.7
8 Jack Cornelsen 8.0
16 Atsushi Sakate 7.0
17 Keita Inagaki –
18 Lisala Kisina Finau 7.2
19 Esei Haangana 6.7
20 Itsuki Onishi 7.9
21 Taiki Koyama 6.3
22 Vince Aso 6.4
23 Ryuji Noguchi 6.7

Tokyo Sungoliath

15 Kotaro Matsushima 8.6
14 Seiya Ozaki 7.6
13 Taiga Ozaki 6.1
12 Shogo Nakano 6.6
11 Cheslin Kolbe 6.3
10 Keisuke Moriya 5.6
9 Yutaka Nagare 5.7
1 Kenta Kobayashi 6.3
2 Kosuke Horikoshi 6.5
3 Sanshiro Kihara 5.4
4 Sam Jeffries 5.9
5 Harry Hockings 6.1
6 Kanji Shimokawa 6.2
7 Sam Cane 6.1
8 Koji Iino 6.1
16 Kienori Go 6.3
17 Atsuki Yamamoto 6.2
18 Kan Nakano 6.1
19 Sione Lavemai 6.0
20 Tamati Ioane 6.4
21 Kenta Fukuda –
22 Mikiya Takamoto 5.9
23 Ryoto Nakamura 5.9