Toyota Verblitz 14 - 37 Kubota Spears

Full time

10 May 2025

Stage: Conference B Round 18

City of Toyota Stadium

Toyota Verblitz vs Kubota Spears head to head

The match saw Kubota Spears decisively defeat Toyota Verblitz 37-14 at City of Toyota Stadium. Kubota's early dominance was marked by tries from Olivier and Hirose within the first 20 minutes, followed by a penalty from Foley. Verblitz managed to respond with a try from Himeno shortly after, converting through Komura. The second half began with another try from Tupa for Kubota, extending their lead. Verblitz fought back with a try from Smith, but Kubota maintained pressure with a late try from Yamada. Foley's contributions were crucial, alongside Tupa's double. The match highlighted Kubota's superiority and tactical execution, securing their second consecutive victory over Verblitz.

Weather

Temperature: 23.3°C (Feels like 23.0°C) Condition: Cloudy Wind: 10.4 km/h, gusting to 21.5 km/h Humidity: 82% Cloud Cover: 96%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
10'

Try

Merwe Olivier · Kubota Spears

0 - 5
20'

Try

Yuya Hirose · Kubota Spears

0 - 10
28'

Penalty

Bernard Foley · Kubota Spears

0 - 13
29'

Substitution

Keito Aoki on for William Tupou · Toyota Verblitz
31'

Try

Kazuki Himeno · Toyota Verblitz

5 - 13
32'

Conversion

Shinya Komura · Toyota Verblitz

7 - 13
Halftime 7 - 13
Second Half
41'

Try

Finau Tupa · Kubota Spears

7 - 18
41'

Substitution

Malcolm Marx on for Hayate Era · Kubota Spears
42'

Conversion

Bernard Foley · Kubota Spears

7 - 20
44'

Penalty

Bernard Foley · Kubota Spears

7 - 23
46'

Try

Adre Smith · Toyota Verblitz

12 - 23
47'

Conversion

Shinya Komura · Toyota Verblitz

14 - 23
48'

Substitution

Aaron Smith on for Kaisei Tamura · Toyota Verblitz
48'

Substitution

Izi Sword on for Keijiro Tamefusa · Kubota Spears
48'

Substitution

Yota Kamimori on for Kota Kaishi · Kubota Spears
50'

Try

Finau Tupa · Kubota Spears

14 - 28
51'

Conversion

Yuya Hirose · Kubota Spears

14 - 30
51'

Substitution

Isaiah Mapusua on for Adre Smith · Toyota Verblitz
51'

Substitution

Yuki Okada on for Vatiliai Tuidraki · Toyota Verblitz
54'

Yellow Card

Ruan Botha · Kubota Spears
55'

Substitution

Pieter Labuschagne on for Finau Tupa · Kubota Spears
55'

Substitution

Harumichi Tatekawa on for Bernard Foley · Kubota Spears
55'

Substitution

David Van Zeeland on for Merwe Olivier · Kubota Spears
58'

Substitution

Shunta Koga on for Shinobu Fujiwara · Kubota Spears
58'

Substitution

Reo Matsushita on for Koga Nezuka · Kubota Spears
59'

Substitution

Gaku Shimizu on for Shogo Miura · Toyota Verblitz
59'

Substitution

Ryuhei Arita on for Yoshikatsu Hikosaka · Toyota Verblitz
59'

Substitution

Yusuke Kizu on for Genki Sudo · Toyota Verblitz
64'

Substitution

Matt McGahan on for Viliame Tuidraki · Toyota Verblitz
64'

Yellow Card Complete

Ruan Botha · Kubota Spears
67'

Substitution

Adre Smith on for Josh Dickson · Toyota Verblitz
78'

Try

Hibiki Yamada · Kubota Spears

14 - 35
79'

Conversion

Yuya Hirose · Kubota Spears

14 - 37
Fulltime 14 - 37

Player ratings

Toyota Verblitz

15 Taichi Takahashi 7.3
14 Joseph Manu 6.9
13 Vatiliai Tuidraki 6.8
12 Nicholas McCurran 6.3
11 Viliame Tuidraki 6.8
10 Shinya Komura 5.6
9 Kaisei Tamura 5.7
1 Shogo Miura 6.3
2 Yoshikatsu Hikosaka 7.0
3 Genki Sudo 6.6
4 Adre Smith 6.6
5 Josh Dickson 6.1
6 William Tupou 6.4
7 Kosei Miki 6.0
8 Kazuki Himeno 7.4
16 Ryuhei Arita 6.4
17 Gaku Shimizu 5.8
18 Yusuke Kizu 5.9
19 Isaiah Mapusua 5.7
20 Keito Aoki 6.5
21 Aaron Smith 5.4
22 Matt McGahan 5.8
23 Yuki Okada 5.9

Kubota Spears

15 Atsushi Oshikawa 6.4
14 Koga Nezuka 6.9
13 Rikus Pretorius 7.4
12 Yuya Hirose 7.7
11 Hibiki Yamada 7.7
10 Bernard Foley 7.7
9 Shinobu Fujiwara 6.6
1 Kota Kaishi 6.6
2 Hayate Era 6.9
3 Keijiro Tamefusa 6.5
4 Merwe Olivier 8.2
5 Ruan Botha 6.0
6 Finau Tupa 8.2
7 Takeo Suenaga 7.7
8 Tyler Paul 7.7
16 Malcolm Marx 7.1
17 Yota Kamimori 6.5
18 Izi Sword 6.8
19 David Van Zeeland 7.0
20 Pieter Labuschagne 6.4
21 Shunta Koga 6.5
22 Harumichi Tatekawa 6.5
23 Reo Matsushita 6.5