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Mie Honda Heat Mie Honda Heat 21 - 45 Kubota Spears Kubota Spears

Full time

11 Jan 2026

Japan League One D1

Stage: Conference B Round 4

Suzuka Sports Garden

Mie Honda Heat vs Kubota Spears head to head

Kubota Spears showcased a dominant performance against Mie Honda Heat, winning 45-21 at Suzuka Sports Garden. Bernard Foley opened the scoring with a try in the 10th minute, followed by quick tries from Halatoa Vailea and Tyler Paul, giving the Spears a commanding lead. Despite a yellow card to Haruto Kida, Shaun Stevenson added to the score with a try, ensuring the Spears led 28-0 at halftime. Mie Honda fought back after the break, with Ryoma Nishimura scoring a try and Dawid Kellerman converting it, but the Spears quickly countered with more tries from Rikus Pretorius and Haruto Kida. Kellerman added two more tries for Mie Honda, but it was not enough to close the gap. The Spears' Foley was instrumental, converting multiple tries and consistently applying pressure. This victory maintained the Spears' winning streak against Mie Honda, having also beaten them in their previous encounter.

Highlights

Events

  • Kickoff
  • 8'

    Yellow Card

    Ben Paltridge 路 Mie Honda Heat

  • 10'

    Try

    Bernard Foley 路 Kubota Spears

    0 - 5
  • 14'

    Try

    Halatoa Vailea 路 Kubota Spears

    0 - 10
  • 15'

    Conversion

    Bernard Foley 路 Kubota Spears

    0 - 12
  • 17'

    Try

    Tyler Paul 路 Kubota Spears

    0 - 17
  • 18'

    Conversion

    Shaun Stevenson 路 Kubota Spears

    0 - 19
  • 18'

    Yellow Card Complete

    Ben Paltridge 路 Mie Honda Heat

  • 23'

    Yellow Card

    Haruto Kida 路 Kubota Spears

  • 23'

    Try

    Shaun Stevenson 路 Kubota Spears

    0 - 24
  • 25'

    Substitution

    Keijiro Tamefusa on for Opeti Helu 路 Kubota Spears

  • 29'

    Substitution

    Asipeli Moala on for Akira Ieremia 路 Kubota Spears

  • 31'

    Substitution

    Akira Ieremia on for Asipeli Moala 路 Kubota Spears

  • 33'

    Yellow Card Complete

    Haruto Kida 路 Kubota Spears

  • 40'

    Substitution

    Pablo Matera on for Ryo Furuta 路 Mie Honda Heat

  • 40'

    Substitution

    Kyogo Okano on for Manu Vunipola 路 Mie Honda Heat

  • 40'

    Substitution

    Matthys Basson on for Katsuyuki Hoshino 路 Mie Honda Heat

  • 40'

    Substitution

    Tatsuhiko Tsurukawa on for Kanato Hirano 路 Mie Honda Heat

  • Halftime 0 - 24
  • Second Half
  • 41'

    Try

    Yota Kamimori 路 Kubota Spears

    0 - 29
  • 42'

    Conversion

    Shaun Stevenson 路 Kubota Spears

    0 - 31
  • 46'

    Substitution

    Koki Miyasaka on for Ben Paltridge 路 Mie Honda Heat

  • 50'

    Substitution

    Tevita Ikanivere on for Koki Hida 路 Mie Honda Heat

  • 50'

    Substitution

    Ryoma Nishimura on for Janko Swanepoel 路 Mie Honda Heat

  • 53'

    Try

    Rikus Pretorius 路 Kubota Spears

    0 - 36
  • 53'

    Substitution

    Hibiki Yamada on for Shaun Stevenson 路 Kubota Spears

  • 53'

    Substitution

    Harumichi Tatekawa on for Halatoa Vailea 路 Kubota Spears

  • 53'

    Substitution

    Merwe Olivier on for David Bulbring 路 Kubota Spears

  • 54'

    Conversion

    Bernard Foley 路 Kubota Spears

    0 - 38
  • 54'

    Substitution

    Janko Swanepoel on for Pablo Matera 路 Mie Honda Heat

  • 56'

    Try

    Haruto Kida 路 Kubota Spears

    0 - 43
  • 57'

    Conversion

    Bernard Foley 路 Kubota Spears

    0 - 45
  • 61'

    Try

    Ryoma Nishimura 路 Mie Honda Heat

    5 - 45
  • 62'

    Conversion

    Dawid Kellerman 路 Mie Honda Heat

    7 - 45
  • 62'

    Substitution

    Waimana Kapa on for Aseri Masivou 路 Mie Honda Heat

  • 63'

    Substitution

    Shunta Koga on for Shinobu Fujiwara 路 Kubota Spears

  • 63'

    Substitution

    Rikuto Fukuda on for Malcolm Marx 路 Kubota Spears

  • 63'

    Substitution

    Asipeli Moala on for Akira Ieremia 路 Kubota Spears

  • 63'

    Substitution

    Kazuki Kato on for Yota Kamimori 路 Kubota Spears

  • 65'

    Try

    Tevita Ikanivere 路 Mie Honda Heat

    12 - 45
  • 66'

    Conversion

    Dawid Kellerman 路 Mie Honda Heat

    14 - 45
  • 68'

    Substitution

    Pablo Matera on for Janko Swanepoel 路 Mie Honda Heat

  • 78'

    Try

    Dawid Kellerman 路 Mie Honda Heat

    19 - 45
  • 79'

    Conversion

    Dawid Kellerman 路 Mie Honda Heat

    21 - 45
  • Fulltime 21 - 45

Player ratings

Mie Honda Heat
  • 15 Lomano Lemeki 7.4
  • 14 Ben Paltridge 4.5
  • 13 Dawid Kellerman 9.9
  • 12 Johnny Fa'auli 6.9
  • 11 Rakuhei Yamashita 6.3
  • 10 Manu Vunipola 4.7
  • 9 Azuma Doei 5.0
  • 1 Kanato Hirano 6.3
  • 2 Koki Hida 6.1
  • 3 Katsuyuki Hoshino 6.5
  • 4 Janko Swanepoel 6.8
  • 5 Trevor Hosea 6.1
  • 6 Franco Mostert 6.8
  • 7 Ryo Furuta 5.6
  • 8 Aseri Masivou 7.2
  • 16 Tevita Ikanivere 7.1
  • 17 Tatsuhiko Tsurukawa 5.6
  • 18 Matthys Basson 5.8
  • 19 Ryoma Nishimura 6.7
  • 20 Pablo Matera 6.2
  • 21 Koki Miyasaka 6.5
  • 22 Kyogo Okano 5.9
  • 23 Waimana Kapa 6.2
Kubota Spears
  • 15 Shaun Stevenson 9.1
  • 14 Koga Nezuka 8.1
  • 13 Halatoa Vailea 8.4
  • 12 Rikus Pretorius 9.6
  • 11 Haruto Kida 6.9
  • 10 Bernard Foley 7.7
  • 9 Shinobu Fujiwara 6.6
  • 1 Yota Kamimori 7.6
  • 2 Malcolm Marx 8.6
  • 3 Opeti Helu 7.1
  • 4 Ruan Botha 7.4
  • 5 David Bulbring 6.7
  • 6 Akira Ieremia 7.1
  • 7 Takeo Suenaga 6.6
  • 8 Tyler Paul 8.7
  • 16 Rikuto Fukuda 6.7
  • 17 Kazuki Kato 5.9
  • 18 Keijiro Tamefusa 6.8
  • 19 Merwe Olivier 6.4
  • 20 Asipeli Moala 6.2
  • 21 Shunta Koga 6.4
  • 22 Harumichi Tatekawa 6.3
  • 23 Hibiki Yamada 6.5