Mie Honda Heat 26 - 21 Shizuoka BlueRevs

Full time

22 Feb 2026

Stage: Conference B Round 9

Suzuka Sports Garden

Mie Honda Heat vs Shizuoka BlueRevs head to head

Mie Honda Heat secured a narrow victory over Shizuoka BlueRevs with a final score of 26-21. Riku Kitahara opened the scoring for the Heat with an early try, but they faced a setback when Ben Paltridge received a yellow card. Shizuoka capitalized on this, scoring a penalty try followed by two tries from Te Whare and Kitamura, taking the lead. The Heat responded with a try from Kellerman just before halftime, narrowing the gap to 14-19. In the second half, Nishimura and Okano added tries for the Heat, with Kitahara converting both. Despite Shizuoka's efforts, which included a strong performance from Okumura, they couldn't regain the lead. This victory marked a redemption for Mie Honda after their previous defeat to Shizuoka earlier in the season.

Weather

Temperature: 13.1°C (Feels like 14.3°C) Condition: MostlyClear Wind: 7.0 km/h, gusting to 15.9 km/h Humidity: 58% Cloud Cover: 16%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
2'

Try

Riku Kitahara · Mie Honda Heat

5 - 0
27'

Yellow Card

Ben Paltridge · Mie Honda Heat
27'

Penalty Try

No Player · Shizuoka BlueRevs

5 - 7
29'

Try

Valynce Te Whare · Shizuoka BlueRevs

5 - 12
30'

Conversion

Kakeru Okumura · Shizuoka BlueRevs

5 - 14
35'

Try

Shuntaro Kitamura · Shizuoka BlueRevs

5 - 19
36'

Conversion

Kakeru Okumura · Shizuoka BlueRevs

5 - 21
37'

Yellow Card Complete

Ben Paltridge · Mie Honda Heat
40'

Substitution

Pablo Matera on for Aseri Masivou · Mie Honda Heat
40'

Substitution

Dawid Kellerman on for Tevita Li · Mie Honda Heat
Halftime 5 - 21
Second Half
43'

Try

Dawid Kellerman · Mie Honda Heat

10 - 21
44'

Conversion

Riku Kitahara · Mie Honda Heat

12 - 21
50'

Substitution

Sean Vete on for Heiichiro Ito · Shizuoka BlueRevs
52'

Substitution

Takayoshi Mohara on for Kenta Yamashita · Shizuoka BlueRevs
52'

Substitution

Richmond Tongatama on for Malgene Ilaua · Shizuoka BlueRevs
53'

Try

Ryoma Nishimura · Mie Honda Heat

17 - 21
54'

Conversion

Riku Kitahara · Mie Honda Heat

19 - 21
57'

Substitution

Kanato Hirano on for Tatsuhiko Tsurukawa · Mie Honda Heat
57'

Substitution

Feinga Fakai on for Matthys Basson · Mie Honda Heat
57'

Substitution

Taichi Takenaka on for Azuma Doei · Mie Honda Heat
60'

Substitution

Sena Hosoya on for Shuntaro Kitamura · Shizuoka BlueRevs
60'

Substitution

Koki Hida on for Tevita Ikanivere · Mie Honda Heat
60'

Substitution

Janko Swanepoel on for Ryoma Nishimura · Mie Honda Heat
69'

Try

Kyogo Okano · Mie Honda Heat

24 - 21
70'

Conversion

Riku Kitahara · Mie Honda Heat

26 - 21
71'

Substitution

Simon Miller on for Vueti Tupou · Shizuoka BlueRevs
71'

Substitution

Sione Vuna on for Kwagga Smith · Shizuoka BlueRevs
71'

Substitution

Makoto Tsutsuguchi on for Kakeru Okumura · Shizuoka BlueRevs
73'

Substitution

Siale Mahina on for Valynce Te Whare · Shizuoka BlueRevs
Fulltime 26 - 21

Player ratings

Mie Honda Heat

15 Lomano Lemeki 6.7
14 Ben Paltridge 5.2
13 Kyogo Okano 7.1
12 Fraser Quirk 7.7
11 Tevita Li 7.3
10 Riku Kitahara 7.8
9 Azuma Doei 6.9
1 Tatsuhiko Tsurukawa 6.0
2 Tevita Ikanivere 7.5
3 Matthys Basson 6.1
4 Ryoma Nishimura 7.0
5 Trevor Hosea 7.6
6 Franco Mostert 7.1
7 Talifolofola Tangipa 7.2
8 Aseri Masivou 6.2
16 Koki Hida 6.5
17 Kanato Hirano 6.5
18 Feinga Fakai 6.9
19 Janko Swanepoel 6.2
20 Pablo Matera 7.4
21 Taichi Takenaka 6.3
22 Dawid Kellerman 7.6
23 Ryo Furuta –

Shizuoka BlueRevs

15 Futo Yamaguchi 6.1
14 Valynce Te Whare 9.1
13 Semi Radradra 8.0
12 Sylvian Mahuza 5.8
11 Malo Tuitama 5.5
10 Kakeru Okumura 7.9
9 Shuntaro Kitamura 7.7
1 Kenta Yamashita 5.6
2 Takeshi Hino 7.1
3 Heiichiro Ito 6.2
4 Yuya Odo 6.5
5 Daniel Maiava 6.9
6 Vueti Tupou 6.5
7 Malgene Ilaua 7.1
8 Kwagga Smith 8.3
16 Siale Mahina –
17 Takayoshi Mohara 6.1
18 Sean Vete 6.3
19 Simon Miller –
20 Sione Vuna –
21 Richmond Tongatama 6.6
22 Sena Hosoya 6.1
23 Makoto Tsutsuguchi –