Urayasu D-Rocks 35 - 59 Kubota Spears

Full time

21 Mar 2026

Stage: Conference A Round 12

Koto Ward Yumenoshima Stadium

Urayasu D-Rocks vs Kubota Spears head to head

The Kubota Spears demonstrated their dominance in the Japan League One D1 with a resounding 59-35 victory over the Urayasu D-Rocks. Ruan Botha and Shaun Stevenson were pivotal for the Spears, with Botha scoring two tries and Stevenson contributing a remarkable five conversions. The early stages saw Kubota racing to a 31-7 lead, thanks to tries from Botha, Fujiwara, and Makisi. Urayasu fought back with tries from Kojima and MacAskill, but they struggled to maintain momentum. The second half began with Botha scoring again, but Urayasu's Kerevi and Ioane countered with their own tries. Despite some late efforts from Urayasu, including a brace from Makisi, Kubota sealed their win with a final try from Gates. The match highlighted Kubota's attacking prowess and solidified their position in the league.

Weather

Temperature: 14.6°C (Feels like 15.3°C) Condition: Clear Wind: 8.9 km/h, gusting to 15.2 km/h Humidity: 27% Cloud Cover: 0%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
5'

Try

Ruan Botha · Kubota Spears

0 - 5
6'

Conversion

Shaun Stevenson · Kubota Spears

0 - 7
9'

Try

Shinobu Fujiwara · Kubota Spears

0 - 12
10'

Conversion

Shaun Stevenson · Kubota Spears

0 - 14
13'

Try

Shaun Stevenson · Kubota Spears

0 - 19
14'

Conversion

Shaun Stevenson · Kubota Spears

0 - 21
18'

Try

Faulua Makisi · Kubota Spears

0 - 26
18'

Substitution

Siosifa Lisala on for Samu Kerevi · Urayasu D-Rocks
19'

Conversion

Shaun Stevenson · Kubota Spears

0 - 28
24'

Try

Daishi Kojima · Urayasu D-Rocks

5 - 28
25'

Conversion

Otere Black · Urayasu D-Rocks

7 - 28
31'

Substitution

Samu Kerevi on for Siosifa Lisala · Urayasu D-Rocks
37'

Try

Brody MacAskill · Urayasu D-Rocks

12 - 28
38'

Conversion

Otere Black · Urayasu D-Rocks

14 - 28
Halftime 14 - 28
Second Half
43'

Try

Ruan Botha · Kubota Spears

14 - 33
44'

Conversion

Shaun Stevenson · Kubota Spears

14 - 35
46'

Try

Tamati Ioane · Urayasu D-Rocks

19 - 35
47'

Conversion

Otere Black · Urayasu D-Rocks

21 - 35
51'

Substitution

Hikaru Tamura on for Luteru Laulala · Urayasu D-Rocks
54'

Try

Halatoa Vailea · Kubota Spears

21 - 40
55'

Substitution

Genki Sudo on for Kim Ryom · Urayasu D-Rocks
55'

Substitution

Shokei Kin on for Junichiro Matsushita · Urayasu D-Rocks
55'

Substitution

Sekonaia Pole on for Hidetomo Nabeshima · Urayasu D-Rocks
55'

Substitution

Opeti Helu on for Izi Sword · Kubota Spears
55'

Substitution

Malcolm Marx on for Hayate Era · Kubota Spears
55'

Substitution

Kota Kaishi on for Yota Kamimori · Kubota Spears
55'

Substitution

Finau Tupa on for Asipeli Moala · Kubota Spears
55'

Substitution

Akira Ieremia on for Merwe Olivier · Kubota Spears
56'

Try

Haruto Kida · Kubota Spears

21 - 45
62'

Substitution

Kazuhiro Taniguchi on for Shinobu Fujiwara · Kubota Spears
62'

Substitution

Bernard Foley on for Shaun Stevenson · Kubota Spears
62'

Substitution

Yuya Hirose on for Gerhard van den Heever · Kubota Spears
62'

Substitution

Hendrik Tui on for Manaaki Selby-Rickit · Urayasu D-Rocks
62'

Substitution

Shin Takeuchi on for Tamati Ioane · Urayasu D-Rocks
63'

Substitution

Taisei Konishi on for Caleb Cavubati · Urayasu D-Rocks
66'

Substitution

Siosifa Lisala on for Brody MacAskill · Urayasu D-Rocks
67'

Try

Halatoa Vailea · Kubota Spears

21 - 50
68'

Conversion

Bernard Foley · Kubota Spears

21 - 52
70'

Try

Samu Kerevi · Urayasu D-Rocks

28 - 52
70'

Conversion

Otere Black · Urayasu D-Rocks

23 - 52
73'

Try

Faulua Makisi · Kubota Spears

28 - 57
74'

Conversion

Bernard Foley · Kubota Spears

28 - 59
78'

Try

Shane Gates · Urayasu D-Rocks

33 - 59
79'

Conversion

Otere Black · Urayasu D-Rocks

35 - 59
Fulltime 35 - 59

Player ratings

Urayasu D-Rocks

15 Luteru Laulala 7.0
14 Tana Tuhakaraina 7.1
13 Shane Gates 5.8
12 Samu Kerevi 8.3
11 Caleb Cavubati 6.1
10 Otere Black 6.6
9 Ren Iinuma 6.8
1 Hidetomo Nabeshima 6.5
2 Junichiro Matsushita 5.9
3 Kim Ryom 6.3
4 Yuzuki Sasaki 6.8
5 Manaaki Selby-Rickit 6.9
6 Daishi Kojima 7.2
7 Brody MacAskill 6.9
8 Tamati Ioane 8.4
16 Shokei Kin 6.4
17 Sekonaia Pole 5.9
18 Genki Sudo 5.7
19 Hendrik Tui 6.4
20 Shin Takeuchi 5.9
21 Siosifa Lisala 5.9
22 Taisei Konishi 5.7
23 Hikaru Tamura 7.1

Kubota Spears

15 Shaun Stevenson 8.2
14 Gerhard van den Heever 7.3
13 Halatoa Vailea 9.9
12 Rikus Pretorius 7.1
11 Haruto Kida 9.8
10 Atsushi Oshikawa 7.4
9 Shinobu Fujiwara 7.5
1 Yota Kamimori 6.7
2 Hayate Era 7.2
3 Izi Sword 7.2
4 Merwe Olivier 6.6
5 Ruan Botha 8.5
6 Tyler Paul 8.0
7 Asipeli Moala 7.0
8 Faulua Makisi 8.3
16 Malcolm Marx 6.3
17 Kota Kaishi 6.2
18 Opeti Helu 6.5
19 Akira Ieremia 6.3
20 Finau Tupa 6.4
21 Kazuhiro Taniguchi 6.3
22 Bernard Foley 6.7
23 Yuya Hirose 6.4