Brave Lupus Tokyo 22 - 24 Mie Honda Heat

Full time

22 Mar 2026

Stage: Conference A Round 12

Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium

Brave Lupus Tokyo vs Mie Honda Heat head to head

Mie Honda Heat narrowly defeated Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo 24-22 in a thrilling encounter at Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium. Richie Mo'unga opened the scoring for the home side with a try early on, but Aseri Masivou quickly responded for Mie Honda. The first half ended with Toshiba leading 12-7 after Andrew Makalio added another try. In the second half, Mie Honda surged ahead with tries from Rakuhei Yamashita and Tevita Li, taking a crucial lead. Afu Ofeina scored a late try for Toshiba, but Mo'unga's conversion was not enough to clinch the win. A yellow card for Seta Tamanivalu hindered the home side's efforts in the final moments. Ultimately, Mie Honda's disciplined performance secured them a vital victory.

Weather

Temperature: 15.5°C (Feels like 12.9°C) Condition: Cloudy Wind: 10.8 km/h, gusting to 19.3 km/h Humidity: 40% Cloud Cover: 92%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
5'

Try

Richie Mo'unga · Brave Lupus Tokyo

5 - 0
17'

Try

Aseri Masivou · Mie Honda Heat

5 - 5
17'

Substitution

Afu Ofeina on for Takeshi Sasaki · Brave Lupus Tokyo
18'

Conversion

Riku Kitahara · Mie Honda Heat

5 - 7
Halftime 5 - 7
Second Half
44'

Try

Andrew Makalio · Brave Lupus Tokyo

10 - 7
45'

Conversion

Richie Mo'unga · Brave Lupus Tokyo

12 - 7
48'

Substitution

Rakuhei Yamashita on for Lomano Lemeki · Mie Honda Heat
48'

Substitution

Mark Abbott on for Ryoma Nishimura · Mie Honda Heat
48'

Substitution

Fraser Quirk on for Riku Kitahara · Mie Honda Heat
54'

Substitution

Shohei Ito on for Hiroki Yamamoto · Brave Lupus Tokyo
57'

Try

Rakuhei Yamashita · Mie Honda Heat

12 - 14
57'

Conversion

Dawid Kellerman · Mie Honda Heat

12 - 9
57'

Substitution

Teruo Makabe on for Yuta Kokaji · Brave Lupus Tokyo
57'

Substitution

Takahiro Ogawa on for Kohei Takahashi · Brave Lupus Tokyo
59'

Substitution

Kazuki Ban on for Kanato Hirano · Mie Honda Heat
59'

Substitution

Feinga Fakai on for Matthys Basson · Mie Honda Heat
59'

Substitution

Koki Hida on for Tevita Ikanivere · Mie Honda Heat
59'

Substitution

Trevor Hosea on for Aseri Masivou · Mie Honda Heat
61'

Try

Tevita Li · Mie Honda Heat

12 - 19
62'

Conversion

Dawid Kellerman · Mie Honda Heat

12 - 21
62'

Substitution

Masaki Hamada on for Rei Ishioka · Brave Lupus Tokyo
62'

Substitution

Rinpei Sakaki on for Andrew Makalio · Brave Lupus Tokyo
67'

Substitution

Shuto Harabuchi on for Sena Kimura · Brave Lupus Tokyo
71'

Try

Afu Ofeina · Brave Lupus Tokyo

17 - 21
72'

Conversion

Richie Mo'unga · Brave Lupus Tokyo

19 - 21
72'

Substitution

Shotaro Ikedo on for Michael Collins · Brave Lupus Tokyo
73'

Substitution

Taichi Takenaka on for Azuma Doei · Mie Honda Heat
75'

Penalty

Richie Mo'unga · Brave Lupus Tokyo

22 - 21
77'

Yellow Card

Seta Tamanivalu · Brave Lupus Tokyo
80'

Penalty

Dawid Kellerman · Mie Honda Heat

22 - 24
Fulltime 22 - 24

Player ratings

Brave Lupus Tokyo

15 Takuro Matsunaga 6.0
14 Rei Ishioka 6.9
13 Michael Collins 5.8
12 Seta Tamanivalu 6.8
11 Shohei Toyoshima 5.5
10 Richie Mo'unga 6.9
9 Kohei Takahashi 6.7
1 Sena Kimura 6.0
2 Andrew Makalio 7.2
3 Yuta Kokaji 6.2
4 Jacob Pierce 6.4
5 Michael Stolberg 5.6
6 Hiroki Yamamoto 6.1
7 Takeshi Sasaki 6.1
8 Michael Leitch 8.2
16 Rinpei Sakaki 6.2
17 Shuto Harabuchi 5.9
18 Teruo Makabe 5.9
19 Shohei Ito 6.1
20 Afu Ofeina 7.0
21 Takahiro Ogawa 6.0
22 Shotaro Ikedo –
23 Masaki Hamada 5.9

Mie Honda Heat

15 Lomano Lemeki 6.3
14 Ben Paltridge 6.8
13 Dawid Kellerman 8.8
12 Kyogo Okano 7.2
11 Tevita Li 8.6
10 Riku Kitahara 6.0
9 Azuma Doei 6.6
1 Kanato Hirano 6.1
2 Tevita Ikanivere 7.3
3 Matthys Basson 5.7
4 Ryoma Nishimura 6.1
5 Franco Mostert 7.2
6 Aseri Masivou 7.4
7 Talifolofola Tangipa 6.2
8 Pablo Matera 7.4
16 Koki Hida 6.8
17 Kazuki Ban 6.2
18 Feinga Fakai 5.9
19 Mark Abbott 6.7
20 Trevor Hosea 6.4
21 Taichi Takenaka –
22 Fraser Quirk 6.5
23 Rakuhei Yamashita 7.9