BlackRams Tokyo 19 - 40 Kobe Steelers

Full time

05 Apr 2026

Stage: Conference B Round 14

Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium

BlackRams Tokyo vs Kobe Steelers head to head

Kobelco Kobe Steelers secured a commanding 40-19 victory over BlackRams Tokyo at Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium. Solomone Funaki opened the scoring with two tries early on, both converted by Bryn Gatland, establishing an early lead for the Steelers. Despite a response from Shuhei Matsuhashi and TJ Perenara for the BlackRams, the Steelers continued to dominate, with Ardie Savea and Shunsuke Uenobou adding to the scoreline. Gatland's kicking was impeccable, converting five tries in total. The BlackRams struggled to keep pace, although they managed to score again through Savea late in the match. The Steelers' powerful forward pack, led by Funaki and Cowley-Tuioti, controlled the set pieces effectively. This match marked another significant victory for the Steelers in their ongoing rivalry with the BlackRams.

Weather

Temperature: 23.3°C (Feels like 22.6°C) Condition: Cloudy Wind: 9.6 km/h, gusting to 23.6 km/h Humidity: 68% Cloud Cover: 93%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
1'

Try

Solomone Funaki · Kobe Steelers

0 - 5
2'

Conversion

Bryn Gatland · Kobe Steelers

0 - 7
9'

Try

Solomone Funaki · Kobe Steelers

0 - 12
9'

Conversion

Bryn Gatland · Kobe Steelers

0 - 14
23'

Try

Gerard Cowley-Tuioti · Kobe Steelers

0 - 19
24'

Conversion

Bryn Gatland · Kobe Steelers

0 - 21
25'

Try

Shuhei Matsuhashi · BlackRams Tokyo

5 - 21
26'

Conversion

Ichigo Nakakusu · BlackRams Tokyo

7 - 21
28'

Try

Ardie Savea · Kobe Steelers

7 - 26
29'

Conversion

Bryn Gatland · Kobe Steelers

7 - 28
33'

Try

TJ Perenara · BlackRams Tokyo

12 - 28
34'

Conversion

Ichigo Nakakusu · BlackRams Tokyo

14 - 28
36'

Try

Shunsuke Uenobou · Kobe Steelers

14 - 33
37'

Conversion

Bryn Gatland · Kobe Steelers

14 - 35
39'

Try

Reijiro Yamamoto · BlackRams Tokyo

19 - 35
40'

Substitution

Jiwon Gu on for Hiroshi Yamashita · Kobe Steelers
40'

Substitution

Michael Little on for Anton Lienert-Brown · Kobe Steelers
Halftime 19 - 35
Second Half
44'

Substitution

Taishi Tsumura on for Yuichiro Taniguchi · BlackRams Tokyo
49'

Substitution

Shin Ouchi on for Masashi Onishi · BlackRams Tokyo
49'

Substitution

Paddy Ryan on for Daigo Sasagawa · BlackRams Tokyo
49'

Substitution

PJ Latu on for Larzlo Sword · BlackRams Tokyo
49'

Substitution

Takuya Kitade on for Ash Dixon · Kobe Steelers
49'

Substitution

Hikaru Moriwaki on for Shigure Takao · Kobe Steelers
49'

Substitution

Waisake Raratubua on for Naohiro Kotaki · Kobe Steelers
49'

Substitution

Brodie Retallick on for Solomone Funaki · Kobe Steelers
58'

Substitution

Kotaro Ito on for Ichigo Nakakusu · BlackRams Tokyo
58'

Substitution

Toshiya Takahashi on for TJ Perenara · BlackRams Tokyo
59'

Substitution

Daiki Nakajima on for Itsuki Kamimura · Kobe Steelers
63'

Substitution

Shu Yamamoto on for Felix Kalapu · BlackRams Tokyo
64'

Substitution

Hiroshi Yamashita on for Jiwon Gu · Kobe Steelers
69'

Substitution

Seungsin Lee on for Bryn Gatland · Kobe Steelers
74'

Try

Ardie Savea · Kobe Steelers

19 - 40
78'

Substitution

Otoya Kihara on for Shuhei Matsuhashi · BlackRams Tokyo
Fulltime 19 - 40

Player ratings

BlackRams Tokyo

15 Isaac Lucas 7.8
14 Taira Main 6.1
13 Larzlo Sword 6.4
12 Rameka Poihipi 6.1
11 Daisuke Nishikawa 6.6
10 Ichigo Nakakusu 6.1
9 TJ Perenara 6.1
1 Yuichiro Taniguchi 6.1
2 Masashi Onishi 7.5
3 Daigo Sasagawa 6.2
4 Reijiro Yamamoto 6.7
5 Michael Allardice 6.3
6 Felix Kalapu 6.6
7 Shuhei Matsuhashi 6.8
8 Amato Fakatava 6.4
16 Shin Ouchi 6.2
17 Taishi Tsumura 6.1
18 Paddy Ryan 6.2
19 Shu Yamamoto 5.8
20 Otoya Kihara –
21 Toshiya Takahashi 6.1
22 Kotaro Ito 5.6
23 PJ Latu 6.1

Kobe Steelers

15 Shunsuke Uenobou 7.4
14 Kazuma Ueda 5.9
13 Anton Lienert-Brown 8.0
12 Tali Ioasa 8.2
11 Inoke Burua 6.7
10 Bryn Gatland 7.1
9 Itsuki Kamimura 7.0
1 Shigure Takao 6.5
2 Ash Dixon 7.3
3 Hiroshi Yamashita 6.5
4 Naohiro Kotaki 6.2
5 Gerard Cowley-Tuioti 7.9
6 Tiennan Costley 7.9
7 Ardie Savea 8.4
8 Solomone Funaki 8.9
16 Takuya Kitade 7.0
17 Hikaru Moriwaki 6.2
18 Jiwon Gu 7.0
19 Brodie Retallick 6.8
20 Waisake Raratubua 7.0
21 Daiki Nakajima 6.8
22 Seungsin Lee 6.0
23 Michael Little 6.5