Kubota Spears 54 - 21 Mie Honda Heat

Full time

25 Apr 2026

Stage: Conference B Round 16

Edogawa Stadium

Kubota Spears vs Mie Honda Heat head to head

The Kubota Spears showcased their strength, defeating Mie Honda Heat 54-21 in a commanding performance. Halatoa Vailea opened the scoring with a penalty in the second minute, setting the tone for the match. Opeti Helu and Malcolm Marx both crossed for tries, while Ippei Okada added another before halftime, leaving the Spears leading 26-10. After the break, Marx scored again, and Tyler Paul followed suit, extending the lead further. Mie Honda's Tevita Ikanivere and Lomano Lemeki contributed tries, but they failed to close the gap. The Spears finished strong, with Okada, Rikus Pretorius, and Halatoa Vailea adding late tries to seal the emphatic victory. This match highlighted the Spears' offensive prowess and secured their continued dominance over Mie Honda.

Weather

Temperature: 18.0°C (Feels like 16.4°C) Condition: MostlyCloudy Wind: 9.7 km/h, gusting to 22.7 km/h Humidity: 47% Cloud Cover: 86%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
2'

Penalty

Halatoa Vailea · Kubota Spears

3 - 0
13'

Substitution

Aseri Masivou on for Pablo Matera · Mie Honda Heat
24'

Try

Opeti Helu · Kubota Spears

8 - 0
25'

Substitution

Ippei Okada on for Shinobu Fujiwara · Kubota Spears
31'

Try

Manu Akauola · Mie Honda Heat

8 - 5
32'

Conversion

Riku Kitahara · Mie Honda Heat

8 - 7
34'

Try

Malcolm Marx · Kubota Spears

13 - 7
40'

Try

Ippei Okada · Kubota Spears

18 - 7
Halftime 18 - 7
Second Half
41'

Conversion

Halatoa Vailea · Kubota Spears

20 - 7
45'

Try

Malcolm Marx · Kubota Spears

25 - 7
45'

Substitution

Janko Swanepoel on for Ryoma Nishimura · Mie Honda Heat
47'

Substitution

Merwe Olivier on for Akira Ieremia · Kubota Spears
53'

Substitution

Kota Kaishi on for Yota Kamimori · Kubota Spears
53'

Substitution

Hayate Era on for Malcolm Marx · Kubota Spears
53'

Substitution

Keijiro Tamefusa on for Opeti Helu · Kubota Spears
53'

Substitution

Asipeli Moala on for Pieter Labuschagne · Kubota Spears
54'

Try

Tyler Paul · Kubota Spears

30 - 7
55'

Substitution

Johnny Fa'auli on for Manu Akauola · Mie Honda Heat
55'

Substitution

Kazuki Ban on for Atsushi Oshikawa · Mie Honda Heat
55'

Substitution

Bernard Foley on for Matthys Basson · Mie Honda Heat
55'

Substitution

Feinga Fakai on for Talifolofola Tangipa · Mie Honda Heat
55'

Substitution

Waimana Kapa on for Faulua Makisi · Mie Honda Heat
58'

Try

Tevita Ikanivere · Mie Honda Heat

30 - 12
58'

Substitution

David Van Zeeland on for Takuro Hojo · Kubota Spears
59'

Conversion

Riku Kitahara · Mie Honda Heat

30 - 14
65'

Try

Lomano Lemeki · Mie Honda Heat

30 - 19
65'

Substitution

Koki Hida on for Tevita Ikanivere · Mie Honda Heat
66'

Conversion

Riku Kitahara · Mie Honda Heat

30 - 21
68'

Try

Ippei Okada · Kubota Spears

35 - 21
69'

Conversion

Bernard Foley · Kubota Spears

37 - 21
72'

Try

Rikus Pretorius · Kubota Spears

42 - 21
76'

Try

Haruto Kida · Kubota Spears

47 - 21
77'

Conversion

Bernard Foley · Kubota Spears

49 - 21
83'

Try

Halatoa Vailea · Kubota Spears

54 - 21
Fulltime 54 - 21

Player ratings

Kubota Spears

15 Shaun Stevenson 7.0
14 Halatoa Vailea 7.5
13 Rikus Pretorius 8.6
12 Yuya Hirose 6.8
11 Haruto Kida 9.4
10 Atsushi Oshikawa 7.7
9 Shinobu Fujiwara 6.4
1 Yota Kamimori 7.4
2 Malcolm Marx 8.6
3 Opeti Helu 6.6
4 Akira Ieremia 6.5
5 Ruan Botha 6.5
6 Tyler Paul 8.0
7 Pieter Labuschagne 6.7
8 Faulua Makisi 7.0
16 Hayate Era 7.0
17 Kota Kaishi 6.4
18 Keijiro Tamefusa 6.3
19 David Van Zeeland 6.9
20 Asipeli Moala 6.0
21 Ippei Okada 8.0
22 Bernard Foley 6.8
23 Merwe Olivier 6.6

Mie Honda Heat

15 Lomano Lemeki 8.9
14 Manu Akauola 7.2
13 Dawid Kellerman 6.3
12 Fraser Quirk 7.2
11 Rakuhei Yamashita 6.7
10 Riku Kitahara 6.0
9 Takuro Hojo 6.0
1 Tatsuhiko Tsurukawa 5.5
2 Tevita Ikanivere 7.1
3 Matthys Basson 6.5
4 Ryoma Nishimura 5.9
5 Trevor Hosea 6.5
6 Franco Mostert 5.0
7 Talifolofola Tangipa 5.9
8 Pablo Matera 6.0
16 Koki Hida 6.1
17 Kazuki Ban 6.1
18 Feinga Fakai 6.1
19 Janko Swanepoel 6.5
20 Waimana Kapa 6.4
21 Azuma Doei –
22 Johnny Fa'auli 5.9
23 Aseri Masivou 6.6