Kobe Steelers 24 - 19 Mie Honda Heat

Full time

02 May 2026

Stage: Conference B Round 17

Hanazono Rugby Stadium

Kobe Steelers vs Mie Honda Heat head to head

The Kobelco Kobe Steelers narrowly defeated the Mie Honda Heat 24-19 in a closely contested match. Imamura opened the scoring for the Steelers with an early try, converted by Gatland. Mie responded with a try from Lemeki, leveling the score before the Steelers surged ahead with two more tries from Burua. The Heat’s Nishimura received a yellow card, impacting their momentum as the Steelers capitalized on the advantage. Just before halftime, Takuro Hojo scored for Mie, bringing the score to 19-17 after Kitahara’s conversion. In the second half, Retallick extended the Steelers' lead with another try, and Gatland's conversion sealed their victory. Despite a valiant effort from Mie, they couldn't close the gap, resulting in a hard-fought win for Kobelco.

Weather

Temperature: 23.0°C (Feels like 21.8°C) Condition: MostlyCloudy Wind: 11.2 km/h, gusting to 25.7 km/h Humidity: 44% Cloud Cover: 78%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
2'

Try

Takara Imamura · Kobe Steelers

5 - 0
2'

Conversion

Bryn Gatland · Kobe Steelers

7 - 0
21'

Try

Lomano Lemeki · Mie Honda Heat

7 - 5
22'

Conversion

Riku Kitahara · Mie Honda Heat

7 - 7
25'

Yellow Card

Ryoma Nishimura · Mie Honda Heat
30'

Try

Inoke Burua · Kobe Steelers

12 - 7
31'

Substitution

Johnny Fa'auli on for Fraser Quirk · Mie Honda Heat
34'

Try

Inoke Burua · Kobe Steelers

17 - 7
35'

Yellow Card Complete

Ryoma Nishimura · Mie Honda Heat
37'

Yellow Card

Takayuki Watanabe · Kobe Steelers
37'

Try

Takuro Hojo · Mie Honda Heat

17 - 12
37'

Substitution

Jiwon Gu on for Takara Imamura · Kobe Steelers
38'

Conversion

Riku Kitahara · Mie Honda Heat

17 - 14
38'

Substitution

Michael Little on for Tali Ioasa · Kobe Steelers
Halftime 17 - 14
Second Half
42'

Substitution

Sho Maeda on for Shigure Takao · Kobe Steelers
42'

Substitution

Kenta Matsuoka on for Takuya Kitade · Kobe Steelers
47'

Try

Brodie Retallick · Kobe Steelers

22 - 14
47'

Conversion

Bryn Gatland · Kobe Steelers

24 - 14
47'

Yellow Card Complete

Takayuki Watanabe · Kobe Steelers
49'

Substitution

Mark Abbott on for Ryoma Nishimura · Mie Honda Heat
50'

Substitution

Daiki Nakajima on for Itsuki Kamimura · Kobe Steelers
53'

Try

Johnny Fa'auli · Mie Honda Heat

24 - 19
54'

Substitution

Feinga Fakai on for Matthys Basson · Mie Honda Heat
54'

Substitution

Solomone Funaki on for Takara Imamura · Kobe Steelers
54'

Substitution

Janko Swanepoel on for Trevor Hosea · Mie Honda Heat
54'

Substitution

Kazuki Ban on for Tatsuhiko Tsurukawa · Mie Honda Heat
54'

Substitution

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

Substitution

Talifolofola Tangipa on for Aseri Masivou · Mie Honda Heat
67'

Substitution

Kazuma Ueda on for Inoke Burua · Kobe Steelers
71'

Substitution

Takuma Motohashi on for Waisake Raratubua · Kobe Steelers
73'

Substitution

Azuma Doei on for Takuro Hojo · Mie Honda Heat
Fulltime 24 - 19

Player ratings

Kobe Steelers

15 Shunsuke Uenobou 6.8
14 Kanta Matsunaga 7.2
13 Anton Lienert-Brown 7.3
12 Tali Ioasa 6.5
11 Inoke Burua 9.2
10 Bryn Gatland 6.7
9 Itsuki Kamimura 7.4
1 Shigure Takao 6.0
2 Takuya Kitade 7.1
3 Takayuki Watanabe 5.1
4 Brodie Retallick 7.1
5 Gerard Cowley-Tuioti 6.7
6 Tiennan Costley 6.7
7 Takara Imamura 6.5
8 Waisake Raratubua 7.2
16 Kenta Matsuoka 6.8
17 Sho Maeda 6.6
18 Jiwon Gu 6.8
19 Takuma Motohashi –
20 Solomone Funaki 6.7
21 Daiki Nakajima 6.4
22 Michael Little 6.5
23 Kazuma Ueda 6.9

Mie Honda Heat

15 Lomano Lemeki 9.6
14 Rakuhei Yamashita 5.6
13 Dawid Kellerman 7.9
12 Fraser Quirk 6.9
11 Tevita Li 7.3
10 Riku Kitahara 6.6
9 Takuro Hojo 6.3
1 Tatsuhiko Tsurukawa 6.0
2 Tevita Ikanivere 6.4
3 Matthys Basson 6.0
4 Ryoma Nishimura 4.1
5 Trevor Hosea 5.8
6 Waimana Kapa 6.7
7 Pablo Matera 5.6
8 Aseri Masivou 6.5
16 Koki Hida 6.5
17 Kazuki Ban 5.1
18 Feinga Fakai 5.9
19 Mark Abbott 5.8
20 Janko Swanepoel 5.7
21 Azuma Doei –
22 Johnny Fa'auli 6.3
23 Talifolofola Tangipa 6.1