TV Guide Leagues Teams

Kobe Steelers Kobe Steelers 69 - 23 Tokyo Sungoliath Tokyo Sungoliath

Full time

30 May 2026

Japan League One D1

Stage: SF Round 20

Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium

Kobe Steelers vs Tokyo Sungoliath head to head

Kobelco Kobe Steelers delivered a commanding performance against Tokyo Sungoliath, finishing with a score of 69-23. Kazuma Ueda opened the scoring with an early try, followed by efforts from Shunsuke Uenobou and Waisake Raratubua, showcasing Kobelco's attacking prowess. Despite a few penalties from Cheslin Kolbe, Tokyo struggled to keep pace and faced a yellow card for Kotaro Matsushima. Ardie Savea added to the home side's tally with two tries, while Seungsin Lee was instrumental in conversions and scoring. The Steelers capitalized on their momentum in the second half, with further tries from Itsuki Kamimura and a brace from Solomone Funaki. Tokyo managed a late consolation try from Shogo Nakano, but the result was never in doubt. Overall, Kobelco's dominance was evident, marking another victory in their successful campaign.

Weather

Temperature: 28.2°C (Feels like 27.8°C) Condition: Clear Wind: 15.6 km/h, gusting to 36.8 km/h Humidity: 32% Cloud Cover: 5%

Highlights

Events

  • Kickoff
  • 5'

    Try

    Kazuma Ueda 路 Kobe Steelers

    5 - 0
  • 8'

    Penalty

    Cheslin Kolbe 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

    5 - 3
  • 17'

    Penalty

    Cheslin Kolbe 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

    5 - 6
  • 17'

    Substitution

    Pierich Siebert on for Tevita Tatafu 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 19'

    Yellow Card

    Kotaro Matsushima 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 20'

    Try

    Shunsuke Uenobou 路 Kobe Steelers

    10 - 6
  • 24'

    Try

    George Hammond 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

    10 - 11
  • 25'

    Conversion

    Cheslin Kolbe 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

    10 - 13
  • 29'

    Yellow Card Complete

    Kotaro Matsushima 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 31'

    Try

    Waisake Raratubua 路 Kobe Steelers

    15 - 13
  • 32'

    Conversion

    Seungsin Lee 路 Kobe Steelers

    17 - 13
  • 32'

    Substitution

    Yukio Morikawa on for Kenta Kobayashi 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 34'

    Penalty

    Cheslin Kolbe 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

    17 - 16
  • 38'

    Try

    Ardie Savea 路 Kobe Steelers

    22 - 16
  • 39'

    Conversion

    Seungsin Lee 路 Kobe Steelers

    24 - 16
  • Halftime 24 - 16
  • Second Half
  • 42'

    Try

    Itsuki Kamimura 路 Kobe Steelers

    29 - 16
  • 45'

    Substitution

    Sam Cane on for Sean McMahon 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 46'

    Try

    Seungsin Lee 路 Kobe Steelers

    34 - 16
  • 47'

    Conversion

    Seungsin Lee 路 Kobe Steelers

    36 - 16
  • 52'

    Try

    Gerard Cowley-Tuioti 路 Kobe Steelers

    41 - 16
  • 52'

    Substitution

    Kenta Fukuda on for Yutaka Nagare 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 52'

    Substitution

    Kienori Go on for Kosuke Horikoshi 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 53'

    Conversion

    Seungsin Lee 路 Kobe Steelers

    43 - 16
  • 56'

    Substitution

    Sho Maeda on for Shigure Takao 路 Kobe Steelers

  • 56'

    Substitution

    Kenta Matsuoka on for Ash Dixon 路 Kobe Steelers

  • 56'

    Substitution

    Takayuki Watanabe on for Hiroshi Yamashita 路 Kobe Steelers

  • 56'

    Substitution

    Solomone Funaki on for Waisake Raratubua 路 Kobe Steelers

  • 56'

    Substitution

    Kan Nakano on for Shuhei Takeuchi 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 61'

    Substitution

    Mikiya Takamoto on for Ryoto Nakamura 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 64'

    Substitution

    Michael Little on for Tali Ioasa 路 Kobe Steelers

  • 64'

    Substitution

    Bryn Gatland on for Seungsin Lee 路 Kobe Steelers

  • 64'

    Substitution

    Ryuga Hashimoto on for Pierich Siebert 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 65'

    Substitution

    Daiki Nakajima on for Itsuki Kamimura 路 Kobe Steelers

  • 66'

    Yellow Card

    Sam Cane 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 67'

    Try

    Ardie Savea 路 Kobe Steelers

    48 - 16
  • 68'

    Conversion

    Bryn Gatland 路 Kobe Steelers

    50 - 16
  • 68'

    Substitution

    Naohiro Kotaki on for Brodie Retallick 路 Kobe Steelers

  • 72'

    Try

    Inoke Burua 路 Kobe Steelers

    55 - 16
  • 73'

    Conversion

    Bryn Gatland 路 Kobe Steelers

    57 - 16
  • 76'

    Try

    Solomone Funaki 路 Kobe Steelers

    62 - 16
  • 76'

    Yellow Card Complete

    Sam Cane 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

  • 78'

    Try

    Shogo Nakano 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

    62 - 21
  • 79'

    Conversion

    Cheslin Kolbe 路 Tokyo Sungoliath

    62 - 23
  • 81'

    Try

    Solomone Funaki 路 Kobe Steelers

    67 - 23
  • 82'

    Conversion

    Bryn Gatland 路 Kobe Steelers

    69 - 23
  • Fulltime 69 - 23

Player ratings

Kobe Steelers
  • 15 Shunsuke Uenobou 7.8
  • 14 Kazuma Ueda 9.3
  • 13 Anton Lienert-Brown 6.9
  • 12 Tali Ioasa 8.2
  • 11 Inoke Burua 9.8
  • 10 Seungsin Lee 7.9
  • 9 Itsuki Kamimura 7.6
  • 1 Shigure Takao 6.7
  • 2 Ash Dixon 6.9
  • 3 Hiroshi Yamashita 6.2
  • 4 Brodie Retallick 6.8
  • 5 Gerard Cowley-Tuioti 8.9
  • 6 Tiennan Costley 6.5
  • 7 Ardie Savea 9.0
  • 8 Waisake Raratubua 7.7
  • 16 Kenta Matsuoka 6.5
  • 17 Sho Maeda 7.0
  • 18 Takayuki Watanabe 6.0
  • 19 Naohiro Kotaki 6.3
  • 20 Solomone Funaki 7.4
  • 21 Daiki Nakajima 6.5
  • 22 Bryn Gatland 6.7
  • 23 Michael Little 6.7
Tokyo Sungoliath
  • 15 Kotaro Matsushima 5.8
  • 14 Cheslin Kolbe 7.4
  • 13 Shogo Nakano 6.6
  • 12 Ryoto Nakamura 5.7
  • 11 Taiga Ozaki 7.2
  • 10 Kaleb Trask 5.8
  • 9 Yutaka Nagare 5.4
  • 1 Kenta Kobayashi 6.2
  • 2 Kosuke Horikoshi 6.5
  • 3 Shuhei Takeuchi 6.3
  • 4 George Hammond 6.9
  • 5 Harry Hockings 5.7
  • 6 Kanji Shimokawa 6.2
  • 7 Sean McMahon 7.2
  • 8 Tevita Tatafu 5.8
  • 16 Kienori Go 6.4
  • 17 Yukio Morikawa 4.7
  • 18 Kan Nakano 5.3
  • 19 Ryuga Hashimoto 6.0
  • 20 Sam Cane 5.2
  • 21 Pierich Siebert 5.8
  • 22 Kenta Fukuda 6.2
  • 23 Mikiya Takamoto 5.3