Kobelco Kobe Steelers - Saitama Wild Knigkts (40-24) | Japan Rugby League One - Division 1

Full-time Men's Senior Asia Japan Rugby League One - Division 1 R9 Saturday 21 February 2026
JAP
Kobelco Kobe Steelers
Form V V V V V
Coach: -
No bonus
Ash Dixon 25' E
Kenta Matsunaga 29' E
Gerard Cowley-Tuioti 41' E
Kazuma Ueda 42' E
Tali Ioasa 47' E
Waisake Raratubua 55' E
Lee Seung Sin5Tr
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe, Kobe
40-24
Half-time: 12-19
6 tries 4 tries
Head-to-head
V 22-17 31/05/2025
D 32-46 02/03/2025
D 18-28 16/03/2024
D 10-48 26/02/2023
D 31-37 16/04/2022
Attendance: - · Broadcaster: -
JAP
Saitama Wild Knigkts
Form V V V V V
Coach: -
No bonus
Taiki Koyama 3' E
Koki Takeyama 18' E
Damian de Allende 37' E
Ryuji Noguchi 70' E
Takuya Yamasawa2Tr

Quick summary

Kobelco Kobe Steelers beat Saitama Wild Knigkts 40–24 in a 10-try match. Lee Seung Sin finishes as top scorer with 10 points (5 conversions).
LSS
Top scorer
Lee Seung Sin
Kobelco Kobe Steelers · 10 pts (5 cons)
Key figures
6 Tries 4
5 Cons 2

Breakdown by period

Period Kobelco Kobe Steelers Saitama Wild Knigkts
1st half 12 19
2nd half 28 5
Total 40 24

Match feed

All Tries Penalties / Drop goals Cards Substitutions
E Try T Conv. P Penalty / Drop goal J Yellow O Orange R Red ↔ Replacement
Kobelco Kobe Steelers
MIN
Saitama Wild Knigkts
1st half 12 - 19
3'0-5
E
Taiki Koyama Try
4'0-7
T
Takuya Yamasawa Conversion
18'0-12
E
Koki Takeyama Try
E
Ash Dixon Try
25'5-12
T
Lee Seung Sin Conversion
26'7-12
E
Kenta Matsunaga Try
29'12-12
37'12-17
E
Damian de Allende Try
38'12-19
T
Takuya Yamasawa Conversion
↔
Jiwon GuTakara Imamura Replacement
40'12-19
↔
Jiwon GuHiroshi Yamashita Replacement
40'12-19
↔
Takara ImamuraGerard Cowley-Tuioti Replacement
40'12-19
2nd half 28 - 5
T
Lee Seung Sin Conversion
41'14-19
E
Gerard Cowley-Tuioti Try
41'19-19
E
Kazuma Ueda Try
42'24-19
T
Lee Seung Sin Conversion
43'26-19
E
Tali Ioasa Try
47'31-19
T
Lee Seung Sin Conversion
48'33-19
49'33-19
↔
Tomoki OsadaMarika Koroibete Replacement
49'33-19
↔
Tomoki OsadaMarika Koroibete Replacement
E
Waisake Raratubua Try
55'38-19
↔
Sione Sime MauAsh Dixon Replacement
56'38-19
56'38-19
↔
Esei Ha'anganaJuan Wilson Replacement
T
Lee Seung Sin Conversion
56'40-19
↔
Sione Sime MauShigure Takao Replacement
56'40-19
↔
Hikaru MoriwakiAsh Dixon Replacement
56'40-19
56'40-19
↔
Esei Ha'anganaBen Gunter Replacement
56'40-19
↔
Ryota HasegawaJuan Wilson Replacement
61'40-19
↔
Keita InagakiCraig Millar Replacement
61'40-19
↔
Keita InagakiCraig Millar Replacement
↔
Michael LittleLee Seung Sin Replacement
66'40-19
66'40-19
↔
Kenji SatoLisala Finau Replacement
↔
Bryn GatlandLee Seung Sin Replacement
66'40-19
↔
Michael LittleTali Ioasa Replacement
66'40-19
66'40-19
↔
Kenji SatoAtsushi Sakate Replacement
66'40-19
↔
Lisala FinauAsaleli Valu Replacement
67'40-19
↔
Takaya SaitoTakuya Yamasawa Replacement
67'40-19
↔
Takaya SaitoTakuya Yamasawa Replacement
70'40-24
E
Ryuji Noguchi Try
74'40-24
↔
Shu HagiharaTaiki Koyama Replacement
↔
Solomone FunakiWaisake Raratubua Replacement
74'40-24
↔
Solomone FunakiWaisake Raratubua Replacement
74'40-24
74'40-24
↔
Shu HagiharaTaiki Koyama Replacement
↔
Atsushi HiwasaItsuki Kamimura Replacement
75'40-24
↔
Atsushi HiwasaItsuki Kamimura Replacement
75'40-24

Match stats

Kobelco Kobe Steelers Saitama Wild Knigkts
40
Points scored
24
6
Tries
4
-
Possession (%)
-
Kobelco Kobe Steelers Saitama Wild Knigkts
6
Tries
4
-
Carries
-
-
Metres gained
-
-
Line breaks
-
-
Defenders beaten
-
-
Offloads
-
Kobelco Kobe Steelers Saitama Wild Knigkts
-
Tackles made
-
-
% de plaquage
-
-
Tackles missed
-
-
Turnovers won
-
-
Dominant tackles
-
Kobelco Kobe Steelers Saitama Wild Knigkts
5
Conversions
2
0
Penalties scored — none
0
0
Drop goals — none
0
-
Kicks
-
-
Kicking metres
-
-
m / coup de pied
-
-
Box kicks
-
-
50:22
-
Kobelco Kobe Steelers Saitama Wild Knigkts
0
Yellow cards — none
0
0
Orange cards — none
0
0
Red cards — none
0
-
Penalties conceded
-
-
En-avants
-

Statistical comparison match vs season average

Indicator
Kobelco Kobe Steelers
8 matches played
Saitama Wild Knigkts
8 matches played
Competition
50 matches played
Points scored
40 ▼
avg. 40.8
24 ▼
avg. 34.1
30.3
Tries
6 =
avg. 6
4 ▼
avg. 4.5
4.25
First try
25'
avg. 13'00
3'
avg. 10'36
20'06
Penalties scored
0 ▼
avg. 0.75
0 ▼
avg. 1.63
1.05
% wins
88%
100%
—
% vic. domicile
75%
100%
56%
% vic. extérieur
100%
100%
44%

Line-ups

Top scorer
LSS
Lee Seung Sin
5 attempts
10 pts
Kobelco Kobe Steelers
1 Shigure Takao 56'
2 Ash Dixon E 25'56'
3 Hiroshi Yamashita 40'
4 Brodie Retallick
5 Gerard Cowley-Tuioti E 41'40'
6 Tiennan Costley
7 Ardie Savea
8 Waisake Raratubua E 55'74'
9 Itsuki Kamimura 75'
10 Lee Seung Sin T 26'T 41'T 43'T 48'T 56'66'
11 Kazuma Ueda E 42'
12 Tali Ioasa E 47'66'
13 Anton Lienert-Brown
14 Kenta Matsunaga E 29'
15 Shunshuke Uenobo
Replacements
16 Sione Sime Mau 56'
17 Hikaru Moriwaki 56'
18 Jiwon Gu 40'
19 Takara Imamura 40'
20 Solomone Funaki 74'
21 Atsushi Hiwasa 75'
22 Bryn Gatland 66'
23 Michael Little 66'
Top scorer
TK
Taiki Koyama
1 try
5 pts
Saitama Wild Knigkts
1 Craig Millar 61'
2 Atsushi Sakate 66'
3 Asaleli Valu 66'
4 Liam Mitchell
5 Jack Cornelsen
6 Ben Gunter 56'
7 Lachlan Boshier
8 Juan Wilson 56'
9 Taiki Koyama E 3'74'
10 Takuya Yamasawa T 4'T 38'67'
11 Marika Koroibete 49'
12 Damian de Allende E 37'
13 Hayata Taniyama
14 Koki Takeyama E 18'
15 Ryuji Noguchi E 70'
Replacements
16 Kenji Sato 66'
17 Keita Inagaki 61'
18 Lisala Finau 66'
19 Esei Ha'angana 56'
20 Ryota Hasegawa 56'
21 Shu Hagihara 74'
22 Tomoki Osada 49'
23 Takaya Saito 67'

Stats by player

Kobelco Kobe Steelers
2
56'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
56'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
5
40'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
40'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
8
74'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
74'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
11
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
12
66'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
66'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
14
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
1
56'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
56'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
3
40'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
40'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
4
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
6
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
7
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
9
75'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
75'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
10
66'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
66'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
13
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
15
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
16
24'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
24'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
17
24'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
24'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
18
40'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
40'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
19
40'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
40'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
20
6'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
6'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
21
5'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
5'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
22
14'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
14'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
23
14'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
14'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
Saitama Wild Knigkts
9
74'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
74'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
12
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
14
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
15
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
1
61'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
61'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
2
66'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
66'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
3
66'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
66'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
4
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
5
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
6
56'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
56'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
7
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
8
56'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
56'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
10
67'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
67'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
11
49'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
49'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
13
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
16
14'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
14'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
17
19'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
19'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
18
14'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
14'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
19
24'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
24'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
20
24'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
24'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
21
6'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
6'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
22
31'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
31'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
23
13'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
13'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
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