Kobelco Kobe Steelers - Mie Honda Heat (24-19) | Japan Rugby League One - Division 1

Full-time Men's Senior Asia Japan Rugby League One - Division 1 R17 Saturday 2 May 2026
JAP
Kobelco Kobe Steelers
Form D V V V V
Coach: -
No bonus
Takara Imamura 3' E
Inoke Burua 31', 35' E
Brodie Retallick 48' E
Bryn Gatland2Tr
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe, Kobe
24-19
Half-time: 17-14
4 tries 3 tries
Head-to-head
V 28-23 21/12/2025
V 47-5 15/03/2025
V 33-31 04/05/2024
V 80-15 09/12/2023
Attendance: - · Broadcaster: -
JAP
Mie Honda Heat
Form V V V D D
Coach: -
Losing bonus
Lomano Lemeki 22' E
Takuro Hojo 38' E
Jonathan Fa'auli 54' E
Riku Kitahara2Tr

Quick summary

Kobelco Kobe Steelers beat Mie Honda Heat 24–19 in a 7-try match and 2 cards. Inoke Burua finishes as top scorer with 10 points (2 tries).
IB
Top scorer
Inoke Burua
Kobelco Kobe Steelers · 10 pts (2 tries)
Key figures
4 Tries 3
2 Cons 2
1 Cards 1

Breakdown by period

Period Kobelco Kobe Steelers Mie Honda Heat
1st half 17 14
2nd half 7 5
Total 24 19

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
Mie Honda Heat
1st half 17 - 14
E
Takara Imamura Try
3'5-0
T
Bryn Gatland Conversion
3'7-0
22'7-5
E
Lomano Lemeki Try
23'7-7
T
Riku Kitahara Conversion
27'7-7
J
Ryoma Nishimura Yellow card
E
Inoke Burua Try
31'12-7
32'12-7
↔
Jonathan Fa'auliFraser Quirk Replacement
32'12-7
↔
Jonathan Fa'auliFraser Quirk Replacement
E
Inoke Burua Try
35'17-7
↔
Solomone FunakiTakara Imamura Replacement
38'17-7
38'17-12
E
Takuro Hojo Try
J
Takayuki Watanabe Yellow card
38'17-12
↔
Michael LittleTali Ioasa Replacement
39'17-12
39'17-14
T
Riku Kitahara Conversion
↔
Michael LittleTali Ioasa Replacement
39'17-14
↔
Kenta MatsuokaSho Maeda Replacement
40'17-14
↔
Kenta MatsuokaShigure Takao Replacement
40'17-14
↔
Sho MaedaTakuya Kitade Replacement
40'17-14
2nd half 7 - 5
↔
Jiwon GuTakayuki Watanabe Replacement
48'17-14
T
Bryn Gatland Conversion
48'19-14
E
Brodie Retallick Try
48'24-14
↔
Jiwon GuTakayuki Watanabe Replacement
48'24-14
50'24-14
↔
Mark AbbottRyoma Nishimura Replacement
50'24-14
↔
Mark AbbottRyoma Nishimura Replacement
↔
Daiki NakajimaItsuki Kamimura Replacement
51'24-14
↔
Daiki NakajimaItsuki Kamimura Replacement
51'24-14
54'24-19
E
Jonathan Fa'auli Try
55'24-19
↔
Janko SwanepoelTatsuhiko Tsurukawa Replacement
↔
Solomone FunakiTakara Imamura Replacement
55'24-19
↔
Solomone FunakiTakara Imamura Replacement
55'24-19
55'24-19
↔
Koki HidaTatsuhiko Tsurukawa Replacement
55'24-19
↔
Kazuki BanTevita Ikanivere Replacement
55'24-19
↔
Feinga Kihe Lotu FakaiMatthys Basson Replacement
55'24-19
↔
Janko SwanepoelTrevor Hosea Replacement
60'24-19
↔
Talifolofola TangipaAseri Masivou Replacement
60'24-19
↔
Talifolofola TangipaAseri Masivou Replacement
↔
Kazuma UedaInoke Burua Replacement
68'24-19
↔
Kazuma UedaInoke Burua Replacement
68'24-19
↔
Takuma MotohashiWaisake Raratubua Replacement
72'24-19
↔
Takuma MotohashiWaisake Raratubua Replacement
72'24-19
74'24-19
↔
Azuma DoeiTakuro Hojo Replacement
74'24-19
↔
Azuma DoeiTakuro Hojo Replacement

Match stats

Kobelco Kobe Steelers Mie Honda Heat
24
Points scored
19
4
Tries
3
-
Possession (%)
-
Kobelco Kobe Steelers Mie Honda Heat
4
Tries
3
-
Carries
-
-
Metres gained
-
-
Line breaks
-
-
Defenders beaten
-
-
Offloads
-
Kobelco Kobe Steelers Mie Honda Heat
-
Tackles made
-
-
% de plaquage
-
-
Tackles missed
-
-
Turnovers won
-
-
Dominant tackles
-
Kobelco Kobe Steelers Mie Honda Heat
2
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 Mie Honda Heat
1
Yellow cards
1
0
Orange cards — none
0
0
Red cards — none
0
-
Penalties conceded
-
-
En-avants
-

Statistical comparison match vs season average

Indicator
Kobelco Kobe Steelers
16 matches played
Mie Honda Heat
16 matches played
Competition
99 matches played
Points scored
24 ▼
avg. 43.9
19 ▼
avg. 26.1
31.1
Tries
4 ▼
avg. 6.56
3 ▼
avg. 3.88
4.45
First try
3'
avg. 10'24
22'
avg. 27'06
18'54
Penalties scored
0 ▼
avg. 0.44
0 ▼
avg. 0.63
0.82
Yellow cards
1 ▲
avg. 0.88
1 ▲
avg. 0.56
0.61
% wins
88%
38%
—
% vic. domicile
75%
50%
51%
% vic. extérieur
100%
25%
49%

Line-ups

Top scorer
IB
Inoke Burua
2 tries
10 pts
Kobelco Kobe Steelers
1 Shigure Takao 40'
2 Takuya Kitade 40'
3 Takayuki Watanabe CJ 38'48'
4 Brodie Retallick E 48'
5 Gerard Cowley-Tuioti
6 Tiennan Costley
7 Takara Imamura E 3'55'
8 Waisake Raratubua 72'
9 Itsuki Kamimura 51'
10 Bryn Gatland T 3'T 48'
11 Inoke Burua E 31'E 35'68'
12 Tali Ioasa 39'
13 Anton Lienert-Brown
14 Kenta Matsunaga
15 Shunshuke Uenobo
Replacements
16 Kenta Matsuoka 40'
17 Sho Maeda 40'
18 Jiwon Gu 48'
19 Takuma Motohashi 72'
20 Solomone Funaki 55'
21 Daiki Nakajima 51'
22 Michael Little 39'
23 Kazuma Ueda 68'
Top scorer
LL
Lomano Lemeki
1 try
5 pts
Mie Honda Heat
1 Tatsuhiko Tsurukawa 55'
2 Tevita Ikanivere 55'
3 Matthys Basson 55'
4 Ryoma Nishimura CJ 27'50'
5 Trevor Hosea 55'
6 Waimana Kapa
7 Pablo Matera
8 Aseri Masivou 60'
9 Takuro Hojo E 38'74'
10 Riku Kitahara T 23'T 39'
11 Tevita Li
12 Fraser Quirk 32'
13 Dawid Kellerman
14 Rakuhei Yamashita
15 Lomano Lemeki E 22'
Replacements
16 Koki Hida 55'
17 Kazuki Ban 55'
18 Feinga Kihe Lotu Fakai 55'
19 Mark Abbott 50'
20 Janko Swanepoel 55'
21 Azuma Doei 74'
22 Jonathan Fa'auli E 54'32'
23 Talifolofola Tangipa 60'

Stats by player

Kobelco Kobe Steelers
11
68'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
10
Points
68'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
4
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
7
55'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
55'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
1
40'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
40'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
2
40'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
40'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
3
48'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
48'
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
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
8
72'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
72'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
9
51'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
51'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
10
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
12
39'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
39'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
13
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
14
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
40'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
40'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
17
40'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
40'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
18
32'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
32'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
19
8'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
8'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
20
25'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
25'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
21
29'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
29'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
22
41'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
41'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
23
12'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
12'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
Mie Honda Heat
9
74'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
74'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
15
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
22
48'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
48'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
1
55'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
55'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
2
55'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
55'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
3
55'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
55'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
4
50'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
50'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
5
55'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
55'
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
8
60'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
60'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
10
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
11
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
12
32'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
32'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
13
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
14
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
16
25'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
25'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
17
25'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
25'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
18
25'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
25'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
19
30'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
30'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
20
25'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
25'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
21
6'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
6'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
23
20'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
20'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
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