Kobelco Kobe Steelers - Tokyo Sungoliath (69-23) | Japan Rugby League One - Division 1

Full-time Men's Senior Asia Japan Rugby League One - Division 1 Semi-final Saturday 30 May 2026
JAP
Kobelco Kobe Steelers
Form V V V V V
Coach: -
Kazuma Ueda 6' E
Shunshuke Uenobo 21' E
Waisake Raratubua 32' E
Ardie Savea 39', 68' E
Itsuki Kamimura 43' E
Lee Seung Sin 47' E
Gerard Cowley-Tuioti 53' E
Inoke Burua 73' E
Solomone Funaki 77', 79' E
Lee Seung Sin4Tr
Bryn Gatland3Tr
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe, Kobe
69-23
Half-time: 24-16
11 tries 2 tries
Head-to-head
V 49-28 25/04/2026
V 22-20 10/01/2026
V 39-37 23/03/2025
D 29-31 08/02/2025
D 27-36 07/04/2024
Attendance: - · Broadcaster: -
JAP
Tokyo Sungoliath
Form D D V V V
Coach: -
George Hammond 25' E
Shogo Nakano 79' E
Cheslin Kolbe2Tr · 3P

Quick summary

Kobelco Kobe Steelers beat Tokyo Sungoliath 69–23 in a 13-try match and 2 cards. Cheslin Kolbe finishes as top scorer with 13 points (3 penalties, 2 conversions).
CK
Top scorer
Cheslin Kolbe
Tokyo Sungoliath · 13 pts (2 cons, 3 pen.)
Key figures
11 Tries 2
7 Cons 2
0 Penalties 3
0 Cards 2

Breakdown by period

Period Kobelco Kobe Steelers Tokyo Sungoliath
1st half 24 16
2nd half 45 7
Total 69 23

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
Tokyo Sungoliath
1st half 24 - 16
E
Kazuma Ueda Try
6'5-0
9'5-3
P
Cheslin Kolbe Penalty
18'5-3
↔
Pierich SiebertTevita Tatafu Replacement
18'5-6
P
Cheslin Kolbe Penalty
20'5-6
J
Kotaro Matsushima Yellow card
E
Shunshuke Uenobo Try
21'10-6
25'10-11
E
George Hammond Try
26'10-13
T
Cheslin Kolbe Conversion
29'10-13
↔
Pierich SiebertTevita Tatafu Replacement
29'10-13
↔
Pierich SiebertTevita Tatafu Replacement
E
Waisake Raratubua Try
32'15-13
33'15-13
↔
Yukio MorikawaKenta Kobayashi Replacement
T
Lee Seung Sin Conversion
33'17-13
33'17-13
↔
Yukio MorikawaKenta Kobayashi Replacement
35'17-16
P
Cheslin Kolbe Penalty
E
Ardie Savea Try
39'22-16
T
Lee Seung Sin Conversion
40'24-16
2nd half 45 - 7
E
Itsuki Kamimura Try
43'29-16
46'29-16
↔
Sam CaneSean McMahon Replacement
46'29-16
↔
Sam CaneSean McMahon Replacement
E
Lee Seung Sin Try
47'34-16
T
Lee Seung Sin Conversion
48'36-16
53'36-16
↔
Kenta FukudaYutaka Nagare Replacement
E
Gerard Cowley-Tuioti Try
53'41-16
53'41-16
↔
Kienori GoKosuke Horikoshi Replacement
53'41-16
↔
Kenta FukudaYutaka Nagare Replacement
T
Lee Seung Sin Conversion
54'43-16
57'43-16
↔
Kan NakanoShuhei Takeuchi Replacement
57'43-16
↔
Kan NakanoShuhei Takeuchi Replacement
↔
Takayuki WatanabeAsh Dixon Replacement
58'43-16
↔
Kenta MatsuokaShigure Takao Replacement
58'43-16
↔
Sho MaedaAsh Dixon Replacement
58'43-16
↔
Takayuki WatanabeHiroshi Yamashita Replacement
58'43-16
↔
Solomone FunakiWaisake Raratubua Replacement
58'43-16
62'43-16
↔
Mikiya TakamotoRyoto Nakamura Replacement
62'43-16
↔
Mikiya TakamotoRyoto Nakamura Replacement
↔
Michael LittleBryn Gatland Replacement
65'43-16
65'43-16
↔
Ryuga HashimotoPierich Siebert Replacement
↔
Bryn GatlandLee Seung Sin Replacement
65'43-16
↔
Michael LittleTali Ioasa Replacement
65'43-16
65'43-16
↔
Ryuga Hashimoto Replacement
↔
Daiki NakajimaItsuki Kamimura Replacement
66'43-16
↔
Daiki NakajimaItsuki Kamimura Replacement
66'43-16
67'43-16
J
Sam Cane Yellow card
E
Ardie Savea Try
68'48-16
↔
Naohiro KotakiBrodie Retallick Replacement
69'48-16
T
Bryn Gatland Conversion
69'50-16
↔
Naohiro KotakiBrodie Retallick Replacement
69'50-16
E
Inoke Burua Try
73'55-16
T
Bryn Gatland Conversion
74'57-16
E
Solomone Funaki Try
77'62-16
T
Bryn Gatland Conversion
79'64-16
E
Solomone Funaki Try
79'69-16
79'69-21
E
Shogo Nakano Try
79'69-23
T
Cheslin Kolbe Conversion

Match stats

Kobelco Kobe Steelers Tokyo Sungoliath
69
Points scored
23
11
Tries
2
-
Possession (%)
-
Kobelco Kobe Steelers Tokyo Sungoliath
11
Tries
2
-
Carries
-
-
Metres gained
-
-
Line breaks
-
-
Defenders beaten
-
-
Offloads
-
Kobelco Kobe Steelers Tokyo Sungoliath
-
Tackles made
-
-
% de plaquage
-
-
Tackles missed
-
-
Turnovers won
-
-
Dominant tackles
-
Kobelco Kobe Steelers Tokyo Sungoliath
7
Conversions
2
0
Penalties scored
3
0
Drop goals — none
0
-
Kicks
-
-
Kicking metres
-
-
m / coup de pied
-
-
Box kicks
-
-
50:22
-
Kobelco Kobe Steelers Tokyo Sungoliath
0
Yellow cards
2
0
Orange cards — none
0
0
Red cards — none
0
-
Penalties conceded
-
-
En-avants
-

Statistical comparison match vs season average

Indicator
Kobelco Kobe Steelers
18 matches played
Tokyo Sungoliath
19 matches played
Competition
114 matches played
Points scored
69 ▲
avg. 41.7
23 ▼
avg. 35
30.7
Tries
11 ▲
avg. 6.22
2 ▼
avg. 4.84
4.39
First try
6'
avg. 10'54
25'
avg. 19'18
18'54
Penalties scored
0 ▼
avg. 0.44
3 ▲
avg. 1.42
0.8
Yellow cards
0 ▼
avg. 0.94
2 ▲
avg. 0.53
0.61
% wins
89%
53%
—
% vic. domicile
78%
60%
53%
% vic. extérieur
100%
44%
47%

Line-ups

Top scorer
LSS
Lee Seung Sin
1 try · 4 attempts
13 pts
Kobelco Kobe Steelers
1 Shigure Takao 58'
2 Ash Dixon 58'
3 Hiroshi Yamashita 58'
4 Brodie Retallick 69'
5 Gerard Cowley-Tuioti E 53'
6 Tiennan Costley
7 Ardie Savea E 39'E 68'
8 Waisake Raratubua E 32'58'
9 Itsuki Kamimura E 43'66'
10 Lee Seung Sin T 33'T 40'E 47'T 48'T 54'65'
11 Inoke Burua E 73'
12 Tali Ioasa 65'
13 Anton Lienert-Brown
14 Kazuma Ueda E 6'
15 Shunshuke Uenobo E 21'
Replacements
16 Kenta Matsuoka 58'
17 Sho Maeda 58'
18 Takayuki Watanabe 58'
19 Naohiro Kotaki 69'
20 Solomone Funaki E 77'E 79'58'
21 Daiki Nakajima 66'
22 Bryn Gatland T 69'T 74'T 79'65'
23 Michael Little 65'
Top scorer
CK
Cheslin Kolbe
5 attempts
13 pts
Tokyo Sungoliath
1 Kenta Kobayashi 33'
2 Kosuke Horikoshi 53'
3 Shuhei Takeuchi 57'
4 George Hammond E 25'
5 Harrison Hockings
6 Kanji Shimokawa
7 Sean McMahon 46'
8 Tevita Tatafu 29'
9 Yutaka Nagare 53'
10 Kaleb Trask
11 Taiga Ozaki
12 Ryoto Nakamura 62'
13 Shogo Nakano E 79'
14 Cheslin Kolbe P 9'P 18'T 26'P 35'T 79'
15 Kotaro Matsushima CJ 20'
Replacements
16 Kienori Go 53'
17 Yukio Morikawa 33'
18 Kan Nakano 57'
19 Ryuga Hashimoto 65'
20 Sam Cane CJ 67'46'
21 Pierich Siebert 29'
22 Kenta Fukuda 53'
23 Mikiya Takamoto 62'

Stats by player

Kobelco Kobe Steelers
7
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
10
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
20
22'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
10
Points
22'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
5
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
8
58'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
58'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
9
66'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
66'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
10
65'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
65'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
11
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
58'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
58'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
2
58'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
58'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
3
58'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
58'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
4
69'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
69'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
6
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
12
65'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
65'
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
22'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
22'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
17
22'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
22'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
18
22'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
22'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
19
11'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
11'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
21
14'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
14'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
22
15'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
15'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
23
15'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
15'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
Tokyo Sungoliath
4
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
13
80'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
5
Points
80'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
1
33'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
33'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
2
53'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
53'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
3
57'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
57'
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
7
46'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
46'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
8
29'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
29'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
9
53'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
53'
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
62'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
62'
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
27'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
27'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
17
47'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
47'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
18
23'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
23'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
19
15'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
15'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
20
34'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
34'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
21
51'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
51'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
22
27'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
27'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
23
18'
General 🔒 Attack 🔒 Defence 🔒 Kicking 🔒 Discipline
0
Points
18'
Minutes
0
🟡 Yellow
0
🟠 Orange
0
🔴 Red
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