Kobelco Kobe Steelers vs Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay · Japan Rugby League One
Japan Rugby League One · 2025-26Full time
22–13
Match report
Kobelco Kobe Steelers beat Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay 22-13 at Japan National Stadium, Tokyo in the final of the Japan Rugby League One on Sunday, 7 June 2026.
That makes it two wins in a row for Kobelco Kobe Steelers. Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay have now lost two in a row.
Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.
Head to head
3
Kobelco Kobe Steelers wins (30%)
0
Draws (0%)
7
Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay wins (70%)
Last 10 meetings, since January 2022
Biggest Kobelco Kobe Steelers win
22–13
7 Jun 2026
Biggest Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay win
39–29
21 Apr 2024
Last 5 meetings
- 7 Jun 2026 · Top LeagueKobelco Kobe Steelers22Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay137 Jun 2026Kobelco Kobe Steelers22–13Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo BayTop League
- 10 May 2026 · Top LeagueKubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay19Kobelco Kobe Steelers2410 May 2026Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay19–24Kobelco Kobe SteelersTop League
- 13 Dec 2025 · Top LeagueKobelco Kobe Steelers28Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay3313 Dec 2025Kobelco Kobe Steelers28–33Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo BayTop League
- 15 Feb 2025 · Top LeagueKubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay25Kobelco Kobe Steelers2015 Feb 2025Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay25–20Kobelco Kobe SteelersTop League
- 21 Apr 2024 · Top LeagueKubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay39Kobelco Kobe Steelers2921 Apr 2024Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay39–29Kobelco Kobe SteelersTop League
Lineups
Avg. age
29.1
Avg. age
28.5
Kobelco Kobe Steelers
- 1Shigure Takao(30)
- 2Ash Dixon(38)
- 3Hiroshi Yamashita(40)
- 4Brodie Retallick(35)
- 5Gerard Cowley-Tuioti(34)
- 6Tiennan Costley(26)
- 7Ardie Savea(33)
- 8Waisake Raratabu(28)
- 9Itsuki Kamimura(23)
- 10Seung-Sin Lee(25)
- 11Inoke Burua(27)
- 12Tali Ioasa(21)
- 13Anton Lienert-Brown(31)
- 14Kazuma Ueda(23)
- 15Shunsuke Uenobou(23)
Replacements
- 16Kenta Matsuoka(29)
- 17Sho Maeda(27)
- 18Jiwon Gu(32)
- 19Naohiro Kotaki(34)
- 20Solomone Funaki(24)
- 21Daiki Nakajima(30)
- 22Bryn Gatland(31)
- 23Michael Little(33)
Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay
- 1Yota Kamimori(27)
- 2Hayate Era(25)
- 3Keijiro Tamefusa(25)
- 4Merwe Olivier(24)
- 5David Bulbring(37)
- 6Akira Ieremia(24)
- 7Takeo Suenaga(32)
- 8Faulua Makisi(29)
- 9Ippei Okada(32)
- 10Bernard Foley(37)
- 11Haruto Kida(27)
- 12Yuya Hirose(25)
- 13Rikus Pretorius(27)
- 14Koga Nezuka(28)
- 15Shaun Stevenson(29)
Replacements
- 16Rikuto Fukuda(26)
- 17Kazuki Kato(31)
- 18Opeti Helu(28)
- 19David Van Zeeland(26)
- 20Pieter Labuschagne(37)
- 21Bryn Hall(34)
- 22Atsushi Oshikawa(27)
- 23Halatoa Vailea(27)