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Kobelco Kobe Steelers vs Tokyo Sungoliath · Japan Rugby League One

Japan Rugby League One · 2026-27Full time
Kobelco Kobe Steelers
69–23
Tokyo Sungoliath

Match report

Kobelco Kobe Steelers beat Tokyo Sungoliath 69-23 at Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe in the semi-finals of the Japan Rugby League One on Saturday, 30 May 2026.

That makes it seven wins in a row for Kobelco Kobe Steelers.

Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.

Head to head

4
Kobelco Kobe Steelers wins (40%)
0
Draws (0%)
6
Tokyo Sungoliath wins (60%)

Last 10 meetings, since March 2022

Biggest Kobelco Kobe Steelers win
69–23
30 May 2026
Biggest Tokyo Sungoliath win
56–17
4 Mar 2022

Last 5 meetings

  • 30 May 2026Kobelco Kobe Steelers69–23Tokyo Sungoliath
  • 25 Apr 2026Kobelco Kobe Steelers49–28Tokyo Sungoliath
  • 10 Jan 2026Tokyo Sungoliath20–22Kobelco Kobe Steelers
  • 23 Mar 2025Tokyo Sungoliath37–39Kobelco Kobe Steelers
  • 8 Feb 2025Kobelco Kobe Steelers29–31Tokyo Sungoliath

Lineups

Avg. age
29.1
Avg. age
29.8

Kobelco Kobe Steelers

  1. 1Shigure Takao(30)
  2. 2Ash Dixon(38)
  3. 3Hiroshi Yamashita(40)
  4. 4Brodie Retallick(35)
  5. 5Gerard Cowley-Tuioti(34)
  6. 6Tiennan Costley(26)
  7. 7Ardie Savea(33)
  8. 8Waisake Raratabu(28)
  9. 9Itsuki Kamimura(23)
  10. 10Seung-Sin Lee(25)
  11. 11Inoke Burua(27)
  12. 12Tali Ioasa(21)
  13. 13Anton Lienert-Brown(31)
  14. 14Kazuma Ueda(23)
  15. 15Shunsuke Uenobou(23)
Replacements
  1. 16Kenta Matsuoka(29)
  2. 17Sho Maeda(27)
  3. 18Takayuki Watanabe(32)
  4. 19Naohiro Kotaki(34)
  5. 20Solomone Funaki(24)
  6. 21Daiki Nakajima(30)
  7. 22Bryn Gatland(31)
  8. 23Michael Little(33)

Tokyo Sungoliath

  1. 1Kenta Kobayashi(27)
  2. 2Kosuke Horikoshi(31)
  3. 3Syuhei Takeuchi(28)
  4. 4George Hammond(26)
  5. 5Harry Hockings(28)
  6. 6Kanji Shimokawa(27)
  7. 7Sean McMahon(32)
  8. 8Tevita Malaefoou Tatafu(30)
  9. 9Yutaka Nagare(34)
  10. 10Kaleb Trask(27)
  11. 11Taiga Ozaki(28)
  12. 12Ryoto Nakamura(35)
  13. 13Shogo Nakano(29)
  14. 14Cheslin Kolbe(32)
  15. 15Kotaro Matsushima(33)
Replacements
  1. 16Kienori Go(29)
  2. 17Yukio Morikawa(33)
  3. 18Kan Nakano(29)
  4. 19Ryuga Hashimoto(27)
  5. 20Sam Cane(34)
  6. 21Pierich Siebert(25)
  7. 22Kenta Fukuda(29)
  8. 23Mikiya Takamoto(25)