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Saitama Wild Knights vs Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay · Japan Rugby League One

Japan Rugby League One · 2026-27Full time
Saitama Wild Knights
24–26
Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay

Match report

Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay beat Saitama Wild Knights 26-24 away from home at Kumagaya Rugby Stadium, Kumagaya in the semi-finals of the Japan Rugby League One on Sunday, 31 May 2026.

That makes it two wins in a row for Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay.

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

Head to head

6
Saitama Wild Knights wins (60%)
1
Draws (10%)
3
Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay wins (30%)

Last 10 meetings, since May 2022

Biggest Saitama Wild Knights win
55–22
22 Mar 2024
Biggest Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay win
28–24
25 May 2025

Last 5 meetings

  • 31 May 2026Saitama Wild Knights24–26Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay
  • 14 Mar 2026Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay30–32Saitama Wild Knights
  • 25 May 2025Saitama Wild Knights24–28Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay
  • 3 May 2025Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay29–29Saitama Wild Knights
  • 28 Dec 2024Saitama Wild Knights26–24Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay

Lineups

Avg. age
31.1
Avg. age
29.5

Saitama Wild Knights

  1. 1Craig Millar(35)
  2. 2Atsushi Sakate(33)
  3. 3Asaeli Ai Valu(37)
  4. 4Liam Mitchell(31)
  5. 5Esei Haangana(27)
  6. 6Ben Gunter(28)
  7. 7Lachlan Boshier(31)
  8. 8Jack Cornelsen(32)
  9. 9Taiki Koyama(31)
  10. 10Takuya Yamasawa(32)
  11. 11Tomoki Osada(26)
  12. 12Damian De Allende(34)
  13. 13Dylan Riley(29)
  14. 14Koki Takeyama(30)
  15. 15Ryuji Noguchi(31)
Replacements
  1. 16Kenji Sato(23)
  2. 17Yusaku Kihara(25)
  3. 18Lisala Kisina Finau(24)
  4. 19Ockie Barnard(25)
  5. 20Juan Wilson(25)
  6. 21Shu Hagihara(25)
  7. 22Maurice Marks(25)
  8. 23Takaya Saito(25)

Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay

  1. 1Yota Kamimori(27)
  2. 2Malcolm Marx(32)
  3. 3Keijiro Tamefusa(25)
  4. 4Akira Ieremia(24)
  5. 5David Bulbring(37)
  6. 6Tyler Paul(31)
  7. 7Takeo Suenaga(32)
  8. 8Faulua Makisi(29)
  9. 9Ippei Okada(32)
  10. 10Bernard Foley(37)
  11. 11Haruto Kida(27)
  12. 12Yuya Hirose(25)
  13. 13Rikus Pretorius(27)
  14. 14Koga Nezuka(28)
  15. 15Shaun Stevenson(29)
Replacements
  1. 16Hayate Era(25)
  2. 17Kazuki Kato(31)
  3. 18Opeti Helu(28)
  4. 19Merwe Olivier(24)
  5. 20Pieter Labuschagne(37)
  6. 21Bryn Hall(34)
  7. 22Atsushi Oshikawa(27)
  8. 23Halatoa Vailea(27)