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Toyota Verblitz vs Kobelco Kobe Steelers · Japan Rugby League One

Japan Rugby League One · 2026-27Full time
Toyota Verblitz
24–38
Kobelco Kobe Steelers

Match report

Kobelco Kobe Steelers beat Toyota Verblitz 38-24 away from home at Toyota Stadium, Toyota in round 15 of the Japan Rugby League One on Saturday, 18 April 2026.

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

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

Head to head

2
Toyota Verblitz wins (33%)
0
Draws (0%)
4
Kobelco Kobe Steelers wins (67%)

Last 6 meetings, since February 2022

Biggest Toyota Verblitz win
21–0
19 Feb 2022
Biggest Kobelco Kobe Steelers win
63–21
22 Feb 2025

Last 5 meetings

  • 18 Apr 2026Toyota Verblitz24–38Kobelco Kobe Steelers
  • 27 Dec 2025Kobelco Kobe Steelers49–29Toyota Verblitz
  • 22 Feb 2025Kobelco Kobe Steelers63–21Toyota Verblitz
  • 3 Mar 2024Kobelco Kobe Steelers57–22Toyota Verblitz
  • 28 Jan 2023Kobelco Kobe Steelers21–38Toyota Verblitz

Lineups

Avg. age
28.7
Avg. age
29.1

Toyota Verblitz

  1. 1Shogo Miura(31)
  2. 2Yoshikatsu Hikosaka(35)
  3. 3Taufa Latu(28)
  4. 4Josh Dickson(31)
  5. 5Lourens Erasmus(33)
  6. 6Rorohea Hingano(23)
  7. 7Kosei Miki(24)
  8. 8Keito Aoki(24)
  9. 9Kaito Shigeno(35)
  10. 10Rikiya Matsuda(32)
  11. 11Mark Tele'a(29)
  12. 12Aidan Morgan(25)
  13. 13Siosaia Fifita(27)
  14. 14Taichi Takahashi(30)
  15. 15Shinya Komura(24)
Replacements
  1. 16Ryusei Kato(29)
  2. 17Hanjiro Hirai(23)
  3. 18Hamdahn Tuipulotu(26)
  4. 19Ryusei Koike(26)
  5. 20Issa Yamakawa(26)
  6. 21Aaron Smith(37)
  7. 22Nicholas McCurran(30)
  8. 23Yuichiro Wada(27)

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. 7Willie Potgieter(24)
  8. 8Ardie Savea(33)
  9. 9Itsuki Kamimura(23)
  10. 10Seung-Sin Lee(25)
  11. 11Inoke Burua(27)
  12. 12Timothy Lafaele(35)
  13. 13Tali Ioasa(21)
  14. 14Kazuma Ueda(23)
  15. 15Shunsuke Uenobou(23)
Replacements
  1. 16Takuya Kitade(34)
  2. 17Sho Maeda(27)
  3. 18Takayuki Watanabe(32)
  4. 19Waisake Raratabu(28)
  5. 20Solomone Funaki(24)
  6. 21Daiki Nakajima(30)
  7. 22Daisuke Ito(25)
  8. 23Michael Little(33)