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Kobelco Kobe Steelers vs Mie Honda Heat · Japan Rugby League One

Japan Rugby League One · 2026-27Full time
Kobelco Kobe Steelers
24–19
Mie Honda Heat

Match report

Kobelco Kobe Steelers beat Mie Honda Heat 24-19 at Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe in round 17 of the Japan Rugby League One on Saturday, 2 May 2026.

That makes it five wins in a row for Kobelco Kobe Steelers. Mie Honda Heat have now lost three in a row.

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

Head to head

5
Kobelco Kobe Steelers wins (100%)
0
Draws (0%)
0
Mie Honda Heat wins (0%)

Last 5 meetings, since December 2023

Biggest Kobelco Kobe Steelers win
80–15
9 Dec 2023

Last 5 meetings

  • 2 May 2026Kobelco Kobe Steelers24–19Mie Honda Heat
  • 21 Dec 2025Mie Honda Heat23–28Kobelco Kobe Steelers
  • 15 Mar 2025Kobelco Kobe Steelers47–5Mie Honda Heat
  • 4 May 2024Mie Honda Heat31–33Kobelco Kobe Steelers
  • 9 Dec 2023Kobelco Kobe Steelers80–15Mie Honda Heat

Lineups

Avg. age
28.7
Avg. age
29.5

Kobelco Kobe Steelers

  1. 1Shigure Takao(30)
  2. 2Takuya Kitade(34)
  3. 3Takayuki Watanabe(32)
  4. 4Brodie Retallick(35)
  5. 5Gerard Cowley-Tuioti(34)
  6. 6Tiennan Costley(26)
  7. 7Takara Imamura(29)
  8. 8Waisake Raratabu(28)
  9. 9Itsuki Kamimura(23)
  10. 10Bryn Gatland(31)
  11. 11Inoke Burua(27)
  12. 12Tali Ioasa(21)
  13. 13Anton Lienert-Brown(31)
  14. 14Kanta Matsunaga(27)
  15. 15Shunsuke Uenobou(23)
Replacements
  1. 16Kenta Matsuoka(29)
  2. 17Sho Maeda(27)
  3. 18Jiwon Gu(32)
  4. 19Takuma Motohashi(24)
  5. 20Solomone Funaki(24)
  6. 21Daiki Nakajima(30)
  7. 22Michael Little(33)
  8. 23Kazuma Ueda(23)

Mie Honda Heat

  1. 1Tatsuhiko Tsurukawa(31)
  2. 2Tevita Ikanivere(27)
  3. 3Matthys Basson(31)
  4. 4Ryoma Nishimura(30)
  5. 5Trevor Hosea(26)
  6. 6Kapa Waimana(28)
  7. 7Pablo Matera(33)
  8. 8Aseri Masivou(29)
  9. 9Takuro Hojo(25)
  10. 10Riku Kitahara(27)
  11. 11Tevita Li(31)
  12. 12Fraser Quirk(28)
  13. 13Dawid Kellerman(26)
  14. 14Rakuhei Yamashita(34)
  15. 15Lemeki Lomano Lava(37)
Replacements
  1. 16Koki Hida(26)
  2. 17Kazuki Ban(29)
  3. 18Feinga Fakai(29)
  4. 19Mark Abbott(36)
  5. 20Jan Hendrik Swanepoel(27)
  6. 21Azuma Doei(28)
  7. 22Johnny Faauli(31)
  8. 23Talifolofola Tangipa(30)