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Saitama Wild Knights
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24 - 28
Full Time
Kubota Spears
Kubota Spears

Kubota Spears vs Saitama Wild Knights

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Live Updates

The 80 minutes is up! The referee has blown their whistle to end the second half.

80'
Penalty Goal

Halatoa Vailea kicks the penalty.

77'

Saitama Wild Knights decide to make a substitution, with Ryuji Noguchi getting some game time.

71'

Saitama Wild Knights decide to make a substitution, with Koki Takeyama being replaced.

71'

Kubota Spears decide to make a substitution, with Hayate Era getting some game time.

70'

Kubota Spears decide to make a substitution, with Malcolm Marx being replaced.

70'

A gap opened in the defence and Malcolm Marx took full advantage.

70'

Saitama Wild Knights make a substitution with Yuta Takagi coming on.

67'

Saitama Wild Knights make a substitution with Taiki Koyama coming off.

67'

Kubota Spears make a substitution with David Van Zeeland coming on.

67'

Kubota Spears make a substitution with Ruan Botha coming off.

67'

Kubota Spears make a substitution with Hibiki Yamada coming on.

67'

Kubota Spears make a substitution with Koga Nezuka coming off.

67'

Kubota Spears make a substitution with Kota Kaishi coming on.

65'

Kubota Spears make a substitution with Yota Kamimori coming off.

65'

Kubota Spears make a substitution with Bryn Hall coming on.

65'

Kubota Spears make a substitution with Shinobu Fujiwara coming off.

65'

Saitama Wild Knights make a substitution with Kenji Sato coming on.

65'

Saitama Wild Knights make a substitution with Atsushi Sakate coming off.

65'

Saitama Wild Knights sub Itsuki Onishi comes onto the field.

62'

Lood de Jager departs for Saitama Wild Knights.

62'

The touch judges have waved away the attempt by Bernard Foley as they hook it left.

61'

Finau Tupa comes on for Kubota Spears.

59'

Tyler Paul leaves the field.

59'
Conversion

The touch judges raise their flags as Kyohei Yamasawa kicks the conversion.

57'
Try

Kyohei Yamasawa scores! That alone was worth the admission price!!!

56'

What a run here by Kyohei Yamasawa as they get over the gainline!

56'

Taiki Koyama played a key part in that try.

56'

Pieter Labuschagne comes on for Kubota Spears.

55'

Takeo Suenaga leaves the field.

55'

Keijiro Tamefusa comes on for Kubota Spears.

55'

Opeti Helu leaves the field.

55'

Tyler Paul comes on.

51'

Finau Tupa comes off.

51'
Conversion

The touch judges raise their flags as Kyohei Yamasawa kicks the conversion.

51'
Try

Koki Takeyama scores! That alone was worth the admission price!!!

50'
Penalty Goal

Halatoa Vailea makes no mistake with that penalty goal attempt.

47'

Saitama Wild Knights make a substitution with Marika Koroibete coming on.

44'

Saitama Wild Knights make a substitution with Tomoki Osada coming off.

44'

Saitama Wild Knights make a substitution with Esei Haangana coming on.

44'

Saitama Wild Knights make a substitution with Liam Mitchell coming off.

44'

Kubota Spears make a substitution with Finau Tupa coming on.

40'

Kubota Spears make a substitution with Tyler Paul coming off.

40'

Saitama Wild Knights make a substitution with Asaeli Ai Valu coming on.

40'

Saitama Wild Knights make a substitution with Lisala Kisina Finau coming off.

40'

Saitama Wild Knights make a substitution with Craig Millar coming on.

40'

Saitama Wild Knights make a substitution with Keita Inagaki coming off.

40'

The second half kicks off.

40'

The half-time whistle blows and both teams head for the dressing rooms.

41'

Fabulous play by Saitama Wild Knights has led to Taiki Koyama being able to wriggle through a gap.

39'

Fabulous play by Saitama Wild Knights has led to Takuya Yamasawa being able to wriggle through a gap.

34'
Conversion

Bernard Foley does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.

32'
Try

The pressure has finally told as Shinobu Fujiwara scores from close range.

31'

Spellbinding play by Malcolm Marx is finished off with a try.

31'

Trouble here as Rikus Pretorius breaches the defence.

30'
Penalty Goal

The touch judges raise their flags as Bernard Foley kicks the penalty goal.

28'

This is dangerous for the defence as Koki Takeyama bursts through to advance the Saitama Wild Knights attack.

20'
Conversion

Kyohei Yamasawa converts the try.

14'
Try

Jack Cornelsen scores the try from close range.

13'
Conversion

Bernard Foley has kicked a conversion.

9'
Try

A bit of individual brilliance by Shinobu Fujiwara leads to a try for Kubota Spears

8'

A gap opened in the defence and Shinobu Fujiwara took full advantage.

8'
Penalty Goal

Kyohei Yamasawa kicks the penalty.

5'

Bernard Foley has hooked the conversion to the right of the posts.

3'
Try

Kubota Spears are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Malcolm Marx touching down.

2'

David Bulbring sets up the try.

2'

The defensive line has been broken as Harumichi Tatekawa goes through the gap.

0'

We are underway as the referee blows their whistle.

0'
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Match Details

Saitama Wild Knights v Kubota Spears
Japan Rugby League One - Semi Final
Sun 25th May 2025, 12:30am CDT
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium
RugbyPass TV

Points Flow Chart

Kubota Spears win +4
Saitama Wild Knights
Kubota Spears
Saitama Wild Knights
Time in lead
Kubota Spears
0
Mins in lead
80
0%
% Of Game In Lead
99%
24%
Possession Last 10 min
76%
0
Points Last 10 min
3

Key Events

Full Time
Vailea
77'
24 - 28
Yamasawa
24 - 25
57'
Yamasawa
22 - 25
56'
Yamasawa
17 - 25
51'
Takeyama
15 - 25
50'
Vailea
47'
10 - 25
Half Time
Foley
32'
10 - 22
Fujiwara
31'
10 - 20
Foley
28'
10 - 15
Yamasawa
10 - 12
14'
Cornelsen
8 - 12
13'
Foley
9'
3 - 12
Fujiwara
8'
3 - 10
Yamasawa
3 - 5
5'
Marx
2'
0 - 5
Start

22m Entries

Avg. Points Scored
2.4
10
Entries
Avg. Points Scored
3.6
6
Entries

Attack Profile

Saitama Wild Knights
Kubota Spears
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Defence Profile

Saitama Wild Knights
Kubota Spears
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Ruck Speed

0-3 secs
59%
52%
3-6 secs
36%
34%
6+ secs
6%
14%
94
Rucks Won
60

Last 5 Penalties

60'
63'
67'
75'
78'
Saitama Wild Knights
Kubota Spears

Other Fixtures

24 - 28
FT
32 - 25
FT
16 - 12
FT
39 - 24
FT

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