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Yokohama Canon Eagles sent Steve Hansen’s Toyota Verblitz to the bottom of the table following a 20-14 defeat.
Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo face off against Kubota Spears in Japan Rugby League One Round 4 on Sat 6th January 2024 at Todoroki Sports Park . Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 05:30. In South Africa it’s at 07:30 SAST, 18:30 NZST in New Zealand, 16:30 AEST in Australia and 21:30 EST in the US.
Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo won the last encounter but both teams are in the same form for their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by just 3 places in the league table with Kubota Spears in 1st and Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo in 4th underlining just how tight this match could be.
The official squads for Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo vs Kubota Spears will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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Gerhard van den Heever has kicked a conversion.
Liam Williams scores the try from close range.
Richie Mo'unga (Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo) is shown a yellow card
The Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo supporters go wild as Richie Mo'unga successfully kicks the conversion.
Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Masaki Hamada touching down.
Gerhard van den Heever does the business as their penalty goal attempt goes over.
Gerhard van den Heever has kicked a penalty goal.
The Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo supporters go wild as Richie Mo'unga successfully kicks the penalty goal.
Richie Mo'unga makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
Silky skills by Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo ends with a try for Takuro Matsunaga.
Richie Mo'unga makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
The pressure has finally told as Yuhei Sugiyama scores from close range.
Gerhard van den Heever converts the try.
Dane Coles scores the try from close range.