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Two-time Rugby World Cup winner Malcolm Marx produced some playmaking magic to set up veteran Wallabies fly-half Bernard Foley.
Mie Honda Heat face off against Yokohama Canon Eagles in Japan Rugby League One Round 8 on Fri 1st March 2024 at Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 10:00. In South Africa it’s at 12:00 SAST, 23:00 NZST in New Zealand, 21:00 AEST in Australia and 02:00 EST in the US.
Mie Honda Heat 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 4 places in the league table with Yokohama Canon Eagles in 2nd and Mie Honda Heat in 6th underlining just how tight this match could be.
The official squads for Mie Honda Heat vs Yokohama Canon Eagles 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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Hiroaki Shirahama (Mie Honda Heat) is shown a yellow card
Gwante O has kicked a conversion.
Nobody could stop that maul! Hiroaki Shirahama places the ball down for the try.
Jumpei Ogura has kicked a conversion.
Nobody could stop that maul! Yusuke Niwai places the ball down for the try.
The Mie Honda Heat supporters go wild as Gwante O successfully kicks the conversion.
Mie Honda Heat are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Franco Mostert touching down.
The Yokohama Canon Eagles pack has powered over for Sione Halasili to score the try.
The touch judges raise their flags as Gwante O kicks the conversion.
Slick passing by Mie Honda Heat leads to a try for Soki Watanabe.
Slick passing by Yokohama Canon Eagles leads to a try for Viliame Takayawa.
Yu Tamura adds the two points for Yokohama Canon Eagles.
Incisive passing by Yokohama Canon Eagles is finished off by Masayoshi Takezawa, as they goes over for the try.
Ryota Kobayashi (Mie Honda Heat) is shown a yellow card
Naoto Shimada gathers the kick to score the try for Yokohama Canon Eagles.
Yu Tamura converts the try.
Yokohama Canon Eagles are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Max Douglas picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.
Yu Tamura has kicked a conversion.
A stunning solo try from Max Douglas