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Yokohama Canon Eagles face off against Saitama Wild Knights in Japan Rugby League One Round 5 on Fri 16th January 2026 at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 03:00 and is broadcast on Premier Sports. In South Africa it’s at 05:00 SAST on SuperSport, 16:00 NZST in New Zealand, 14:00 AEST in Australia and 19:00 EST on Flo Rugby in the US.
Saitama Wild Knights won the last encounter but Saitama Wild Knights are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by just 5 places in the league table with Saitama Wild Knights in 1st and Yokohama Canon Eagles in 6th underlining just how tight this match could be.
The official squads for Yokohama Canon Eagles vs Saitama Wild Knights 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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Kyohei Yamasawa has kicked a conversion.
Kenji Sato goes on their own for a try.
Kyohei Yamasawa has kicked a conversion.
A series of passes by Saitama Wild Knights results in a try for Damian de Allende
The Saitama Wild Knights supporters go wild as Takuya Yamasawa successfully kicks the conversion.
A series of passes by Saitama Wild Knights results in a try for Koki Takeyama
The Yokohama Canon Eagles supporters go wild as Yuragi Muto successfully kicks the conversion.
Yokohama Canon Eagles are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Asahi Doei touching down.
Slick passing by Saitama Wild Knights leads to a try for Koki Takeyama.
Yu Tamura (Yokohama Canon Eagles) is shown a yellow card
Takuya Yamasawa kicks the penalty.
Takato Okabe (Yokohama Canon Eagles) is shown a yellow card
Yuto Mori does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.
The pressure has finally told as Shunta Nakamura scores from close range.
Yuto Mori makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
A wonderful passing move by Yokohama Canon Eagles is finished off by Yuto Mori
Takuya Yamasawa converts the try.
A wonderful passing move by Saitama Wild Knights is finished off by Jack Cornelsen
Takuya Yamasawa converts the try.
Atsushi Sakate scores the try from close range.
Koki Takeyama has kicked a conversion.
Great hands by Saitama Wild Knights leads to a try for Jack Cornelsen