2025 Rugby Tournament: National Amateurs vs Daigas Strugglers Report

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2025 National Adult Rugby Football Tournament Third Place Match
January 24th (Saturday) New Nippon Gas Ball Game Meadow

game Chubu Electric Power Daigas Struggers
first half 10 21
second half 17 17
total 27 38


Participating members

position player position player position player
1 Bunichi Mayama 9 Kenta Nishikawa 17 Yu Honma
2 Ryohei Kii 10 Kanata Tsuda 18 Tenra Suzuki
3 Yangtze River Youyou 11 Katsuki Tsuruta 19 Kento Sato
4 Tebeita Gensuke 12 Masanori Inoue 20 Masato Hongo
5 Yosuke Kuwata 13 Ryousei Fujimoto 21 Masaki Matsuyama
6 Totaro Okudaira 14 Hiroshi Nonoyama 22 Shigeki Nagano
7 Yasuo Suzuki 15 Tsukasa Tanigawa 23 Kaito Nakamura
8 Yuta Kito 16 Six cars Gao Ning


Player substitution/replacement

time player
27 minutes in the first half 3 Yusuke Nagae → 17 Yu Honma
17 minutes in the second half 1 Bunichi Mayama → 16 Rokusha Goning
17 minutes in the second half 8 Yuta Kito → 20 Masato Hongo
17 minutes in the second half 14 Hiroshi Nonoyama → 23 Kaito Nakamura
17 minutes in the second half 17 Yu Honma → 18 Tenra Suzuki
26 minutes in the second half 7 Yasuo Suzuki → 19 Kento Sato
26 minutes in the second half 9 Kenta Nishikawa → 21 Masaki Matsuyama
26 minutes in the second half 12 Regular Inoue → 22 Shigeki Nagano


The 3rd place match for the 2025 National Adult Rugby Football Tournament (hereinafter referred to as the National Adult Rugby Football Tournament) was held under cloudy winter skies at New Nippon Gas Ball Game Meadow against Daigas Struggers (hereinafter referred to as Daigas).
Chubu Electric Power worked as a team to win this season’s final match.

The match started with Chubu Electric Power’s kickoff.
In the 6th minute of the first half, SO Tsuda aimed for a penalty goal due to a foul by Ogas and was successful.
Chubu Electric Power takes the lead.
After that, Chubu Electric Power responded to Ogas’ energetic attack, and the match progressed in Ogas’ space.
Ogas scored three consecutive tries in the 14th, 23rd, and 27th minutes of the first half.
Chubu Electric Power finally started to gain some momentum towards the end of the first half.
Then, in the 40th minute of the first half, there was a turnover on the lineout of the big gas ball around 22 meters from the big gas team, and in the end, PR Mayama jumped in for a try.
After that, there was a back-and-forth battle, and the first half ended.
The score in the first half was Chubu Electric Power 10-21, with Ogas in the lead.

Unable to let things go like this, Chubu Electric Power came together at halftime to focus on what they needed to do as a team to turn the game around in the second half.
In the second half, Chubu Electric Power wanted to score first, but they were unable to stop the momentum of Ogas.
10 minutes into the second half, Ogas got a try and widened the point difference.
In the 15th minute of the second half, Ogas was able to score a penalty goal due to his own foul.
After that, there will be a period when Chubu Electric Power will attack.
18 minutes into the second half, a kick pass from SO Tsuda to FB Tanigawa was perfectly executed for a try.
In the 21st minute of the second half, they launched a series of attacks from the lineout around 22m from the Big Gas line, and in the end, LO Terakita broke through and tried.
In the 25th minute of the second half, SO Tsuda scored a penalty goal after a foul near the halfway line, and with one more try they were close enough to turn the game around.
While they were in the mood to catch up, their own foul caused the momentum to shift towards the big gas.
In the 39th minute of the second half, a try was taken away by Ogas and all was lost.
After that, Ogas kept the ball and finally kicked it outside to the side.
The final score was Chubu Electric Power 27-38, a victory for Taigas and Taigas.

Kii HC announced the MOM for this match, and SO Tsuda, who led the team with his brilliant kicks, was selected.

The season ended without a victory in the final match.
Thank you very much for your support this season.
Next season, we will work hard as a team to overcome this season’s challenges and show that we have grown, so we appreciate your continued support.

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