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Honda vs Kubota Spears Predictions - Kubota Spears to add more misery upon Honda

Brad Newcomb

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Last updated: 09 Jan 2026

Brad Newcomb 09 Jan 2026

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Kubota Spears have defeated Honda eight consecutive times.
Honda remains winless this season in Japan Rugby League One.
Kubota Spears are favoured to cover the -12.5 handicap.

Kubota Spears are on a lenghty winnin streak against Honda (Getty Images)

Honda have a poor record against the Kubota Spears, and they are winless in this edition of the Japan Rugby League One. The Kubota Spears have been in excellent form this season.

Kubota Spears have won 6 of their last 7 fixtures.
Kubota Spears have won 5 of their last 6 away games.
Kubota Spears have defeated Honda 8 consecutive times.
Honda have lost 3 consecutive fixtures.
Honda have lost 4 of their last 5 home matches.
Honda have lost 4 in a row at home to Kubota Spears.

Head to Head

The Kubota Spears have a commanding lead of nine victories to one against Honda in ten meetings.

Honda Form

Honda fell short against the Black Rams in their last match before a break in the Japan Rugby League One, losing 32-28 away from home.

Before that result, Honda started their season with a 44-33 loss to Toyota Verblitz and a 28-23 defeat against Kobe Steel.

Honda will have more questions than answers coming into their clash with the Kubota Spears, having failed to win a match this campaign. Additionally, they have lost four in a row against their opponents at home.

Kubota Spears Form

Kubota Spears crushed Tokyo Sungoliath 79-20 at home in their final game before a break in the Japan Rugby League One.

Before that emphatic victory, the Kubota Spears defeated Kobe Steel 33-28 in their season opener and thumped the Black Rams 50-28.

Kubota Spears will fancy their chances to register their fourth straight win of the season when they travel to take on a Honda side they have defeated eight times in a row.

Team News

Honda

Captain Pablo Matera was disappointed with his side's recent performance against the Black Rams: "We believe we are capable of much more than the performance we showed today, so we didn't play our best game. We didn't show what we are capable of. We couldn't take advantage of some of our chances, so we need to reflect on that and move on to the next game."

Kubota Spears

Captain Maxi Faurua was pleased with his team's victory against Tokyo Sungoliath: "I'm very happy that we were able to win. It was our last match of the year, and we've been preparing really well as a team this week. We knew our opponents were strong, so I think it's very positive that we were able to show what we've prepared for today.

We sent out the message that our opponents wouldn't let us win easily, and we made sure to take the initiative and focus on the start. We got off to a good start and continued to play well, so I think that was good."