Takuro Matsunaga scored a season-high 24 points, and hooker Mamoru Harada contributed a brace of tries to help Brave Lupus Tokyo overcome a man disadvantage and beat Green Rockets Tokatsu 49-20 in their Japan Rugby League One clash Sunday.
Brave Lupus prop Latu Taufa was shown a red card just nine minutes into the contest at Kashiwanoha Park Stadium, but the hosts showed little hope of capitalizing on their numerical superiority.
Green Rockets briefly held a 20-18 lead on Christian Laui's converted try early in the second half before the tide turned in favor of the visitors.
Flyhalf Matsunaga put his team in front with a try and conversion, and Harada extended their lead to double digits when they mauled over following a lineout near the opposing try line.
Harada notched his brace before Japan stalwart Michael Leitch completed a movement that started inside the visitors' half, making it 44-20 with the extras in the 76th minute. Matsunaga finished the scoring with his third penalty of the afternoon.
In Sunday's other clash, Yokohama Eagles bounced back from a 21-5 halftime deficit to defeat Sagamihara Dynaboars 41-21.
Yu Tamura missed an early conversion but nailed the rest of his kicks for Yokohama, who saw five different try scorers go across in the second half.