Spears turn up the heat on new boys Mie

JAPAN RUGBY
By BEN JAYCOCK 

Reigning champions Kubota Spears steamrolled past Division 1 newcomers Mie Heat 75-0 to secure their first win of the season in Japan Rugby League One.
Bernard Foley kicked 20 points and scored a try as the Spears outclassed the home team at Suzuka Sports Garden, bouncing back from their 52-26 defeat to Tokyo Sungoliath last weekend.
South African lock JD Schickering opened the scoring with a six-minute try before Pieter Labuschagne and Opeti Helu crossed by the half-hour mark.
Full-back Gerhard van den Heever skipped past several defenders to run in from halfwa...

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