SAGAMIHARA, Kanagawa Prefecture ¨C An early four-try blitz and a late go-ahead try were not enough for the Sagamihara Dynaboars as the Tokyo Sungoliath snatched a late 36-34 win Saturday in Japan Rugby League One.

The Sungoliath, who came back late to beat Shizuoka BlueRevs a week earlier, repeated the trick for their fifth win from six games, leaving the Dynaboars wondering how they failed to secure their third victory.

The Dynaboars led after five minutes when wing Kento Nakai fended off numerous challenges and Joichiro Iwashita picked the ball up to release scrumhalf Kota Iwamura down the left to score.

The second arrived four minutes later down the same side as flyhalf James Grayson¡¯s diagonal punt was caught nicely by Jackson Hemopo, and the home team immediately added another after flanker Koki Sato wriggled his way past three tackles and ran in.

The dream start continued as fullback Matt Vaega touched down after he stole a Sungoliath pass inside his own 22 and sprinted the rest of the way. Grayson nailed his third conversion from four attempts before kicking a penalty from near the halfway line for a 29-0 lead after just 22 minutes.

The Sungoliath finally scored with their first real attacking spell in the 29th minute as Trevor Hosea squeezed in a try before another sustained period of pressure saw wing Seiya Ozaki go over down the right four minutes to the break, when they trailed 29-14.

The visiting team continued to press as New Zealand¡¯s World Cup captain Sam Cane found a gap to score in the 48th minute, before a penalty cut the deficit to five points.

Japan scrumhalf Yutaka Nagare, a halftime substitute, stole a stray ball near the try line to level the scores. Flyhalf Mikiya Takamoto¡¯s 64th-minute conversion, his third, gave the visitors their first lead.

The Dynaboars were not done, however, as they strung together more than 10 phases before Grayson fed Iwashita to his left for a try and a 34-31 lead with seven minutes to go.

But there was another late twist when the Dynaboars lost a horrific lineout deep inside their own 22. The Sungoliath then launched 20-plus phases before Japan center Shogo Nakano dove in down the right to snatch a dramatic win.

Leaders Saitama Wild Knights made it six wins out of six after battering the winless Mie Heat 70-12 in the weekend¡¯s only other first-division game.