- Jan 21, 2013
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Phew what a great game! Fair play to Japan. As the presenter on ITV said, they're not just a plucky underdog grinding out results by frustrating the opposition, they're beating teams well by playing the game in a really entertaining way. A huge result for the country and also a huge result for the game of rugby IMO. More good teams around the world can only be a good thing. I think beating the Springboks is a tall order but never say never. Let's not forget what an arguably worse Japan side did at the last WC
It was definitely a worse Japan side but as Ray said it was a much worse SA side.
I think you’ve got to put Japan into the Rugby Championship now.