• Japan beat South Africa 34-32 in possibly the biggest upset in rugby history
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[QUOTE]Japan pulled off one of the sporting shocks of Rugby World Cup history on Saturday after coming from behind to beat South Africa. The underdogs, trailing 32-29 with just minutes remaining, turned down two penalty opportunities for a draw. And they were duly rewarded when Karne Hesketh went over in the corner to give Japan an historic win at the Amex Stadium in Brighton.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/japan-beat-south-africa-rugby-6477814[/url] [url]http://ewn.co.za/2015/09/19/Rugby-world-cup-Japan-beat-Springboks[/url] Woops.
Everybody here is going mental for Japan now. It was a well deserved victory.
[QUOTE=Mabus;48719185]Everybody here is going mental for Japan now. It was a well deserved victory.[/QUOTE] They played their hearts out and we played the exact same game of rugby we have been playing for the past like 50 years. Hit us exactly where it hurt and it got them the win, honestly started supporting them near the 70th minute
well after the soccer game they need a win
good win on Japan's part imo, deserved win
Is Rugby a big thing in Oceanic Asia? I thought it was more of a British Commonwealth/Colonies thing.
everybody roots for a good underdog
Fuckin' A, Japan. [QUOTE=Jund;48722436]everybody roots for a good underdog[/QUOTE] Just like some folks were rooting for the US in the Soccer World Cup!
[QUOTE=Lone Wolf807;48722251]Is Rugby a big thing in Oceanic Asia? I thought it was more of a British Commonwealth/Colonies thing.[/QUOTE] It is in Japan, same with baseball.
"an historic" I know it's grammatically correct but reading it in my head fucking bothers me so god damned bloody much
New Zealand vs Japan final... I can just picture it now. :D
[QUOTE=The Commander;48723800]New Zealand vs Japan final... I can just picture it now. :D[/QUOTE] that's very optimistic [editline]20th September 2015[/editline] this is japan's second rugby world cup win lol
Gee, I knew it was a thing here but I didn't think it was this popular :v: If anything I thought it's baseball and maybe football/soccer.
[QUOTE=Xious;48719508]good win on Japan's part imo, deserved win[/QUOTE] more than good. they defeated arguably the best forward pack in the game. and scored the winning try off a scrum when they could've gone for the kick and drawn. goddamn balls of steel.
[QUOTE=.Lain;48724312]that's very optimistic [editline]20th September 2015[/editline] this is japan's second rugby world cup win lol[/QUOTE] It was sarcasm... I see the final being All Blacks vs France, Ireland or possibly England. I can't call a winner yet, but of course I will say we will retain the cup.
i'm putting mine down on ireland.
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