A deserving Japan reaches first Rugby World Cup quarterfinal

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Against all odds, Japan finished unbeaten to top Pool A and earn a shot at South Africa next week.

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And it has form against the two-time champion, after producing the so-called Miracle of Brighton to upset the Springboks in 2015.

After a stirring comeback, Scotland missed the quarterfinals for only the second time and will go home with its streak of seven wins over Japan ending in a narrow defeat. The result meant Ireland placed second in the group and will play the defending champion All Blacks next week. It was Scotland that ended Japan's hopes of a quarterfinal run four years ago. And the Scots rallied from a 31-0 deficit to draw with England in the Six Nations this year, so there was no counting them out. The Scots threatened legal action if they didn't get the chance to play the game, so they had to back that up with a performance.

A jinking run from Matsushima was the spark for Japan's second try, with prop Keita Inagaki diving over. Yu Tamura missed another penalty attempt from near the right touchline, but again it resulted in a try another minute later. That's when Scotland threw caution to the wind. Two tries in six minutes to front-rowers Willem Nel and Zander Fagerson narrowed the gap to seven points and set up a tension-filled last 25 minutes.

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Lol....are any of them from Japan or all just hired guns?

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