Hosts Japan to face the Springboks in the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals

Jamie Joseph’s team on Sunday invoked the spirit of a nation unbowed by the devilish destruction left in the wake of super typhoon Hagibis to cement their place in the quarterfinals of the Rugby World Cup .

In fact‚ if this match was never played‚ the spectre under which the bulk of the build-up occurred‚ it would have robbed the world of sport of a glorious spectacle.The Springboks had the measure in a RWC warm-up match‚ winning 41-7 in Saitama two weeks before the start of the tournament‚ but the beast they are likely to run into in the nation’s capital are very different.

Scotland were at times swept aside by a team that came at them at 100 miles an hour but it is to their credit that they came back to return the game to the realm of contest in the final quarter.Earlier on in Sunday’s clash Japan’s passing game was utterly mesmeric. They ran onto the ball at speed‚ offloading before firm contact was made thus cleverly and deftly shifting the point of attack.

Wings Keita Inagaki and Kenki Fukuoka proved influential again but at the heart of the battle hooker Shota Hori and inspirational captain Michael Leitch toiled long and hard.

lets wait for second round guys for all blacks we will show them the number

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