EDITORIAL: Cool heads needed against Japan
Host team’s inspirational performance in the Rugby World Cup can serve to unite a wounded nation
15 October 2019 - 05:08
Host Japan’s spectacular win over Scotland in the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Yokohama on Sunday reignited a tournament that was in danger of turning into a damp squib — in more ways than one.
The game came close to not being played at all due to Typhoon Hagibis, which lashed Japan on Saturday and resulted in three Rugby World Cup games being cancelled, including one scheduled for Sunday. Fortunately for the organisers, none of the three was as high stakes as the Japan-Scotland fixture, which had the potential to produce the only major shake-up that would be carried through to the knockout stages...
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