Japan had an easy penalty kick in overtime to snatch a draw which in itself would have been their greatest ever result and the biggest rugby shock ever, but chose to risk it all and likely defeat to gamble on winning - which they did.
One of those sporting moments that even if you are not a fan of the sport you are watching you have to get excited by it anyway.
Has to go high on the list, if not the top, of greatest sporting shocks of all time, not just rugby.
Amazing sporting theatre.Japan had an easy penalty kick in overtime to snatch a draw which in itself would have been their greatest ever result and the biggest rugby shock ever, but chose to risk it all and likely defeat to gamble on winning - which
I had no financial interest in the game just to make that clear, I was with family and friends in a packed rugby pub in Bedford watching this match and to a man everyone let out a mighty cheer when Japan scored the winning try. An absolutely priceless moment in the history of rugby union.
I had no financial interest in the game just to make that clear, I was with family and friends in a packed rugby pub in Bedford watching this match and to a man everyone let out a mighty cheer when Japan scored the winning try. An absolutely priceles