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© 2018 AFPDan Carter tips Japan to reach Rugby World Cup knockout stage
By Richard Carter TOKYO©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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maybeperhapsyes
Well...he would say that wouldn't he.
They wont.
geronimo2006
Good luck to them. They did attack well last Sat but they will have to be much better on defense to have a chance at knocking over Scotland. He's right - not impossible. Just unlikely from what I saw. They fall off tackles and their scrum was not so great.
Haaa Nemui
We know baseball is big, but it's irrelevant in this discussion about rugby.
Haaa Nemui
So who have you got in the top eight? In no particular order I think these teams... NZ, Australia, England, South Africa, Ireland, Argentina... I'm having trouble picking the last two... of course Wales and France would be serious contenders but Japan, Italy, Scotland... all have a reasonable chance.
maybeperhapsyes
The question is...who can Japan expect to beat? Not many.
Scotland to win it bud ;)
Haaa Nemui
I'd like to see Scotland make a final. I don't think it's this tournament though. Same for Ireland. That'd be great to have somebody different to the regular 5 teams play the final.
Haaa Nemui
Might be why countries like the US and Japan, baseball powerhouses, are lagging way behind. At least in Japan that is changing slowly.
goldorak
Good old DC, always tells you what you want to hear (especially when big $ is involved;). No wonder J fans love the AB.
Kenji Fujimori
Rugby ratings are very low, nothing compared to Baseball here.
Kenji Fujimori
Rugby is just not of our interest, you might find a a small few who may like it, the ones who generally hang out at Hub etc, but that is a niche, if you compared it to baseball here.
Baseball has been here even before the war. JT even made a recent article on it:
https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/babe-ruth-the-sultan-of-swat-visits-japan