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Rubbish stuff. Looking like we did under Scott Johnson now.

Comes down to the missed penalty. Laidlaw misses, Hoggy drops cold, next 20 odd minutes go Japans way.

There were at least 2 advantages not given in that final phase of play not given. We need a kick up the arse at half time. We've come playing the rush defence, and the inside ball is killing us there.

Cotter needs to fix the defence at half time. Still working out some rust.

Japanese tighthead folds in under pressure causing the scrum to turn. Points to Japan is fair enough over the entire stretch of play though. And... he kicks it wide.

Harsh on Japanese 14, but as soon as he decided it was a penalty, there was no choice but to card.

Both hands on the ground, and arms behind the shoulders, be harsh not to give the penalty.

3 lucky calls in a row results in a Japanese try from a rolling maul. 6-7

Here we go, here we go, here we go.

Nah. States and Canucks are Southern Hemisphere too. All those rich, and up and coming nations are SH, and so are the Pacific Islands. The NH is real boring, it's just the 6 Nations and couple of former soviet states.

Would guess the incredulity would revolve around the 14-16 hours without contact with newspapers, radio, television and social media without knowing the result. Both practically, in terms of being able to avoid them, and temptation to know the result.

Winless after 4 decent performances in the first 4 games, lost about a dozen first string players to injury before and throughout the tournament against an Ireland that needed that big win, I can completely understand just falling to pieces.

Top14 is fairly independent of the FFR, add on the fact that the European players, Pacific Islanders and Saffas have reciprocal work agreements, there's little incentive to have more than the necessary amount of Frenchies, at least from the perspective of the clubs that can afford it. Plus the...

Honestly? I thought Lamont would miss World Cup selection in general. He was behind DTH, Maitland and Seymour at Glasgow, you add Visser and Taylor into the mix at international level for DTH, and we had plenty of Centers so there was no need for his potential versatility. With injuries both in...

We should win, but should is worth about as much as a used tissue when the ball is kicked off. Boys are taking it very very seriously. Seems to be a hard and direct starting side, with a bit of width and dynamic ability coming off the bench.

Strategy for Wednesday will be interesting. Do they go very hard with a similar team again, looking for the 2 wins to start, then go for top with the US and Samoa games to come? Or do they put forward a fresher "B" side looking to grab anythinb from the next one, then going very hard at the...

France should have had a bonus point and then some. Italians were just bad.

It's about rest days. Wednesday - Sunday - Saturday - Saturday is technically the shortest period to do play games. We've got a very similar draw.

Wonderful wonderful game of Rugby. Changes nothing for us. I've always said, and I think Cotter put it out there at some point, that we simply had to win our first 2 games, then assess our pool to see what we need to qualify. Bit more nervy for Wednesday now, but it's the short break for the...

Stuffed up with that. They need to beat the Namibians. That makes it easier for them.