Second half's been really ordinary. Still, wp Japan. I at least feel a bit justified in my pre-tournament talking down of Samoa. Anyone still think they will challenge for knockout?
Seeing England and South Africa knocked out on the same day would be immense. Probably the 2 teams I was most worried about going into the tournament.
Flower of Scotland always makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. And I have no Scottish ancestry.
It's great. When you're there in the stadium for it it kind of rolls around the entire crowd. Bit spooky.
Weird try. I think I'd call that a forward pass from Burger, who gets held up, to du Plessis who eventually gets it down.
They're better in the second half but SA have just kept kicking themselves out of reach after their dominant opening 30. Gap's just been 6 points too many for the whole game
Wow Japan!!! They've got a chance of going through now - although not a great one! Man I'd have loved to see them play Scotland with a 6-7 day turnaround and Scotland having played a match too.