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• Coach urges team to reach quarter-finals for first time
• ‘We have been preparing for this match for more than a year’
• ‘We have been preparing for this match for more than a year’
Jamie Joseph has told his players not to get carried away after Japan’s stunning victory over Ireland put them on course for a place in the quarter-finals for the first time.
Victories in their final two matches against Samoa and Scotland would take them through as the group leaders to a probable meeting with South Africa, who they beat in the 2015 tournament.
Written by Paul Rees at Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/28/i-am-hugely-proud-japans-jamie-joseph-praises-team-after-ireland-upset under the title “‘I am hugely proud’: Japan’s Jamie Joseph praises team after Ireland upset”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
