Eddie Jones tells the world “Japan’s not done yet”
After causing one of the greatest upsets in rugby history, Australian born Japan coach Eddie Jones said it’s been straight back to business for the Cherry Blossoms, ahead of their second pool match against Scotland on Wednesday night.
Japan stunned South Africa 34-32 in their opening match of the tournament and will move a step closer to an inaugural quarter final berth if they can beat Scotland in Gloucester.
“We see the start of the Scotland game as being super-important,” Jones said. “If you look at Scotland’s record over the last 15 games, unless they get the lead early they struggle to win a game of rugby.
“I always think if you play well in a game, the first part of the next game is difficult. We have to make sure we work hard in the first part of the game against Scotland and score some points early.”
Before the Springboks victory, Japan had won just one World Cup match, beating Zimbabwe in 1991. However with matches against the USA and Samoa to come, the Cher