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biggar was flawless with the post in sight. japan s perseverance was eventually rewarded. warren gatland has a few weeks to plug the gaps. the winner was never really in doubt but it came at a cost. in many ways, warren gatland got what he wanted but it was completely overshadowed by that ending injury to alun wyn jones. now lions fly to south africa needing a replacement and also a new captain. what a game of rugby and what a story in the premiership rugby final where harlequins won their first title in nine years stunning defending champions exeter at twickenham. quins were 28 0 down in last week s semi final before stunning bristol and then produced an incredible display in a match winning 40 38 that ebbed and flowed from the first whistle to the last. joe lynskey has the story. this is english rugby s biggest match. to get here, harlequins just
england for this japanese team after they beat south africa, their next match was against scotland. and even though they lost, 20 million people here in japan stayed up late until 11:00 at night to watch them play that match. and then in the third game, which they won against samoa, nearly 25 million people watched that match. to put that in context, that s about 1/5 or so of the entire japanese population. so if you think that interest may be sustained for the next four years, if this japanese team continues to improve, then when the world cup comes here in 2019, you would expect fans to fill the seats. one quick note. the world cup rugby final in 2019 will be laid in yokohama stadium. it holds about 70,000 people. that s the same stadium in which the world cup football plache, the final in 2002 was played. so i m assuming that all 70,000 seats will be filled four years from now. perhaps so. the brave blossoms.