OITA, Japan (AP) At a stadium full of recent bad memories, Australia experienced moments of anxiety before beating Japan 32-23 Saturday to start its annual rugby tour to the northern hemisphere. The Showa Denko Dome which hosted Saturday’s match was the venue where the Wallabies lost to England in the quarterfinals of the 2019 World Cup.
OITA At a stadium full of recent bad memories, Australia experienced moments of anxiety before beating Japan 32-23 Saturday to start its annual rugby tour to the northern hemisphere.
And so to Japan in Japan and the Wallabies should be afraid. Not because Japan is exceptionally good at Test match rugby – indeed they are near enough a lock on the World Rugby ranking position number ten ahead of Fiji, Georgia, Italy and Samoa. And not because of their name, which is the Brave […]
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