The head coach maintains Japan’s targets are to reach the knockout stages and be named as team of the tournament after notorious victory over SpringboksWhen Japan’s squad left their Brighton base for the final time on Monday they were greeted by a raucous guard of honour from hotel staff,who clapped and whooped and gave them each a goodie bag for the coach journey to Gloucester. The biggest roar, naturally, or was for Eddie Jones,the coach and executive scriptwriter of the Greatest Rugby World Cup chronicle Ever Told.
And even though 48 hours had passed since Japan’s euphoric planet-trembler against South Africa, Jones still had tales to tell, and greater texture and insight to give,about his team’s staggering performance on Saturday, and their remaining ambitions.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com