Japan left South Africa clutching at thin air but as Eddie Jones points out ‘players are getting bigger,stronger and faster and the field is staying the same size’When Japan lost to New Zealand 145-17 in the 1995 World Cup in Bloemfontein, their then manager Shiggy Konno reflected that by the time his team came to terms with such defeats and made adjustments, and the game had moved on; always chasing,never catching up.whether there is one hope after the greatest upset in international rugby final Saturday in Brighton, it is that the chase turns and Japan become the pursued. South Africa had only ever lost four matches in the World Cup and just one in the pool stage before the doughty Blossoms shook them from the tree in what was a victory for the game of rugby union.
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Source: theguardian.com