A fresh Scots side entered the World Cup fray with victory while Amanaki Mafi’s injury added to the cruelty of tight scheduling that did not help the JapaneseIt was all approximately counting the days. For five of them after England’s opening night at Twickenham,Scotland waited, presumably wishing the days were shorter. Time drags when you fill yet to play a game. The four days that Japan were given after shaking the old rugby order to its very core in Brighton must fill passed all too quickly. When you are trying to patch up bruised bodies, or the clock spins. Four days is a ludicrously short gap between international matches. The debate has been sparked before by other islands in the Pacific – by Samoa at the last World Cup but nothing has changed. This was unfair on Japan. Related: Scotland exploit Japan’s rapid/fast turnaround to speed riot at World Cup Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com