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ラグビーワールドカップ 日本がスコットランドを破り始めてベスト8進出 BBCはどのように伝えたか

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Japan 28-21 Scotland: Gregor Townsend's side out of Rugby World Cup

Scotland crashed out of the Rugby World Cup at the pool stage for only the second time after being beaten by an irrepressible Japan in Yokohama.

Gregor Townsend's side needed four more points than the hosts but, despite leading through Finn Russell's try and mounting a comeback, they fell short.

Kotaro Matsushima, Keita Inagaki and Kenki Fukuoka all crossed before half-time, before the latter blasted over again to secure Japan's maiden quarter-final - against South Africa in Tokyo on Sunday.

Scotland, forced to go for broke in a febrile contest that had been in doubt until about 03:00 BST because of the effects of Typhoon Hagibis, scored through WP Nel and Zander Fagerson after the break.

But that second-half rally was not enough to prevent a first defeat at the hands of the Brave Blossoms in eight Tests.

The result also means Ireland finish runners-up in Pool A and will face New Zealand in the last eight in Tokyo on Saturday.

'It will eat away at me for a long time' 'We are celebrating but some are not' Win gives Japan reason to smile 'Japan were relentless and magnificent' After a horrendous Saturday that brought death and destruction, it was a minor miracle the game went ahead in the first place, a roaring tribute to the people responsible for clean-up after Hagibis battered this area 24 hours earlier.

There was a moment's silence for the stricken in a stadium that heaved with emotion and power. The home national anthem was haunting and ominous, a moment of foreboding for Scotland. The visitors had hoped that the sense of occasion might get to the hosts, that the pressure would grind them down as they pushed for a quarter-final against the Springboks next weekend.

So much for that tin-pot theory. In their minutes of total dominance, before Scotland came roaring back, Japan were a full of invention and pace. Their accuracy while playing at full throttle was astounding. Every Scotland mistake was punished. It was absolutely relentless. And magnificent.

What a game this was. What an occasion. The Scots had a great start, which was played at bewildering pace. Russell's cross-kick and Magnus Bradbury's follow-up created the opportunity and Russell, having started it, then finished it with a hand-off of Yutaka Nagare to score. It was probably the only less-than-perfect moment that scrum-half Nagare delivered all night.

Japan took over at that point. They lorded it over possession, whipped left and right and down the middle. Jamie Ritchie, playing utterly heroically, kept them out on 10 minutes with a terrific turnover near his own line, but that respite was short.

Before the end of the first quarter, Japan got their reward when attacking up the left through the wonderful Fukuoka, who eluded Chris Harris and drew in Stuart Hogg before chucking a one-handed offload to Matsushima to gallop away to the posts. Yu Tamura converted and the home crowd erupted.

More Japan heat and more Japan brilliance. Their second try was an epic, a thing of rugby wonder. Matsushima burst through Grant Gilchrist and Blade Thomson and away he went. What happened next was wondrous. Five sets of hands offloaded at speed as if they were on a training run. Nagare, Tamura and Shota Horie worked it to James Moore. The lock flicked it on to William Tupou, who spun and got it to Inagaki for the last act. Sheer genius, pure and simple.

The conversion made it 14-7, then just before the break came the try that looked like sending Scotland heading home. Timothy Lafaele grubbered in behind and Fukuoka seized on it to get Japan's third try. Two more points from Tamura made it 21-7 at half-time. Scotland were on the floor.

'Huge moment for incredible country'

Three minutes into the second half, Japan scored again. Fukuoka ripped it from Harris and, when the ball went spinning in the air after contact, the wing caught it and sprinted off to score. Tamura made it 28-7. A rout. Or so it seemed.

Scotland needed the kind of miracle they produced at Twickenham in March. When Nel grunted his way over the line to narrow the gap, Laidlaw's conversion made it a 14-point game. Scotland were still a mile off their target. The bench got busy. Six of them came on at once - and Scotland scored again.

Hogg began it, there was a lovely one-two between the immense Jonny Gray and Scott Cummings, Gray running on and feeding Fagerson, who thumped his way through Horie to get the ball down. Russell banged over the extras this time. Seven points in it now. Still a mountain to climb, but this was pulsating stuff.

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スコットランドは、横浜の圧倒的な日本に敗れ、ラグビーワールドカップのプールステージでの2度目の敗退を経験しました。 グレゴールタウンゼンドのチームはホストよりも4ポイント多く必要でしたが、フィンラッセルのトライでリードしカムバックを仕掛けましたが、不足しました。 松島幸太朗、稲垣啓太、福岡堅樹はハーフタイム前にトライをあげ、日曜日に東京で南アフリカを相手に準々決勝を確保するために再び爆発した。 スコットランドは、台風ハギビスの影響でイギリス時間03:00頃まで疑わしかった熱戦に全力でぶつからざるを得ず、休憩後にWPネルとザンダーファーガーソンを通して得点しました。 しかし、その後半の反撃は、ベスト8に進むためには十分ではありませんでした。 その結果、アイルランドはプールAで準優勝し、土曜日の東京での最後の8試合でニュージーランドと対戦することになる。

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