Japan had another blow: it eliminated Scotland and qualified for the quarter-finals

The Japanese rugby team has marked history by defeating Scotland 28-21. This blow to power allowed the Asians to finish first and unbeaten in Group A and reach the qualification for the quarterfinals of their World Cup.

With an electrifying back line, the locals punished the Scots for the first 40 minutes of the game: three attempts in 22 minutes to reverse the score from 0 to 7. So they went to half-time 21-7.

Two minutes from the last stage, Kenki Fukuoka He put his second try (converted) to reduce the gap to 28-7.

Struck, the Scots reacted with two tries in five minutes and put the tension on the game, while he had only 26 minutes left. But that did not reach them. The Japanese imposed a difficult defense to resist the Blue Team's attacks, which preceded the 2019 World Cup schedule in Japan.