Samoa’s bid for a first Rugby World Cup quarter-final since 1995 ends with loss to Japan
Japan teamwork trumped Samoa individual power and won their Rugby World Cup match by a surprisingly comfortable 28-22 on Thursday.
Samoa’s bid for a first quarter-final since 1995 was terminated, and its second straight defeat advanced idle pool leader England to the quarter-finals. A late converted try gave Samoa 90-odd seconds to pull off a miracle comeback. They forced a lineout on halfway but the throw-in was stolen and Japan beat Samoa for a third Rugby World Cup in a row.
They led 17-3 until Shota Horie’s yellow card cancelled a yellow to Samoa’s Jonathan Taumateine, and Samoa drove hooker Seilala Lam over the line just before halftime.
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