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Japan is dominated by Robbie Deans’ Wild Knights.
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The Wild Knights proved they will be a formidable opponent for the Super Rugby team by racking up ten tries. They will take on the Chiefs in their next match on February 4 as part of the new Cross Border Rugby series between New Zealand and Japan.
The six-time Japanese champions have a solid hold on the top place in the rankings thanks to their brutal performance.Schmidt was especially intrigued by the play of Wallabies star winger Marika Koroibete, who scored two tries for the Wild Knights.
This season, the 31-year-old has been deployed as a finisher; he entered the game around the hour mark.Shortly after hitting the field, he had a try, and ten minutes later, he added another.Esei Ha’angana, a former second-row player for the Melbourne Rebels, also scored twice.Lood de Jager, a second rower for the Springboks who missed the Rugby World Cup owing to sickness, ignited the celebration with his second touchdown in as many weeks.
Saitama easily defeated Heat, but it took a late try from the Eddie Jones-coached Tokyo Suntory Sungoliath—who will take on the Blues in the international series—to defeat the Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars 36–34.In the first fifteen minutes of the match, Sagamihara, which included former Wallabies back Curtis Rona, scored four tries and will be wondering how they lost.
Trevor Hosea, a second-rower from Melbourne, started the comeback with a touchdown. The captain of the All Blacks during the Rugby World Cup, Sam Cane, also scored a try. With fifteen minutes left, Sungoliath had reversed a 29-0 deficit into a 31-29 advantage.
In the final ten minutes, both teams scored tries, but Suntory’s center Shogo Nakano’s 83rd-minute touchdown proved to be the game-winner and put them in second place on the ladder.