Pool B FT: South Africa 32-34 Japan
Japan score winning try in 84th minute through Hesketh
Michael Leitch & Goromaru tries, Goromaru 5 pens 1 con
Louw, B Du Plessis, de Jager, Strauss tries for South Africa
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South Africa 29-22 Japan
"It is relief from everyone in the South Africa team. Schalk Burger was making inroads, and then Adriaan Stauss was taking people on. He is a big man moving at pace. I fear this is the beginning of the end for Japan."
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South Africa 29-22 Japan
The Springboks with ball in hand... the decibels rise inside the stadium...gaps open in the Japanese defence and replacement hooker Adriaan Strauss - a bulked-up Boris Johnson look-a-like - side steps away from one would-be tackler, sprints away from another and powers over the line.
Pat Lambie converts to open up a seven-point lead.
Image source, Getty ImagesSouth Africa 22-22 Japan
Michael Leitch scored Japan's try and he is also leading their defensive effort with a lung-bursting 13 tackles in the first 55 minutes.
He's missed two, part of an overall missed tackle count of 15 for the team, but there always seems to be another in cherry and white ready to make amends.
Image source, AFPJean de Villiers gathers his men, tells them to obey the rules otherwise there will be consequences while Ayumu Goromaru lines up another shot at the uprights.
The full-back crouches, looks up, steps back before sweetly striking it through the middle. We're even stevens.
Every time South Africa score you expect them to turn the screw and trample on Japanese hopes, but they've been unable to do that so far in this match.
Japan responding with verve and panache, dashing forward and earning a penalty as the Boks fail to roll away. "Next time yellow card," says the referee.
South Africa 22-19 Japan
"South Africa do not deviate from game plans, but they need to kick to the corners and get a grip on this game. Pat Lambie is giving his shirt away and he is making South Africa look very beatable."
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South Africa 22-19 Japan
Referee Jerome Garces blows his whistle as Japan appear to err at the breakdown and Jean de Villiers points to the posts. The crowd hiss. The South Africa captain the pantomime villain on this occasion. But Pat Lambie puts his side in the lead and that's what De Villiers would have wanted.
Schalk Burger remains on the field and he gains his team some territory with a trademark burst through the middle. Japan refusing to crumble, though. The head says South Africa will be victorious, but Japan have been playing tricks with everyone's mind these last 55 minutes or so.
South Africa 19-19 Japan
"Japan are ticking all the boxes. They are ruthless and efficient in their accuracy and there are gaps everywhere in the South Africa team."
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South Africa 19-19 Japan
Ayumu Goromaru looks to have studied Jonny Wilkinson's technique such is his routine and the full-back as lethal with the boot it seems. There was no chance of him missing from in front of the posts. Japan are level! Level!
It's brain rather than brawn from Japan, but it's working. The Brave Blossoms spinning from right to left and Schalke Burger could be in trouble because of a high tackle... Regardless, Japan have a shot at the posts.
Breathless stuff. Pat Lambie running with the ball, but into a wall of Japanese defenders... Schalk Burger spills the ball in the tackle and Japan counter-attack! Six handling errors from the Springboks in this match. From attack to defence... the former champs have lost 60m thanks to a brilliant touch finder from Kosei Ono.
South Africa 19-16 Japan
Japan refusing to fold after that try and Bismarck du Plessis fails to get away from the tackle, presenting Ayumu Goromaru with an opportunity to reduce the arrears with the boot. Just three points in it.
South Africa 19-13 Japan
"Japan are not chasing their kicks and that is their massive Achilles heel at the moment."
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South Africa 19-13 Japan
Has a lead ever been so short lived? A fine turn of speed from the giant lock Lood de Jager, using his 6ft 9in frame to barge through a ghost-like Japanese defence and it's a stroll under the posts for the 22-year-old. Pat Lambie converts.
Image source, Getty ImagesSouth Africa 12-13 Japan
Ayumu Goromaru has an opportunity to put his side in the lead and the full-back hits it true and through the uprights. But Japan won't win this one, right? They can't, right? It's not how it was supposed to be.
South Africa 12-10 Japan
Image source, Getty ImagesJapan have made over double the amount of tackles of their opponents - 76 to the Springboks' 35. That's almost one per minute... and that's very tiring no matter what the fitness regime
They've missed nine tackles too though, and they surely can't afford to slip off many more than that in this half if they are going to pull off this Buster Douglas-esque shock.