World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2023 - Japan v Tonga

!! Chinese Japanese commentary - English sound at the end !!
World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2023 (Rugby World Cup 2023 warm-up matches)
29 July 2023
Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka, Japan
Japan v Tonga 21 - 16

[@rachelmyriam7943]

Bravo, les chat-poneys ! Vous avez battu ”ton gars”... lol !

[@phyllomedusatomopterna6719]

A win is a win... I think

[@fan.nihon.rugby1984]

I don't agree. This is a loss for Japan. That team did nothing at all. The best Japanese players are not in the nomination. Joseph constantly insists on his silly style, which was never typical of the Japanese. That's why there are so many foreigners in the team. This team will absolutely fail at the World Cup. If I'm not mistaken, these were more like Tonga's replacements, and the Japanese barely beat them. The Japanese team has absolutely nothing. Joseph and his henchmen destroyed everything.

[@phyllomedusatomopterna6719]

​@@fan.nihon.rugby1984yeah I agree. I was being kind of sarcastic. It's a sad "Japanese" team to watch. We're going backwards.

[@fan.nihon.rugby1984]

@@phyllomedusatomopterna6719 Oh, I didn't realize it right away🙃. You are right, it is a sad sight. I'm also bothered by the media circus around (Japanese fans, commentators..) that everyone is silent and supports this horror. They are people without brains of their own.

[@phyllomedusatomopterna6719]

​@@fan.nihon.rugby1984it's crazy how harsh pundits were about the Japanese soccer team before the world cup, but when it comes to rugby it's always like "there were some positives! Better luck next time" or "we've gotten so much better in the last 20 years, yaaay" Can't wait for Joseph to go.

[@fan.nihon.rugby1984]

@@phyllomedusatomopterna6719 Complete agreement. Personally, I am already falling into absolute despair. You named it very well. Japanese rugby is so rotten from the inside that perhaps change cannot even come. The huge feeling of fear of expressing a true and above all critical opinion is a complete taboo in Japanese rugby. They all talk absolute nonsense and are just puppets with no opinion of their own. A world without constructive criticism is doomed and so is Japanese rugby.