Canada vs Japan 2024/08/25

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00:00:00here on the west coast and the man in charge will be in the cross from ireland safely assisted by

00:00:06cat roach luke rogan assistant officials and the television match official gdp required

00:00:11is derek summers all from the u.s of a well another irishman will be kicking the ball

00:00:17off i wonder if they've had a little chat from dunganan

00:00:22you know i know just getting the thumbs up you know just waiting for the final

00:00:28okay and nathan we were noticing in the warm-up some really big japanese players

00:00:33much bigger than we anticipated some big big men some big big men others

00:00:38there's two weeks on the wing there i'm looking forward to seeing him get the ball we mentioned

00:00:41him in the warm-up some big boys on the canadian side as well do good ready

00:00:46on his debut here massive massive man looking forward to this

00:00:50canada versus japan pacific nations cup rugby action canada kicks off long

00:00:58easy place in vancouver

00:01:01players caught the wrong side

00:01:05good start super organized we saw them in their warm-up in the half break

00:01:08there from the fullback

00:01:16japan had four test matches this summer no victories there but a nice win against

00:01:23he's even nodding we'll get to the edge and there's the big man he's dealt with by the

00:01:30canadians all the flip out the back great pace to this eddie jones talked about playing with speed

00:01:34this is an incredible pace

00:01:45scrum half Fujiwara everywhere right now right into the canadian 22

00:01:52ball pops out he's going to play advantage though against canada for hands still looking

00:01:57for a quick one it's Fujiwara a traditionally legal hand from the floor after being cleared out

00:02:05jeez gareth you mentioned it at the beginning of the game just the intent from these japanese to

00:02:09play quick that was that was impressive and also kind of setting the tone for the game here how

00:02:13they decided to run that out from that within their own 22 deep within their own 22 really

00:02:18testing the canadians out there yeah you're on the line decision to take the line out

00:02:23soon as soon as he sticks it in the corner and this will be a chance from the work from set piece

00:02:28sakate their captain will be throwing in

00:02:34the shift they come around the corner two men

00:02:37long is there is he over the line now he's stopped short referee's going to call held up

00:02:45on the ball and i think it is ethan fryer nathan getting under that one smart play from him

00:02:51oh great work from young ethan fryer just a second test managing to get under

00:02:57this massive massive man wonga who we mentioned earlier just the size of some great work from

00:03:03ethan getting underneath him here and that set piece had two of them coming around the corner

00:03:10now the goal line dropout goes out to the 40 meter and they're gonna have to deal with my kisi

00:03:15112 kgs of great blossom of beef

00:03:21over the top oh there's a hand goes out advantage oh can't grab it

00:03:25just on the knock on scrum advantage

00:03:31canada trying to compete advantage over so quick right now

00:03:35a little tip pass to one of the two meter men that's warner durns

00:03:42again in space wow acceleration from wonga he's had several good touches already

00:03:47short ball immediate support from the japanese players really well drilled this is like a

00:03:52training run right now

00:03:57let's face the inside ball canada got beaten badly against scotland

00:04:01and the same result here soon soon lee pops it inside and it is to itama

00:04:06the former all black on his first cap getting his first try

00:04:11getting his first try

00:04:16just the pace the pace that japan are playing out here it's just so it's it's hard to put

00:04:21into words how quick it actually is i'm seeing some tired tired boys on both sides here just

00:04:26the intensity lovely finish from tuitama here like we mentioned before former junior all black

00:04:32but it's this little inside pass from lee putting tuitama under the sticks

00:04:38so canada not only played romania the last time but played scotland and had a similar

00:04:42experience incredible intensity pace they hadn't seen before most of these players playing in

00:04:46major league rugby in the united states and it was just really a shock to the system that

00:04:52should help here today as we see the tempo that japan brings to this game

00:04:57lee in front of the post adds the extras seven nil japan over canada

00:05:08so

00:05:10that's always nice to be in the 10 jersey when your team's going forward and produce a quick

00:05:14ball like that nathan say it again oh it makes all the difference in the world as a 10 and as

00:05:18a backline when your forwards are getting those good hard yards doing the grunt work they might

00:05:22not always get you know their name in the lights but that definitely makes a huge difference for

00:05:27the backs again canada go along free kick called off the kickoff sir you uh here we go yes

00:05:35interpretation

00:05:40looking at their options it's going to go along down the tram lines

00:05:45infield and nelson's got it there should be an indication of how can is going to play they're

00:05:48putting it through the hands and it is cooper coach puts it up and he's going to chase it

00:05:52but he loses the battle in the air he just slipped up onto the neck contact on the neck

00:06:00from ethan fryer number seven how you tackle just on the neck be careful i was unlucky for

00:06:06ethan there i thought uh i thought cooper was gonna was gonna get that one it was just great

00:06:10timing from uh fujiwara there to grab that ball of the air ethan fryer who's just come off with

00:06:17his team the new england free jacks as have several of the canadians a big victory in the

00:06:21mlr final he was actually on the bench for that when dallas sent another canadian who got injured

00:06:27in that game and wasn't available for selection canada under 22 just watch here any contact above

00:06:33the neckline yeah it's just one of those ones where ethan had him in a good spot he tried to

00:06:38get to ground ended up sliding up a bit there another set piece and again they flip it out the

00:06:42back oh massive pace midfield totally committed to these lines are the japanese players a little

00:06:50bit of a bobble there from the scrum half killed that movement shimokawa carries well

00:06:57for about the fifth time already

00:07:01back there for me

00:07:05just five minutes in the line and this is relentless pressure eddie jones has this team

00:07:10fired up five minutes from the line short ball for jones and he's got it on his debut sorry

00:07:19the doshiba tokyo player warner durns getting the second try for the brave bosses

00:07:30yeah all six foot seven of warner durns reaching over the line there for the japan's second score

00:07:38i know we keep mentioning it gareth but just the pace that japan are bringing to this game right

00:07:42now it is so difficult to defend for canada when you're playing on the back but it all starts with

00:07:46the set piece that that hard line off of the screw off the line out there you're automatically

00:07:51on the back on the back foot so canada need to meet them at the line need to get them

00:07:55tackled at the game line or behind the game line to kind of set themselves up going forward

00:07:59yeah this would be good news for japanese fans a totally different look as you mentioned their

00:08:03own foreign test matches they lost last time out to italy 42 points to 14 lost a close one to georgia

00:08:09and then lost to england

00:08:14that kick is good so 14 points up on the board for japan

00:08:23now they're talking about playing with pace but also

00:08:26under control they have to say they've done both here

00:08:31i wonder if canada have to rethink giving the ball to the japanese in any format

00:08:39foreign

00:08:41okay not a ball the canadians can compete for it that's another free kick

00:08:46a smart play by sung soon lee just banging the canadians back that one goes straight out

00:08:50so off a free kick will be canada possession

00:08:58there you go good play from lee just forcing the game to play on their own end

00:09:03and let's clearly identify the numbers it's four

00:09:12that's our referee we are third commentator here we get to listen in as he talks to the

00:09:18players out there there's a good possession the first real bit of possession for canada

00:09:22they're looking to drive for fortune at the back there now the big boys use this

00:09:26now they're being asked to use it and they will do that through the right boot of jason higgins

00:09:33okay just a little long there ball released play on my kombula so dangerous in space didn't have

00:09:40much there and canada's won the penalty here so the tactic pays off lucas rumble the captain doing

00:09:46the work first night yeah as we've seen so many times over the years from this guy lucas rumble

00:09:51doing the hard yards doing the work getting a penalty there for canada setting peter nelson

00:09:56up here with hopefully a scrum set piece or a lineup set piece sorry in japan japan's territory

00:10:04the japanese just not sealing off that right side as my kombula took that ball in and rumble

00:10:08no stranger all good through a poach here and there

00:10:13i can't say enough about his captaincy there have been some tough times

00:10:16in that romania victory with a big relief for him and the team but so committed this group

00:10:21to see if canada can build something off this lineup

00:10:32didn't get any motion last time now they're trying to go around the corner quadrant

00:10:36squeaking around good defense it's gone to ground now

00:10:42oh and it's not playable the referee's blown it up and that's why the japanese are celebrating

00:10:46it's unlucky there it was a great win from do good in his debut

00:10:51but the japanese just managed to kill that moment when a mall is taken to ground and it's

00:10:58unplayable it is a turnover so unfortunately for canada please set left they'll be back on

00:11:02the defense here yeah so left my mark please thank you patience stability coaches that the

00:11:09trip in the lineup hasn't gone nearly as well as it did against romania and at times even scotland

00:11:16one second

00:11:19you hear the referee give the commands it's from time

00:11:23crouch

00:11:25point

00:11:29there it is all under control these days quick ball again and now they're going to run open field

00:11:35the kick across field undercoats got a play on this

00:11:37it just gets one hand backwards

00:11:42the fans think he scored but unfortunately the whistle's gone

00:11:50that is some bold play from japan and lee in particular choosing to opt for the cross kick

00:11:56i don't know if you've seen koei on the seventh series over the years but he's one of the best

00:11:59aerialists on the canadian side i know he's been taking a break from sevens here but that's not a

00:12:04guy to be going one-on-one with in the air but uh man you can just see the intent from from japan

00:12:09they want to run from everywhere really playing that quick game that we were talking about before

00:12:13the game yeah that was a risky quick game ko was up there i wonder if they'd seen something on the

00:12:17tapes and their analysis it definitely wasn't on there and perhaps canada unlucky not to be on

00:12:22the board with their first score higgins and fujiwara good battle out there see higgins

00:12:29directing traffic point front row for canada martinez good to see him back in here

00:12:38with conor young and andrew quattro

00:12:42for the conventional ethic strategy but a nice kick gaining valuable yardage

00:12:47i'm still looking at the big screen thinking he didn't knock it on

00:12:59oh no he'll stay again

00:13:07they go to the front trick move with fire flying through but just a jersey grab now they're gonna

00:13:13have to regroup and it is do good on the ball massive frame unlike his uncle john tate he

00:13:20carries a little bit more beef than jerome the giraffe backwards doesn't go to hand

00:13:29cleaned up through peter nelson options both sides for canada hint of offside from the japanese

00:13:35players he's jumping over the line there good carry to win the collision higgins looks for

00:13:43himself retargeting that far side yet two or three times coach loses his foot

00:13:54this japanese defensive ball very quick off the line showing good line speed here

00:13:58now out the back canada's numbers you can't get it out but good looping around

00:14:04and there's the youngster talon mcmullan the local

00:14:09from white rock british columbia just out on the coast a few minutes

00:14:14this is the best pass to play for canada conor young's chop down okay six

00:14:22spilled ball nice cleanup from co to avoid the interception

00:14:27use this higgins being told to use it

00:14:33isaac kelly six foot six and then he's been playing his

00:14:37whales for the dragons of ponty pool and then has since been down to australia

00:14:43anywhere to find his rugby but on that occasion again

00:14:48a very quick whistle turnover ball japan's defense getting the reward

00:14:53yeah kelly just got caught standing up a bit up right there the japanese defenders were able to

00:14:58get underneath that ball hold them up mall formed like we talked about earlier once that mall is

00:15:04taken to ground it's unplayable it's a turnover japan yes but i need to see in the first couple

00:15:08scrums i thought canada's uh scrummed very well against japan um from these from quite a young

00:15:15front row here callie martinez conor young and we've seen we've seen quite a bit but let's see

00:15:22going

00:15:25safe yeah always a big feature of the japanese game their passion for scrimmaging

00:15:30showing right and going left and look at all the options for people flooding around the corner

00:15:35well over the game line and into space yuzaki couldn't get the offload otherwise it would

00:15:39have been a third try potentially for japan and again can it have to find

00:15:45away from japan being on the front foot all day look at these options

00:15:52step back from rage again quick ball and again out the back door finally spilt

00:15:59forward by and now canada's off and running

00:16:04we'll come back to the abandons but again always under pressure an idea for the scrum

00:16:08that's how much of a risky pass as long as had some good touches this game hasn't he

00:16:12so far the big man six foot seven holding the ball like a loaf of bread

00:16:18but it's just the pace we keep saying it but that's the difference in attack here

00:16:23japan are going forward when they have the ball canada when they had their opportunity there

00:16:27we're having a hard time getting forward i think it's okay and that's the difference

00:16:29at this point let's see how canada reacts

00:16:33good dialogue there andrew quattro

00:16:38finding out the expectations from the referee it's scrum time

00:16:42again a very positive feature of the game against scotland and romania

00:16:46sometimes the set piece has been an issue

00:16:59jason higgins man originally from court introducing

00:17:03to this referee almost blew it up together goes short side

00:17:07ball released that is nick van who scored a try in his debut against romania that was predicted

00:17:13by head coach kingsley jones in the dressing room said you are going to score a try

00:17:16and ben did as did ethan users there's now requesting coach yeah say the same of them

00:17:24i was inside i was inside the 22 that's our referee was saying so it can go directly out

00:17:30on the fold a little bit better passage to play for canada yeah that was a great clearance there

00:17:35from higgins young young young canadian rugby players or young rugby players in general watch

00:17:40the decisions from this japan team around when and when not to contest the breakdowns that's why

00:17:46canada are having such a hard time getting go forward ball is just the decisions around the

00:17:51breakdowns when to when not to contest when you're looking up you're just seeing a flat

00:17:56line of blue jerseys it's pretty disheartening as an attacking as an attacking team well that

00:18:02was loose over the top of the lineup and great commitment from lucas rumble but he just couldn't

00:18:06gather it coach kingsley jones with your old teammate phil mack the attack coach one of the

00:18:15greats get your height better okay so nice that the young players can get input from

00:18:19likes of men like that oh yeah one of the greats easily got to catch up with him before the game

00:18:23here one of the great players one of the great teammates and he's such a good job with these guys

00:18:30yeah he's been in charge of the pacific pride the development program over in lancashire

00:18:34seven players from the pride starting for the national team today so there's proof of the

00:18:38pudding that they're doing some interesting lineup for the japanese the options both sides

00:18:45and now they flood forward to the open side that one's filled again

00:18:52good awareness from the far side and good retreat retreat still alive and this is the new law these

00:18:58japanese players have to actually move backwards they can't just hold their ground and i'm not sure

00:19:02that they did with the referee yelling retreat once that kick came in martinez with his first touch

00:19:11so an estate from japan it's gone forward again some frantic stuff

00:19:18there is eddie jones

00:19:31and he was the last world cup coaching australia obviously coaching england before that and has

00:19:36coached japan before one of the great minds of the modern game got a good crew assembled

00:19:40he and kingsley jones coached the barbarians together

00:19:59the captain just having a chat with the referee getting some feedback

00:20:03yeah perfect okay water off please scrambling injury they're being dealt with

00:20:15nathan after that first five minutes canada sort of weathered the storm they're still alive here

00:20:19only down 14 still yeah they are they do they do have to find a way to get on the front foot and

00:20:25attack and somehow slow down on the other side somehow slow down japan on the defensive side

00:20:30because they are playing and they're doing such a great job from every set piece getting on the

00:20:35front foot it'll be interesting to see how they defend from this centerfield scrum

00:20:47again midfield possession what japan is moving early and getting lots of bodies this time

00:20:53it's outside no such tactic they're going to kick it long and very long

00:20:57cooper coach gathering at the back he's going to stick okay retreat

00:21:01halifax has some great foot skills this one goes straight to hand though and some seemly

00:21:0815th cap quite good his best touch by blue it's touched by blue

00:21:15down the coast in los angeles at rugby football club la okay keep retreating five usually rugby

00:21:20the aerial ping pong here continues oh nice step there from coach that he's literally

00:21:27picked up and driven backwards and the canyon is trying to get there to secure the ball

00:21:36quadrant wins the collision uses very quick music call coming from the irish referee

00:21:43that's a nice high kick almost hits the scoreboard here

00:21:49the pc place the second largest in north america behind the dallas cowboys

00:21:54again doubling around again it's an onslaught of options for the ball carrier

00:22:00oh a little bit of obstruction potentially nice pass out the back from tuitoma

00:22:08into touch and the crowd love it here

00:22:10not a great deal to cheer about so far but they're trying to do their best

00:22:16yeah it was that young man again ethan fryer and lesage cooper i love the option to have a go there

00:22:22but you don't like running into two the big the biggest boys on the field here he might he might

00:22:27question that decision but i i really love the intent from him to have a crack back himself

00:22:33durns and costly sounds like a law firm well they

00:22:37set out a writ there and sent a couple quotes backwards this is better from canada driving

00:22:44swimming through the middle yeah backwards

00:22:50and he's got the ball back for his team so kind of a little naive there letting him come through

00:22:55the middle good line speed there from ben lasage taking away the options but running into space

00:23:00to etama he's been effective so far taking the nice flat ball he's got a man inside

00:23:08and japan are on the board for their third try to kanji

00:23:18well again it was that burst of pace from the brave blossoms it was to etama again

00:23:26and right here one break one two

00:23:31and then so quick so quick off the deck there and once you're on the back foot it's so hard to defend

00:23:39and shimokawa gets the five-pointer under the sticks

00:23:43great moment for the 25 year old even it's there how are we looking this is rugby for the tokyo

00:23:46suntory goliath

00:23:50yeah new way to back up here look just hitting it at pace

00:24:00it is bored yeah but yeah

00:24:05fair yeah pretty much everything gone to plan if you're eddie jones on the coaching staff i don't

00:24:09think you could have drawn it up much better than this barring a couple of knock-ons from japan

00:24:14now they've been excellent from set piece especially

00:24:18strongman line out time just their set plays everyone's on the same page

00:24:23very very good skills on form today and canada got to find a way to match that here

00:24:30almost 23 minutes played here in vancouver pacific nations cup action and gareth reese

00:24:35here with nathan hiriyama and it's been all japan on the scoreboard 21 points to nil they lead

00:24:44who will be action of course okay tackle and tonga on the other side of this nation's cup

00:24:50competition tg already getting a victory over samoa on thursday in japan starting out pretty

00:24:58well to book a victory for themselves here in vancouver every nation is part of the pacific

00:25:03nations cup gets to own host a game which is hugely important for the commercial side of

00:25:09things and growing the game with local fans so a great decision from world rugby there

00:25:13and all the teams will end up in japan

00:25:18once the pools are finished in two weeks with a fifth place playoff for the bottom

00:25:22team and then semi-finals leading into a final to be played a week later

00:25:30in japan ko gets some ball but he is well tackled

00:25:35oh

00:25:43balls out balls out

00:25:48again very quick on the canadians to use this ball use it

00:25:58i'm not sure what the call is here with the ball carrier he's got that wrong

00:26:02wasn't off his feet but the ball carrier went down easy he's doing it too back you go please

00:26:10watch you're not taking a backseat number four pre-latch to the ball carrier going straight

00:26:13to floor ceiling after contest well he did pre-latch but we can see that as a kelly did

00:26:21go to the floor anyways it won't matter japanese possession and i'm gonna have an interesting

00:26:26decision here and i think the tea is coming on the field nathan thank you cheers and it is

00:26:31yeah lee's backing himself here he's three for three so far today so

00:26:35see what he does from a bit further further out here

00:26:56see the routine

00:27:03far from the spot where you uh drop kicked a famous goal in the seventh tournament but right

00:27:08now it's soon sing me a little bit further back a sweet strike because he had the line yes he does

00:27:14three more on the board for japan and they're making canada pay for their heirs

00:27:20and this was the penalty oh yep it does go off his feet isaac kelly and he's trying to support

00:27:25the ball carrier thank you yeah it was the right call from the referee there initially i couldn't

00:27:31i was agreeing with you gareth i could didn't really see that initially but after the replay

00:27:35i see uh i think that was the right call again a kick that canada can't compete for so it's

00:27:42possession of japan and that has produced well so far 24 points unanswered so i wonder if they

00:27:48want to mix it up a little bit around the corner again all these players great athletes

00:27:56so comfortable on the ball obviously in new zealand and polynesian influence in the team

00:28:03he's got back on so he's there yeah and it's interesting eddie jones talked about this fast

00:28:10style of play it goes back to the japanese roots they're always incredibly hard to play against

00:28:15so a lot of kicking it's crept into the game plan in recent years and he's trying to get

00:28:19back to more traditional roots you've seen it displayed very very well here the first 26 minutes

00:28:28short ball to makisi

00:28:38relentless it's phase after phase that one's finally knocked backwards for me there the

00:28:42referee's got it backwards pulling the canadian skipper out of the way and now he nudges it

00:28:48through there's no chase on though the coach have a chance to play along he sliced it in the field

00:28:55so can is still going to be under pressure here yuzaki's had some nice touches he goes right up

00:29:00the middle and look at those blue jerseys right there immediately for support and then the pick

00:29:04and go water turns right through the middle still going still fending looking for the line

00:29:10he gets it

00:29:16warner jones the 22 year old absolutely brilliant as he picked that from the base of the scrum

00:29:23absolutely brilliant it's right you'd be hard pressed to find a better try from a second rower

00:29:30in world rugby in in a while out that is a second try of the game but

00:29:35it's hard to it's hard to say it's hard to see it from here on camera but he is a

00:29:39massive massive man and for a guy that big to be moving like this it's

00:29:43very very impressive what an athlete

00:29:51wow straight through the middle that's route one tmo check

00:29:57oh they're checking the grounding check the grounding yep what are we looking at here

00:30:02as the ball was taken by number five and making sure he's on side okay okay so

00:30:08here's our television match official that is derek summons from the usa he said

00:30:13the previous ruck because it's a dry scoring play we can review it okay

00:30:17when he picked the ball the big stadium the big screen in the stadium here

00:30:24looking for offside nathan i didn't pick this up but maybe i didn't pick it up either but

00:30:28we'll see what this this shows here

00:30:32oh that looks good for me i guess if he's starting any video yeah we are but would

00:30:37you just slow it down for us please so we can get a clear look at where the positioning of

00:30:40the feet are yeah is he behind the back foot when he plays it or is he in front it's a petty call

00:30:49yeah yeah we need a wide angle on it if we can derrick that show that we get a good look on

00:30:54where the ball is here all these shots we're looking to see if runs his foot is yeah he's

00:31:00ahead not sure if you're seeing what angle you're seeing um but he's clearly got one foot ahead of

00:31:05the ball he does not have two feet behind the ball okay just slow this one down just let this

00:31:09one play number five jersey there the tried score he needs to be back to the back foot if he's not

00:31:14seeing his foot clearly in front of the ball i'm seeing one beside the ball to the side and one

00:31:19behind yeah but it's not it's not clear and obvious that there's one foot in front of the ball do you

00:31:24agree that's referee ian cross discussing with cat roach yeah and yeah jake rogan and he's not

00:31:32as convinced as the tmo okay so derrick for me what i'm seeing there is one foot to the side of

00:31:37the ball and one foot behind so there's not clearly one foot in front of the ball so i'm

00:31:41going to stay with my on-field decision of a try stick with your own shield yeah thank you

00:31:46try is good so you heard the discussion there and it will be five points soon to be seven against

00:31:51canada because it was a try scoring play nathan that's why it's being reviewed your thoughts

00:32:00yeah no i think it's the right call for sure from initial from initial view there i thought

00:32:04uh i thought his foot was beside the ball from a couple of different angles it did show

00:32:08like it might have been just a hair in front but uh no not enough for the for the try to be overturned

00:32:15lee adding two more taking it up to 31

00:32:29again that flat kick straight to the two try score

00:32:41come up on the inside turns produces it and now they're mixing it up and it's the short ball this

00:32:48time to the empowering center mcmullin still going and canada getting carved up at the moment

00:32:54it's his center partner dylan reilly and 12 and 13 combining brilliantly for japan

00:33:07oh it was a great line for mcmurray here right here off the left shoulder

00:33:11just catching fryer looking out instead of in

00:33:16and that change of angle is all he needed to put dylan reilly away for another five

00:33:25good vision seeing who was available

00:33:33so canada shell-shocked at the moment

00:33:37only three quarters of the way through the first half and they have conceded 36 points

00:33:43the last one to dylan reilly

00:33:44playing his rugby for satama panasonic product of bond university in australia 20 caps for the

00:33:55brave blossoms now and three more points for riley sorry for lee who will not miss 38 now

00:34:02i'm just wondering if canada decide to go contestable off one of these kickoffs here

00:34:08senkoe or one of the big men down

00:34:14try on the other side this time see if they can change the outcomes

00:34:33oh good width again from japan and nathan absolutely no back in so he's opportunity

00:34:39for kane to steal the ball so much good support around the ball carrier yeah it has been it has

00:34:44been very clinical from japan so far let's i'd love to see canada try to build some more phrases

00:34:49here and try to get on the front foot koopa coach keeps that when that ball's gone not backwards

00:34:57forward elson's pass led them into the defender and quatrain can't hang on he may have taken a

00:35:03shot here we will have time off yep he's pointing to his head and there won't be any risk taken here

00:35:12here's the pass it was a little bit forward and pushed him into the defender didn't it

00:35:16yeah just a little bit forward took the ball a little bit flat there

00:35:23luckily it looks like he bounced up pretty quickly he's all right so that's

00:35:26that's good there is head contact there and rumbles asked him to check it and the

00:35:29referee said he won't and i'm wondering why because there was clearly head contact with that shoulder

00:35:35tmo not going to step in

00:35:42as it is the onslaught continues the brave blossoms with big

00:35:47paulo makisi in the back of that kabuto spears player

00:35:51boys

00:35:54safe nice platform for them

00:35:58use it falls away so quick

00:36:04no one doesn't go to hand a little kick there from

00:36:08mullin in canada away how wide to nelson who nudges it with the left foot

00:36:12ko was he ahead of him or not he's knocked it on but a nice to give the crowd something to

00:36:19cheer about here at bc place from the canadians

00:36:24ball's not coming because it was knocked forward we'll have a japan scrum i see him pulling out

00:36:32some lovely little touches there from the canadian boys

00:36:36lovely from cooper great pickup good vision to get it to peter

00:36:40and coey who i wasn't sure if he was on side either there gareth but uh almost had that

00:36:46yeah canada got it just got to find a way to to get to get some go forward ball get some momentum

00:36:51perhaps some lower legs for me and you know full credit to japan slowing them down but that's that's

00:36:55all that's part of this whole game it's just how do you get go forward towards himself how do you

00:36:59get there lucas okay yeah you're right scrum has just been sort of a treat time for these backs

00:37:06they've got all these actions fine they're all lined up just waiting to hit it or run a dummy line

00:37:13right across the field and the scrumging forwards in the form of

00:37:20miura sakate and kamefusa are doing their job up front let's take a second

00:37:30i want you to see more of the field here stretching stay down and let me do stretching

00:37:35quite wide so it puts the stage in a tough spot here right because

00:37:39canada has to link with their back row or or or half back here to match numbers from this side of

00:37:45the scrum yeah and i can do is another 30 meters to the left of that shot that you can't even get

00:37:49him with our camera angles he's literally off the field so saying hey can you defend the whole

00:37:54wick here so even though they're 50 meters from their line we've seen japan chance to hand here

00:38:02and now they're mixing it up with a little quick pick from makisa

00:38:06oh rumble's over it great steal from his opposite number and he's won the penalty as well

00:38:13that's about all you can do at that stage

00:38:18lucas rumble i'm proud of scarborough ontario the balmy beach player showing what he does best down

00:38:24releases the tackle and then he's right over the top nobody's going to take a shot nathan

00:38:30just leading from the front just leading from the front doing

00:38:33doing the hard yards getting over you know you're going to get smashed in that position

00:38:37he's a brave brave man he's a big man as well and he's been doing this for a long time so

00:38:41just wait there just hold him we've got two that's just what we see every week

00:38:44from lucas rumble isn't it yeah the captain playing his rugby chicago hounds of major league

00:38:49rugby obviously of course a former trainer oh miss throw over the long pounced on by the japanese

00:38:57in the form of and they've won the penalty so pressure off japan now they're going quickly

00:39:03like a sevens match here it's too far over here the mark is here wasn't quite taken through the

00:39:08mark nathan number eight times on the floor first let's target the ball and not those details that

00:39:15are so frustrating as a coach great turnover great turnover from rumble just some sort of

00:39:21miscommunication at that lino but those are those little details that we just you just need to get

00:39:26right to be successful at this level and uh canada just been struggling with that so far this game

00:39:32there's still 45 minutes left in this game canada need to regroup somehow especially at set piece

00:39:38time line out one through one again the inside ball now they go short side they've just shown

00:39:55almost every look at the canadians they stayed connected to the canadians and they've won the

00:40:01knock-on so smart play going across can he get a bounce it's loose

00:40:18we've been speaking about this guy all game had an outstanding season in the mlr

00:40:24and it's transferring over into the summer test great work from higgins here

00:40:29just kicking the ball forward i don't know if he's got a soccer background in ireland there but

00:40:33just lovely lovely work i thought wonga did enough there but he's always had that nose that that

00:40:40that eye for a try and we've been seeing him do it for quite a few years now

00:40:45the man from markham ontario knows what the try line is there's the left foot going

00:40:50and he dives over the line a great attitude and training with this team

00:40:54taking a break from sevens as you said but giving the canadian fans and his teammates

00:40:58just a little bit to celebrate here oh yeah canada needed that especially going into halftime here

00:41:08peter nelson kicking for him the correct touch line left footer

00:41:12good strike and the crowd will let you know that's a full seven for canada

00:41:36wow good news for the canadians

00:41:43interesting we'll see in the last couple of minutes here if there's a full shift or if japan

00:41:47can get their hands back on the ball it has been largely through turnover ball that canada's had

00:41:51any success and that comes with a side of clear i guess from the use it well if we want them to

00:41:59use it and higgins going to stick it up high see if ko can make something happen but it's long so

00:42:04the red wall is going to go up a little hesitation and again more spill ball can

00:42:10canada do something with it okay i'm gonna stop there's two knock-ons he's trying to steal it

00:42:18coming with the style play isn't it japan trying fast rugby high risk rugby but there's going to

00:42:22be mishaps like this oh definitely there's been a lot of scrambled defense from from both sides

00:42:29in the last few minutes of this game i didn't actually see a knock on there

00:42:33from rumble because i was pretty excited because i thought there was some space there for canada

00:42:41so canada midfield scrum there you see that players mingling looking at their options

00:42:45two on the right nelson on the left potentially the least runners as coach slides out

00:42:54reset

00:42:58nelson in behind nice platform from the canadian forwards

00:43:04now they're trying to march it up a bit and they're on the move and they've won the penalty

00:43:07they can play advantage and take a chance can the canadians lasage wins the collision goes forward

00:43:14not a lot of support there higgins is struggling with it back for the

00:43:17has knocked it on it's going to come back for the original penalty great work from the canadian

00:43:21forwards nathan oh it was a great scrum for the canadian number one collapsing under pressure

00:43:26lovely lovely work there i thought i thought lesage did enough just to get his hands free

00:43:30unfortunately it was just wrapped up but having that advantage it's all good canada penalty here

00:43:36at half peter nelson going for the touch sorry miura the prop penalized for not supporting his

00:43:42own weight and a nice kick from nelson and we are into the dying moments of the first half here

00:43:47wouldn't this be a lift for canada they could put something together just inching into the

00:43:52japanese 22 and we're gonna have time off for an injured japanese player and it is the captain

00:43:57okay at sushi world cup veteran he's okay running repairs

00:44:04for the panasonic wild knights and this is the scrum that won that penalty okay hooker

00:44:11hooker step in please i'm kind of a step in the gap to the big japan open up maybe

00:44:17say they can build on the second half that's from dominance yeah

00:44:20now it's released watching around the corner midfield

00:44:34it's a little slower the ball production for the canadians

00:44:38giving japan a bit more chance to set up quadrant gets really low and he needed to

00:44:42does the mlr champion new eland free jack and massage puts it down that's halfway

00:44:51and that will do it here the first half heaps of scoring japan dominating 38 points on the board

00:44:58but canada showing a glimpse of home for these local fans getting seven points up on the board

00:45:05to andrew ko and quick views on that first half nathan yeah it's just those you touched on it

00:45:10there on that last phase it's just that millisecond at the breakdown canada just a little bit slower

00:45:15at producing its ball for itself which makes all the different things you can cross from ireland

00:45:26don't see any substitutes on the field but that will be something we'll keep an eye on

00:45:32as both benches will be tested and it's a feature of the modern game

00:45:37it will be japan to kick off

00:45:41sung seung lee gets us going does it go 10 10 for me the referee says it does

00:45:56more japanese possession they're driving forward but this time illegally canada gets the penalty

00:46:01so we ended the half with a try for canada the crowd got into it a little bit now they've got a

00:46:05penalty nathan fryer doing his work on the ground see here nathan lack of support for pretty rare

00:46:12for the japanese it was great work from fryer there get just the speed to get over that ball

00:46:18unfortunately this ball didn't get didn't find touch there okay that skill mistake from the

00:46:22canadians and now they've got a penalty and they've got a chance to score a goal

00:46:28skill mistake from the canadians

00:46:31nelson's got it at the back what is he going to do what's the instructions to play gave it to

00:46:38diggins who didn't have much room to work in but maybe a bit of a message there that can is

00:46:43going to need to keep their hands on the ball nathan i wonder what the message was at halftime

00:46:46head coach kingsley jones

00:46:52line out japan ball

00:46:57this is good at the tail as well now midfield options

00:47:00being offered up wow that's the number eight who started the lineup there mckessie

00:47:06bobbled initially

00:47:10you know even when japan don't move the ball they still go forward

00:47:13and there is durance doing a more traditional second row run don't trap it he's had an outstanding

00:47:20game his touches have been impressive good pace injected there by dylan reilly he's got

00:47:28a try to his name as well in the first half

00:47:30let him go

00:47:43again phase after phase wave of

00:47:47won the penalty so now they can have a little bit of a risk here

00:47:51inside ball engulfed by quadrant in a red jersey another inside ball looking for a second

00:48:00shimokawa just short of the line as he held up the roll the spin the try

00:48:08japan open their account here in the second half

00:48:14shimokawa again he's run some great support lines this game and this time off of the big man again

00:48:20durance who we've said we've said his name quite a few times this game cooper doing all he can here

00:48:25to slow up shimokawa he thought about reaching over his shoulder didn't he but it was the the

00:48:32support was there too quickly the fly half who got there sung sing lee and watch how athletic he had

00:48:38to be to get this touchdown yeah it was a great effort from cooper they're doing everything he can

00:48:47but on the front foot it's just it was just too quick the support was there too quick and

00:48:52lee would probably be one of the easier tries to sport international rugby

00:48:55good awareness from him thank you

00:49:05extras are at it so it's a full seven-pointer

00:49:10lead with a personal goal

00:49:1545-7 japan up over canada that little glint of hope at the end of the first half seems to be

00:49:22disappearing for canada nelson see if he can get a more competitive kickoff now he's going long and

00:49:29flat so arrives on tanita flying on both these second loads there's a loose ball

00:49:42so again canada benefiting from these loose balls these turnovers

00:49:46deep in japanese territory kelly martinez a man from white rock bc just down the road

00:49:52four of his classmates picked in this match arrive up red time for earl mary at high school

00:50:05mason fresh carrying hard i'm sorry blue isaac kelly in there as well he's still got it again

00:50:11isaac kelly in there as well he's still got it again isaac kelly

00:50:15just a meter to go now for canada they're playing on advantage

00:50:21kelly gets the tap in the bum says have a go he slips

00:50:26biggins ground what's available gonna stay with the forwards martinez in a supporting role

00:50:33short clearly short of the line says the referee they're gonna pull it back

00:50:38on the line

00:50:41little discussion in the middle of it all and there it is i think it's lucas rumble

00:50:46the captain just getting on the whitewash

00:50:52lucas rumble who scored three tries against brazil two years ago

00:50:56i believe he's got canada's second try here the pacific nations cup

00:51:03doing the hard yards and on defense and an attack lucas rumble leading from the front

00:51:12some big big contacts leading up to this try and a lot of tired tired boys here just the

00:51:18physicality you can hear the hits from up here in the booth but that whole passage of play started

00:51:25from a decision from andrew ko to count to counter up that breakdown on the right touchline they're

00:51:30creating the turnover get putting possession in canada's hands in japan's 22 and another

00:51:37seven points for canada that's a that's a great start to the second half for them

00:51:42well they'll be happy at the beach in toronto his home club celebrating a big

00:51:48anniversary next year they'll be happy that their former player gets a try for canada

00:51:55do it thank you and some subs on the field now here we go

00:52:04and the gucci the whole front row being substituted out at 46 minutes so was that

00:52:12always the plan or was that little try a bit of a wake-up call for eddie jones

00:52:19japan kicking high flirting with the sideline they get a hand to it knock on red for me there

00:52:24he's got a knock on red yes the knock on the red in the air strong blue that roach on the scene

00:52:30doesn't disagree so it will be the scrum for blue oh you saw the knock on myself ko disagrees with

00:52:36it thank you knock on red from japan andrico not averse to challenging the referee i think i kind

00:52:43of agree with koei there on that one i didn't see the knock on but then again i haven't seen

00:52:48it um nonetheless japan ball here left and left and they've been so dangerous attacking from these

00:52:54scrums to itama here standing right behind the scrum let's see if they get him involved on

00:52:59first phase here that new front row in there for japan

00:53:04crouch can work two ways up front either the fresh legs bring some energy or they're not used

00:53:12and they've been penalized on their own ball over extended on that far side was number 16

00:53:24to me that's good refereeing and as much as the scrums been very steady no problems

00:53:28and then a new road front row comes on and it goes down well there's a reason

00:53:32oh

00:53:42nathan here the referee saying retreat so when the kicks go in now a couple of new laws

00:53:47in the game no croc rolls which is that kind of clean out on the jackler to prevent some injury

00:53:55and this retreat when the kick goes up you can't just stay stationary you've actually got to make

00:53:59the effort pull back back on side also the new red call red card rules let's hope we don't see

00:54:05them but red card will be one short for 20 minutes and then you can bring on a different player not

00:54:10the defending player advantage after the 20 minutes has been served there's advantage for

00:54:13i think a head high shot in the air at the line out penalty advantage hands overlap

00:54:20steaming down looking for his first touch but the referee's going to come all the way back

00:54:24they can't execute again and it's going to be taking the man out in the line out

00:54:29all the way on the other side of the field that's good hands from canada there to get

00:54:33just on the outside of japan what feels like the first time this game

00:54:40that was a good carry from mick mcmullin on uh for canada there just to get some go forward but

00:54:47japan just doing such a good job at slowing down but despite that canada were able to get outside

00:54:51them they're nelson find a touch here yeah nudge it down the sideline and the line take the 22

00:55:00timing wait for the jumper to come down okay and there is talon mcmullin voted with his first start

00:55:07here just getting used to the pace and that has really only played university rugby at the

00:55:11university of british columbia up the road point gray and this is a player like his brother who's

00:55:18on the bench who just needs to get used to playing at this pace but he's a physical specimen and a

00:55:23great young player some bright hopes for the canadian side they come around and they're

00:55:29going to use him on the short line what a step what a move from canada talon mcmullin from white rock bc scores

00:55:42just when you were praising him gareth on the short line talon mcmullin

00:55:47off the left foot here as well he still had some work to do great timing for quadric but

00:55:51perfect timing from him and a little left foot to get around to itama

00:55:57what a finish from the earl mary secondary school athlete here

00:56:03yeah there's a story here in the local press it's a great rugby school and we've got four starters

00:56:08here all this work over the years and all these players kelly martinez from the start but i

00:56:15understand that mcmullin brothers great to see them out there and what a moment for him

00:56:24risa kelly of course as well and a nice kick there

00:56:32they're not giving up they're down 24 but they put 21 up on the board

00:56:42a little bit of regrouping there

00:56:46well my only complaint about the young man is he has a twin brother and

00:56:50for the benefit of commentators as much as anything he wears a red scrum cap

00:56:54his brother wears a blue one but because his brother's not on the field it's okay right now

00:57:02the back the sketch where it takes a free kick

00:57:06i don't know if he'll be the one kicking here

00:57:09ptu ptu was his call who am i giving this to because i'm not kicking says lucas rumble all i know

00:57:19long kick

00:57:24the dancing feet of nikon bulla

00:57:29for toshiba tokyo 30 year old outstanding in open field

00:57:34well look who's out midfield carrying the ball again wanted turns looking like

00:57:38backwards side centers gone backwards but i think cannon's got their hands on it

00:57:42they have so another turnover nothing's going to stick it long because there's no one back there

00:57:47scrambling to get back is nikon bulla and a beautiful bounce so canada turning the turnover

00:57:55the turnover into points

00:57:58and a block kick is he on side says yes everyone's on side after a block kick

00:58:07here in vancouver

00:58:12hoping as the tide is turning just a little bit and that one has gone into touch

00:58:16and nelson he's going to go quickly there we go to the back

00:58:20right it's through a half gap ko secures possession canada trying up the tempo themselves

00:58:27ethan fryer brought down

00:58:31quadrant gobbles initially then gets nice and low

00:58:35crawls forward biggins digging it out nelson out the back door

00:58:41they wanted it out wide the co-captain vantage no clear release no clear release so canada

00:58:48here rumble building the pressure this is a much better start to the second half for the canadians

00:58:56already looking for another one a little late there

00:59:01it's flexible backwards there okay the initial penalty i'm going to come back

00:59:06number 12 no clear release slowing down the ball nicholas mcmurran who didn't release

00:59:12kick which could have been so much better than anything for canada was such a good kick from

00:59:15peter nelson and a great chase down from lesage there i thought ben did enough there to create

00:59:20that turnover but peter nelson decided to take the quick line out again we had a bit of everything in

00:59:26that one it was actually great defense from japan to withstand that attack from canada just just

00:59:31doing a little things to slow it down but canada finding themselves here in japan territory well

00:59:38congratulations isiah mapusua gets his first cap for the blaze brought blade brave blossoms

00:59:45apologies sir just wait he comes on in the 20 jersey another unit 112 kgs

00:59:57eddie jones looking at his bench that's his fourth substitute in the second half

01:00:08um

01:00:28a couple of penalties in the japanese gonna have to be careful here two penalties close to the line

01:00:32okay release rumble looking to get a second try

01:00:42we'll go for the cross kick who's going to win the battle

01:00:52but ben can't get his hands on it it will be a penalty to canada

01:00:55god i love the decision from peter nelson there to go to ben

01:00:58and after so many phases of defense here they can see the even the backs are in that mall floor at

01:01:04the mall and keeping your hand there not a lot of options here for for nelson after after everyone

01:01:09was in tight there sort of go wide i liked it i liked it keep your hands up at least you get a

01:01:1550 50 then almost came down with it we're gonna go line out again last time they broke free

01:01:24the japanese players are having their hands on the ground trying to slow the ball up

01:01:28this is the first time the canyon forwards have really stressed the japanese let's see if they

01:01:32can do it again on their second lineup and they're going with the same formation higgins

01:01:36actually in the back line

01:01:46trying to generate the momentum they go right with a pass whoa he's on momentum for me there pat

01:01:51check out yeah really low higgins had his feet taken out from a strange

01:01:55option given that canada had done well in the previous driven lineup

01:01:58but they've got the ball back but now they're 30 meters out

01:02:08higgins

01:02:25andrico is out wide he wanted a cross kick he's unmarked at the moment

01:02:29the moment has lapsed advantage canada forcing it a little bit and they've knocked it on

01:02:36brownie from frantic play here yeah a little bit frantic there i thought i thought higgins

01:02:42decision just to come off to peel away from the back of that that mall on the on the japanese

01:02:47five-meter line just was just a little bit premature leading to that turnover you can

01:02:52see it here quatrain they were matched with numbers substitution and just put themselves

01:02:59under a little bit of pressure there that wasn't needed and now as a result of that

01:03:06japan have a scrum the players tend to make a legal tactic and his own momentum is taking

01:03:12them over the horizontal well now it's canada's turn to get the fresh front row in there there's

01:03:16some serious beef some serious experience

01:03:26serious campaigners for canada in recent years

01:03:35new guys patience and stability as we spoke about beforehand

01:03:46six new front rowers and now it's japan on the move and they have won the penalty so

01:04:04the men off the bench couldn't quite get it done for canada and now japan celebrating

01:04:09i mean you can imagine how difficult it would be coming from sitting on the bench

01:04:17right into the scrum japan

01:04:22just too big too strong in that scenario and now a great kick to the corner here for japan

01:04:30line out on the 22. there's one thing canada have achieved in the second half they've managed to

01:04:35control the tempo a little bit the japan aren't playing at this explosive rate

01:04:39this pace

01:04:43they go around the corner again short ball for riley

01:04:51now

01:05:02recognize the name he's the nephew of samoan coach great samoan coach

01:05:09he's playing with toyota for a blitz he's a big man on the field to make an impact injury

01:05:14over here yeah a rare mistake there from wong he pretty much everything he's done today has

01:05:18been positive just had that ball stripped from him yeah but again japan from the set

01:05:25piece just get really attacking that 10 12 channel putting canada on the back foot

01:05:32but luckily they're canada doing enough to turn that ball over scrum canada

01:05:39man

01:05:43okay water off please water's on the field the referee doesn't want it on there

01:05:48magic juice on the calves really fast surface here nathan and as we set up the top you know

01:05:54we're gonna stay straight where we're under pressure you see play stadium home of the

01:05:57british columbia lions of the canadian football league the vancouver white caps of mls

01:06:01and of course the vancouver sevens part of the hsbc world series

01:06:06oh it's so fast it's so fast and it really really does fit this japanese game place this game style

01:06:14and we've seen that so far they're quite a high tempo i'm going to add to that this

01:06:18september and october with wxb the first women's world championship the top six teams in the world

01:06:24will be here two of those dates triple headers will be played here he plays great times for

01:06:30women's rugby canada's very happy to be hosting that all part of this one squad this is the big

01:06:36scrum japanese booker nagata is penalized not driving straight

01:06:46so one penalty apiece for the new front rows

01:06:52and i'm curious to see how can approach this this next passenger player are they going to

01:06:56try to play with the ball are they going to go with the contestable kick i guess it depends

01:07:00on how they do from first from the early phases from this lineup but i would love to see them have

01:07:05a crack at this japanese side oh the big hand of turns gets in front and steals that ball he's

01:07:10doing everything right now they hit there both sides have been completely committed

01:07:20you'd expect it of a test match in the first game of the pacific nations

01:07:29a little bit less spring in the step of players

01:07:40oh

01:07:43a bit of a miscommunication but great hands to hold on and the arriving player is off his feet

01:07:49they can start about a quick one what's your take nathan should he have gone should they have the

01:07:53tempo here five straight the floor no no no we're gonna wait for a substitution no i just like you

01:07:58said gareth i did i think just the decisions for canada in the second half breakdown time

01:08:03have been better i'm not sure obviously what was said at halftime is it we got this we got the

01:08:08second mcmullin brother coming in here it looks like for cooper coats but no just the decisions

01:08:13around when to and when not to commit to breakdowns has been really a huge difference here it's been

01:08:18quite obvious from up here just making it a bit more difficult for japan to kind of get on that

01:08:23front foot and find space out wide that is takota mcmullin wearing the blue rugby cup thank you

01:08:28takota in his second cap for canada twins from university of british columbia also playing

01:08:35for the vancouver that's okay hold that now hold the gas slayers like kid and do good we're

01:08:39identified as the canada selects gave them a run now there's nice movement double touch

01:08:45from the substitute mcmullin still going

01:08:51against goes up the short side he's still pumping the legs and the offload good interplay from

01:08:56canada they're well inside the japanese 22 now looking for their third try of the half

01:09:02half still going the crowd giving them a boost

01:09:08ball keith

01:09:10the new brunswicker

01:09:13referee telling them to get their hands off the ball

01:09:21again it's keith the bell i rover

01:09:24what's he gonna do

01:09:36nice carry from him

01:09:40again it's keith the first receiver fairly static

01:09:43he's involved there he's a strong man use it flash from colberg ontario

01:09:58this is good energy from the canadians

01:10:02yeah

01:10:07as a kelly powering through the 24 year old now it goes wide to lasage

01:10:12but he's met with two japanese defenders and he's still

01:10:16advantage for jack he's over kicking chase was there a late hit there

01:10:22well the referee's going to play on it's a foot race

01:10:24coles battling go gets a hand to it but can't kill the ball

01:10:27now it's mcmullin going to clean up the mess and he does

01:10:30go like goal line drop out end to end action nathan outstanding

01:10:36jeez they've really thrown mcmullin into this game from the first set piece i think he touched

01:10:40the ball twice off that initial play created the break and then just chased back 100 meters

01:10:46to save that try for canada canada just gotta find time a bit more creativity when they're

01:10:53in that red zone okay too much standing still too much just waiting for japan to meet them

01:10:59they got to take it to japan especially in that part of the field i know it's easier said than

01:11:03done let's get the numbers there please but they got to find something to mix it up a bit because

01:11:08right now japan just too organized in that part of the field so difficult to break

01:11:14and on the field comes the youngster james time still off 10 just hold product of term college

01:11:20and the bowmanville vikings 67297 he is a unit

01:11:31okay nice moment for him yeah playing his rugby with the pride he's given up on football he's

01:11:37just been to a couple of combines and decided to wholly commit to rugby and that's a great

01:11:43thing for canadian rugby let's see if he can make a impact here in the game

01:11:49right off the bat he puts a tackle in now japan look at how many players they've got

01:11:54nine players to choose from in the end it's the massive

01:11:59who keeps it

01:12:12good hit again from stockwood stopping the japanese

01:12:15and they spelled it and he's stolen it

01:12:20moved out wide on the turnover back to work they go ethan fryer tackle release

01:12:28he's tackled he has to be let go

01:12:34megan's going to put the boot to it advantage over well great reward for that canadian effort

01:12:40in defense yeah it was a great effort in defense there gareth i thought uh japan looked dangerous

01:12:45initially from that from that goal line drop out but canada just again those decisions around the

01:12:51breakdown went to went not to commit ended up creating the turnover japan's or japan just

01:12:56trying to play a little bit too quick from that from that one there and fujiwara unfortunately

01:13:02knocked it on for them well turns again showing every facet of the play taking the line out there

01:13:10they spell it again this has been one of the factors that let canada back into the

01:13:14game the lack of precision from eddie jones's men dropping a few balls here he's passed him out

01:13:21so yeah it's a bit different from what we saw from japan in the first half there it's a little

01:13:26bit a little bit less clinical timing might be a little bit off as they start to make changes but

01:13:34it will be getting a bit of a breather what a game he's had the bottom of your

01:13:38screen there he may have taken a knock as well

01:13:40for him the shizuka blue revs he's 112 kgs without losing any weight there scrum time

01:13:53higgins with options both sides boys lurching to the right

01:13:58nelson is off to the left point here he tried to have a go at scrum

01:14:03how to use this go again the referee wants him to use it even though it's a scrum

01:14:07and it goes to nelson they saw his early ball mcbain not a lot of room to work in

01:14:19they're having to regenerate trying to get that momentum back

01:14:23see how quickly the japanese are backwards great line speed from the japanese defenders there

01:14:31it's brought back into the pocket and nelson nudged it into space looking for a 50-22

01:14:39well gathered by tuitama thank you he shows his nice kicking skills inside nelson okay

01:14:45seven massive boot what a kick from him it's going to be a quick one from yoshitake yazaki

01:14:52keep going continues

01:14:57i don't know if he did call a fair catch with the ref he's giving him one

01:15:01look at the battle scars for andrew poe there let's do it he's been in the thick of it number

01:15:06seven canada koei just looking like he sensed that the boys needed a bit of a break there

01:15:13big matawaru coming on here for ethan fryer been a bit of a standout for me on the seventh squad

01:15:20the last few seasons so i'm looking forward to seeing him get his opportunity here he's a big

01:15:24big boy he's a big strong boy very different look than ethan farwell shocking kick from koei may be

01:15:30cramped up there as he was kicking but you're right matawaru playing for the pacific pride

01:15:36really learning his trade he's going to stay out midfield in this condensed lineup

01:15:41he's a great man to try and hit but now he's going to have to defend

01:15:43there he is making his first tackle

01:15:51no hesitation oh nice hit there god like it on the reserve

01:16:00well it's good

01:16:11seem to be as exposed the kick doesn't get cleanly through a lot of picks it up

01:16:16as the flanker flips it to nelson and there's no one home

01:16:20who's going to be there there's some tired legs out there from both teams

01:16:24he's not one of them because osada is fresh off the bench and he's found some space out wide

01:16:29japan steaming right through the middle and it is naikombala open field

01:16:38incredible try from joday naikombala

01:16:44oh you said it good there are some tired tired bodies out there koei's grabbing his

01:16:48cramp or something maybe an indication of why he decided to take the free kick off that kick

01:16:53return here but just the vision to cut back here and feed naikombala

01:16:59and just having the gas to go 60 60 meters here

01:17:06another one for japan he's enjoying this isn't he here

01:17:10another one for japan he's enjoying this isn't he here

01:17:15the man who's played some sevens and knows how to get it done

01:17:23we've got an injured canadian player down they're going to take the conversion anyways seconds

01:17:30okay the clock is running the wrong team put the shot back off there

01:17:36so the wrong t's on the field okay back up it's off and he's going to drop kick it which is an

01:17:40option just slides in front so keeping the score under 50 japan 49 canada 21

01:17:50a great match both these teams fighting hard the first match of pacific nations

01:17:55cup gareth reese here with nathan hiriyama in vancouver

01:17:59first match in this pool this is the 25th time these teams have met 15 of those awarded to japan

01:18:07canada won eight times and quite oddly two ties for these two teams that both come at rugby world

01:18:13cups the last game was in this stadium in 2016 japan will be that one 26 points to 22 and

01:18:20dj sears daru had a chance to win it at the death was held up over the line

01:18:24it's been some time since canada's had a back 10 result of that quality

01:18:30and again it's japan looking to slow things down i think head coach kinsey

01:18:34jones be very happy with canada's second half effort here

01:18:38and john mcfarlane in particular defense coach a ton of time with this team but

01:18:43he's obviously fixed a few things that went wrong in the first half

01:18:47and that's a nice moment mark malaski from castle bar ireland playing his okay japan

01:18:53pride please working really hard to improve and get better for this canadian team a great kicker

01:18:58he's on the field in the 22 jersey for canada it's in the gas play out and go on at full back

01:19:04you see nelson has to play that catcher and right through the middle it's mcmullan again

01:19:09he does it again sit down release well there's some route one rugby

01:19:16and the old school canadian fans in the building like that

01:19:20step back play on biggins trying to get up and he keeps it

01:19:24thought it might have opened up for him right here now the forwards gonna pick and go dj sears daru

01:19:30oakville ontario's finest sliding through and he's been penalized not enough support there

01:19:39japan not going to go quickly mullen stayed down after that solid run that was talent mcmullan

01:19:47what a hit there and watch what he does to the fullback nathan falling from canada just a nightmare

01:19:51when you're a fullback and you see a man that big running straight at you you kind of hope he takes

01:19:56takes you to the corner but now these mcmullan brothers just feeding off each other they're

01:20:01just doing one thing after another both of them talent's holding his shoulder here i'm hoping

01:20:05he's going to be all right looks like he's going to carry on but um now these both these boys have

01:20:11had some great great touches especially in the second half well he's talking about the value of

01:20:16the pacific nations come for rugby these lads grew up about 25 30 minutes from this stadium

01:20:21for them to put on this red jersey come out here and play against just wait japan a 14th ranked

01:20:27team in the world i mean these are the opportunities being provided and these really are the future

01:20:31okay also on the field there man from ebbington brock gallagher playing this

01:20:36rugby at thales jackals mlr will come on possibly on the wing as soon as the backups come out

01:20:46great feet from yuzaki he's still going and the pickup from belaski fantastic athleticism

01:20:54japanese players off their feet so canada starting to make some plays here

01:20:58that was a great chase back from belaski there japan

01:21:01looked like he just kind of threw it blindly here yuzaki great break initially from him

01:21:06a lot of toe jeez pulling weight just blindly kind of throwing a prayer up there

01:21:10but belaski just having the athleticism to get up there and steal that

01:21:20well gallagher is actually going to be on the wing he's played a lot of wing

01:21:23down to the jackals they go with a six and two bench that's six forwards and only two backs

01:21:27so often that's going gap is good position and for canada they'll be doing the same here

01:21:33on the right wing

01:21:41i could see and that's just part of the learning curve you know at this level different pressures

01:21:46with no option of a scrum another one no option you arrived here at 14

01:21:56of the everton rugby system is an advantage if you're not rolling away

01:22:02starting to build a little bit here

01:22:10flat low ball

01:22:16is good it would have been good but they're going to go back to the penalty

01:22:27thank you

01:22:30here come all the way back number 20 not rolling away yeah just got big mad old there

01:22:40on the wrong side we've said his name a few times today he's not afraid of the physical stuff he's

01:22:45a big big strong boy and i'm looking forward to this i'm looking forward to seeing him get his

01:22:49opportunity in the 15 man game here i thought he was outstanding at sevens he's a great defender

01:22:56okay so give it up and japan just taking that a little bit too long there it's going to be

01:23:01canada's ball don't be trolled so that kick did not go into the sideline went dead so canada

01:23:10have the choice and they're going to take a scrum obviously back where the ball was kicked

01:23:18better last time guys

01:23:20the referee actually coaching a good referee in both front rows

01:23:23and once nobody wants to see reset scrubs nathan

01:23:29vlasky lurking in behind and just a little bit of a head nod there from jason higgins

01:23:34say

01:23:39use it use it it would be nice if you can't see the ball still up near the front row now rumble

01:23:44gets it away he's been working so hard on his kicking nice nudge from him does that stay on

01:23:50the park oh just outside spending hours on the line for training pitch ball's been doing anything

01:23:57he can to get better for this team and i gotta say nathan it's a bit of a attribute of a lot of

01:24:03these young players committing to this canadian cause they know canada has to qualify for the

01:24:08rugby world cup in 2027 and they're doing all they can back we go back we go yeah a lot a lot

01:24:13of hard work being put in by these boys up in langford and in their mlrs fixtures as well

01:24:20the world cup is the goal for this team but obviously you know there's steps that you have

01:24:25to take to get to that point and i think this is all a part of building for kingsley jones's side

01:24:30and um you know i think they'll be able to find some positives of what we've seen so far in the

01:24:35first 75 minutes of this game there's a steal there sorry nathan okay use it for the red but

01:24:40you're right these are the learning moments you can't duplicate the intensity of test match rugby

01:24:46they were asked to use it again an experience of kayden do good and that's okay he's learning

01:24:56had three years in france training and playing over there

01:25:00with limoges a couple other clubs great story the family we mentioned john tate their uncle

01:25:06obviously tyler currently uncapped playing for montpellier in france and don't forget their

01:25:12sister abby she's playing for lightning the english championship okay let him get his point

01:25:19doing some very good stuff on the rugby field and this is such a tough tough spot for canada

01:25:25to defend from from especially after 75 minutes of physical physical rugby here japan have two

01:25:32players standing right behind the scrum you can't see it on this camera angle

01:25:35but one of them is the man we've mentioned quite a few times today

01:25:41too much weight and we won't see it we won't see what happens after that

01:25:45so the referee being consistent i know you're trying to get the ball but just leave him alone

01:25:49yeah he's got that one wrong he tripped on himself

01:25:52oh sorry he tripped over the ball sorry no

01:26:00thanks guys so a little light relief but in the middle of it

01:26:04japan taking too long at scrum time canada have a lineup midfield

01:26:08foreign

01:26:16canada wearing this jersey which had a great audition first run out of the olympic games if

01:26:22you like that jersey turn into store.rugby.ca and equally the brave blossoms always have fantastic

01:26:28gear they'll support your teams especially as we kick off civil nations cup world rugby's

01:26:35tournament and the tackle beyond the ball there taking out number seven taking a pair beyond the

01:26:41rook yeah and it was shimokawa who got a try early on in the first half i could have said

01:26:46nathan the tempo was completely different in the second half and it's probably favoring the canadians

01:26:51no you're right gareth and shimokawa rightly so taking out lucas rebel because he's gonna he's

01:26:55been a bit of a menace the second half just sticking his head into everything um no doubt

01:27:01their back row is targeting at rug time because he does make such a mess of those situations

01:27:08let's see how canada finishes last three minutes here a nice attacking scrum in japan's end right

01:27:14now the second half score is 14 12 in favor of to this young side learning some lessons on the

01:27:19fire mason flesh brings it down hard carry to the middle higgins digs it out the water

01:27:27why it's one tackle

01:27:35to kota mcmullan the blue cap

01:27:39massage knock backwards but produces the ball

01:27:44well part of the japanese they're getting off the line quickly

01:27:49higgins had a much tougher job today than his opposite number fujiwara

01:27:56happens you don't get the same kind of go for it late around his mouth and

01:27:59he puts it into space for van the crowd love it

01:28:13canada threatening right to the end the last minute and a half of play here

01:28:17advantage advantage to canada 17 on the right side affecting the way to the players

01:28:32still advantage for canada we're now four meters away

01:28:36the water is going to have a look is he going to keep yes he will nice job

01:28:41for him

01:28:48now they go wide to higgins he's gonna cross kick over the top who's gonna get it loose ball

01:28:52did he get a hand on it i think it's mcmullan again and this could be a sublime finish

01:29:00as he trapped it on the half volley he thinks he's got it nathan i think he's got it too gareth

01:29:07i've seen pat i've seen the player put pressure down let's have a look clearly press the ball

01:29:11it was just i have a grounding initially when peter was deciding to opt for the

01:29:18initially when nelson was going for the kick i was kind of standing up my chair saying no but

01:29:22what athleticism from you got from takoda there to got you owen catch that on the volley somehow

01:29:29get that down referees i just want to help the television official to confirm the on-field

01:29:33decision is try checking the grounding so that's important nathan the on-field decision is a try

01:29:39from referee cross and if it does stand oh and i have a clear grounding the player is on side

01:29:45you may award your try okay just show three air ones just for clarity please derek he says he has

01:29:49a clear on the replay yes and the referee wants to see i'm looking at it here don't worry about

01:29:53a piece of athleticism like this i don't know what you're seeing but i'll see it again okay and you

01:29:57know what it's going to be okay we just need to slow that down because i need to make sure that

01:30:01clearly presses down on the ball so now referee crosses question with a better angle

01:30:09queuing that up thank you so he obviously doesn't get it initially but he pushes it down

01:30:15he needs to have contact with the ball the crowd trying to play their part here

01:30:20let the referee know what they think the end goal should help since the referee

01:30:25yes there's a boot in the way

01:30:30we need to have something distinctive to overturn the on-field call of a try

01:30:34okay derek's it's pretty tight for me but you have a clear grounding you're happy with

01:30:38the grounding i have a clear grounding i am happy you may award the try okay grounding is good

01:30:47and i don't know how many times guaranteed you'd be able to tell how many times if two

01:30:50brothers scored in a test match together playing for canada i think of the mckinnons or the

01:30:55marines or the tynans in my era and two great tries and both coming in the second half

01:31:03wow nelson had two more

01:31:08mullen brothers who's stepping up so senator are now winning this second half 21 points to 12 and

01:31:15after that start in the first 15 minutes even you thought that was almost impossible i think that

01:31:20might happen now they're showing a lot of heart a lot of grit here the canadian boys and you know

01:31:25as a canadian spectator and canadian rugby follower that's what we want to see from our team

01:31:31is it's just some some grit and some ticker when it's getting tough and um yeah it hasn't been

01:31:37perfect but you know i think there are some positives to take from this game and even just the

01:31:44intensity here to finish out this game running the ball throwing the ball at the back

01:31:49the hooters sounded here we're into extra time the red numbers as you can use it

01:31:53credit both teams who fought hard all day

01:31:58and i mean at this point it's all about pride that's all these guys are doing the game the

01:32:02result is is set but these guys want to put on a bit of a show for the for the people who've come

01:32:06out and bought tickets to watch this roski in space gets it to mcbenn

01:32:14canada going through the phases oh stoppage shut down welcome to international rugby

01:32:20that's okay leave it now leave it

01:32:37the 24 year old gets the last word for japan

01:32:45and just an opportunity opportunistic try here for osada

01:32:50nelson i see what he's trying to do i see that i see the space that he's seeing out there but

01:32:55unfortunately asada just being able to nab that one out of the air

01:33:01and japan are gonna end the game like they started the game with a try

01:33:07well kick to come from tatekawa an experienced player 56 caps to his name

01:33:17he's going to have the extras done this jersey proud over the years

01:33:23he's pushed that one out wide will it curl in no is the answer and that will do it here in vancouver

01:33:31no is the answer and that will do it here in vancouver a pulsating test match the first

01:33:39one of the pacific nations cup japan winning it 55 points to 28 and nathan i think after that start

01:33:48the canadian fans will be happy that canada responded and the japanese fans will be happy

01:33:52with the quality of that performance yeah i you know i think i think both sides will be able to

01:33:56take some positives out of this game obviously canada not the winner on the scoreboard but like

01:34:01you said a lot of young fellas getting their opportunity here and i thought some of the guys

01:34:06really stepped up those mcmullin brothers i thought they were outstanding um rumble as always

01:34:13showed up but you know japan they were clinical and some of those boys in the

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