Japan caused one of the greatest upsets in Rugby World Cup history by beating two-time champion South Africa 34-32 in the opening Pool B match on Saturday.

South Africa, ranked third in the world, had 5–1 odds to win the World Cup, while Japan's were at 1500–1. Japan has never advanced out of pool play in the tournament, hosted this year by England.

Two-time World Cup winners South Africa boasted 851 caps between them going into Saturday's Pool B contest and while they failed to win a game in the recent, truncated Rugby Championship, they did ...

Japan has caused the biggest upset in Rugby World Cup history as replacement Kame Hesketh scored a dramatic last-minute try to beat two-time winners South Africa 34-32 in their opening Pool B match.

Japan pulled off the biggest shock in Rugby World Cup history on this day in 2015 with a stunning 34-32 win over South Africa at the Amex Stadium in Brighton. A try by Karne Hesketh in the final ...

Japan stunned two-time champions South Africa to cause arguably the biggest upset in rugby union history. Karne Hesketh crossed in the final minute to win an incredible World Cup Pool B encounter ...

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Factbox on the Rugby World Cup quarter-final match between Japan and South Africa: WHERE Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo WHEN Sunday, Oct. 20 at 7.15pm local time (1015 GMT) JAPAN World ranking: 7 Coach ...

World champions South Africa will play Japan at Wembley on November 1 the first time they have met in England since the ...

Japan ended the 2015 World Cup with victories over USA and Samoa, but a defeat to Scotland meant the Brave Blossoms failed to reach the knockout stages for what would have been the first time.