(DRAMATIC MUSIC) (DRAMATIC MUSIC) (DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES) KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING, NEW ZEALAND. MOTHER NATURE HAS BROUGHT HER FULL POWER TO BEAR ON JAPAN AND RUGBY WORLD CUP 2019, AND THIS WEEKEND WE HAVE TWO MATCH CANCELLATIONS ` SOMETHING NEVER BEFORE SEEN AT THE TOURNAMENT. YES, SUPER TYPHOON HAGIBIS, THE SECOND STRONGEST STORM ON EARTH THIS YEAR, HAS CAUSED WIDESPREAD DISRUPTION TODAY IN THE TOKYO AND YOKOHAMA AREAS, AND IN THE INTERESTS OF SAFETY, WORLD RUGBY CANCELLED BOTH THE NEW ZEALAND VS ITALY GAME AND ENGLAND VS FRANCE. I'M JAMES GEMMELL, AND TONIGHT WE DISCUSS WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE TOURNAMENT, AND LOOK BACK ON THE STORY SO FAR, WITH FORMER ALL BLACK ` NOW COACHING IN JAPAN ` JON PRESTON; FORMER BLUES AND LEINSTERMAN ISA NACEWA; AND WORLD CUP-WINNING BLACK FERN KRISTINA SUE. JON, YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN JAPAN. YOU KNOW WHAT THESE THINGS ARE CAPABLE OF. YOU SAW IT LAST YEAR FIRST-HAND. I WAS IN OSAKA LAST YEAR, AND WE GOT HIT BY A MAJOR TYPHOON. IT WAS THE BIGGEST IN 23 YEARS AT THE TIME. TO HUNDRED KILOMETRE WINS CAME THROUGH. WE KNEW IT WAS COMING. WE KNEW THAT PUBLIC TRANSPORT WAS GOING TO SHUT. I WAS STAYING IN A HOTEL ON THE 36TH FLOOR AT THE TIME. THE HOTEL WAS GOING LIKE THIS. I DID NOT THINK IT WAS GOING TO FALL DOWN, BUT IT WAS NOT VERY COMFORTABLE. WE GOT DOWN TO GROUND LEVEL. THERE WAS FOOTAGE OF CARS BASICALLY BEING PICKED UP AND ROLLED LIKE DICE BY THIS WIND. THERE WAS A MASSIVE TANKER THAT BROKE OFF ITS MOORINGS AND SMASHED INTO A BRIDGE THAT CONNECTED THE MAINLAND TO THE AIRPORT, AND THAT WAS OUT OF ACTION FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. REALLY REALLY DANGEROUS. YOU COULD NOT BE OUT IN IT. IT WAS WAY TOO DANGEROUS. THE CRITICISMS THAT HAVE BEEN LEVELLED VERY HEAVILY AT WORLD RUGBY'S FEET ` THEY KNEW THAT THIS COMPETITION WAS GOING TO BE STAGED IN JAPAN FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS, AND THAT THIS WOULD ALSO BE TYPHOON SEASON. THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS DIRECTED AT WORLD RUGBY, EVEN AFTER THE TOURNAMENT FINISHES. ALSO THE WAY IT HAS ALSO BEEN HANDLED, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONFUSION, A LOT OF GREY AREA. PEOPLE WANT ANSWERS, AT THE END OF THE DAY. WHEN MOTHER NATURE IS THE FORCE THAT IT IS, IT PUTS IT INTO PERSPECTIVE THAT WE ARE A RUGBY TOURNAMENT, AND SAFETY COMES FIRST. THERE WILL BE MORE QUESTIONS DOWN THE LINE. FROM THAT RUGBY PERSPECTIVE, IT LEADS TO THE CHALLENGING QUESTIONS WITH REGARDS TO THE SPORT SERGIO SAID AT THE ALL BLACKS NEEDED FOUR POINTS TO WIN AND GO TO THE FINALS... THERE ARE NOT MANY WINNERS IN THIS IF WE TAKE IT FROM A RUGBY PERSPECTIVE. THAT MIGHT BE TRUE BUT I TEND TO LOOK AT IT AS THINKING ABOUT THOSE PARTIES THAT HAVE ALL BEEN AFFECTED, INCLUDING THEIR PLAYERS. WORLD RUGBY WHO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE. PEOPLE AT HOME WHO ARE RUGBY FANATICS. EVERYONE IS AFFECTED. IT IS ON PARTS OF THE 1958 TROPICAL CYCLONE, OVER 1200 PEOPLE THAT DIED. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LIVES HERE. FOR ME, WORLD RUGBY HAS HAD TO MAKE THE DECISION THAT IS THE RIGHT ONE. WE'LL DISCUSS MORE OF THE WORLD CUP SPECIFICS IN A MOMENT, BUT LET'S HEAD UP TO JAPAN NOW TO GET A SENSE OF THE POWER OF THIS TYPHOON. KIMBERLEE DOWNS IS ON STORM WATCH. KIMBERLEE. THANKS, JAMES. DOING OK AT THE MOMENT. THIS IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT HAS BEEN LIKE FOR MOST OF THE DAY HERE IN TOKYO. THE WIND IS EXPECTED TO GET WORSE LATER ON. IT IS MEANT THERE IS VERY LITTLE TO DO FOR US EXCEPT SIT INSIDE AND WATCH THE LOCAL NEWS. THERE IS A PICTURE STARTING TO EMERGE OF HOW BAD THIS COULD BE. ONE PERSON HAS APPARENTLY ALREADY DIED AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF INJURIES. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO EVACUATE AND THOUSANDS ARE WITHOUT POWER. WE HAVE SEEN LANDSLIDES, FLOODING, CARS FLIPPED, HOUSES DESTROYED. IN TOKYO, IT HAS BEEN EERILY QUIET AT LEAST. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE PASSED THROUGH HER EVERY DAY. TODAY, AD RESEMBLES MORE OF A GHOST TOWN. MANY OF THE SHOPS HAVE CLOSED THEIR DOORS, SANDBAGGING THOSE DOORS. THE CONVENIENCE STORES WHERE THE SHELVES HAVE BEEN WIPED CLEAN AND LIEU OF WHAT WILL BE THE WORST STORM TO HIT JAPAN THIS YEAR. THERE ARE TEAMS WHO ARE STILL HAVING TO PREPARE TO POTENTIALLY PLAYED TOMORROW. THE JAPAN RUGBY TEAM HAS RELEASED A VIDEO OF THE PLAYERS HAVING TO WADE THROUGH KNEE-HIGH WATERS TO GET TO THE TRAINING FIELD. WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT THIS STAGE WITH A BLOCKBUSTER ENCOUNTER AGAINST SCOTLAND TOMORROW. ORGANISERS SAY THAT THEY WILL ASSESS THINGS IN THE MORNING AND MAKE A CALL THEN, BUT AT THIS STAGE, ALL THEY CAN DO IS JOIN THE REST OF US AND HUNKER DOWN FOR THE NIGHT AND WAIT TO SEE HOW SEVERE THE DAMAGES GOING TO BE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. PLEASE STAY SAFE. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT LEAST FOR THE MOMENT. WE HAVE HAD PLENTY OF THRILLS ON THE PATCH. BUT FIRST, WE'VE DECIDED TO PICK A COMBINED 15 OF THE PLAYERS OF THE TOURNAMENT SO FAR. WE'LL DO THIS THROUGHOUT THE SHOW. WHERE BETTER TO START THAN THE FRONT ROW? ISA? THE STAND UP FOR ME IS JOE. HE DOES IT WITH THE MOHAWK. HE IS A DOMINANT BALLCARRIER AND DOMINANT IN THE SCRUM. HE MOTIVATES OTHER FORWARDS TO GET EXCITED ABOUT SCRUM TIME, WHICH IS PRETTY HARD TO DO. FOR ME, HE HAS BEEN TO STAND UP. HE WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE. I WENT WITH THE OTHER JOE, JOE MOODY, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF HIS DEFENSIVE EFFORTS. HE IS CRUCIAL AS A SCRUMMAGER. THAT IS A NO-BRAINER FOR SOMEONE IN HIS POSITION. THE CASTING VOTE GOES IN A DEMOCRATIC PROCESS THAT WE RUN HERE, JON. TO GREAT OPTIONS, AND YOU WOULD BE REASONABLY HAPPY WITH BOTH. I HAVE GONE WITH JOE MARLER. WE MAKE A SHIFT ACROSS INTO THE HOCKEY POSITION. THIS ONE WAS MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD. ALL THREE OF YOU AGREE. WE ALL AGREED. NOT ONLY DOES HE HAVE A NEAT LOOK ABOUT HIM, BUT HE HAS A MOBILE... I LIKEN HIM TO DANE COLES, BUT HIS ABILITY TO THROW IN THE LINEOUT AND HIS MOBILITY AROUND THE FIELD, DEFENSIVELY HE IS SOUND. HE HAS BEEN A STANDOUT. HE DOES IT ALL WITH A SMILE. HE HAS GOT A MASSIVE FOLLOWING, CULT HERO. FOR HIM TO DO ALL OF THAT AND THE STAR JAPANESE SIDE... HAVING FUN ALONG THE WAY, THAT IS WHAT WE LIKE. NEPO LAULALA. HE IS THE ROCK OF THAT ALL BLACKS SCRUM. HE HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD IN THE WORLD CUP SO FAR AND JUST DOES HIS CORE ROLES AROUND THE FIELD VERY WELL. HE IS A CLEAR NUMBER ONE. CLEAR NUMBER THREE AS IT WERE ON THIS OCCASION. WE WILL MAKE OUR WAY THROUGH THIS AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE SHOW. WELL, ONE MAN WHO COULD WELL BE IN A FRONT ROW WORLD 15 COME THE END OF THE TOURNAMENT IS ALL BLACK HOOKER DANE COLES. (EXCITING MUSIC) # WALKING ON A DREAM... # IT'S ALWAYS SPECIAL WHEN YOU GET TO PUT ON THAT BLACK JERSEY ` REPRESENTING NEW ZEALAND, REPRESENTING MY FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS. IT'S JUST SPECIAL. I DON'T KNOW. I CAN'T REALLY PUT IT INTO WORDS, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING REAL ` THE HISTORY BEHIND IT, THE PRESSURE, THE BEING AWAY WITH THE BOYS, YOU KNOW, JUST LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING YOU DON'T GET TO` YOU ONLY GET TO EXPERIENCE EVERY FOUR YEARS, AND JUST TO BE A PART OF IT WOULD BE PRETTY SPECIAL. AND NOW HERE IS COLES RANGING WIDE. WELL, HE CAN GO FOR GOLD. STEVE USED TO SAY, ON ANY DAY, ANY TEAM CAN BEAT ANYONE. GOING INTO 15, I ALWAYS REMEMBER ` WE HAD A MEETING, AND HE SAID, JUST BECAUSE WE WON IT 2011, DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GOING TO WORK FOR US IN 2015. WE'VE GOT TO FIND OUR OWN WAY. AND THAT'S KIND OF SOMETHING THAT REMAINS WITH ME, LIKE, JUST BECAUSE YOU'VE HAD SUCCESS DURING THE YEAR OR PREVIOUS WORLD CUPS, YOU CAN TAKE LITTLE THINGS OUT OF IT, BUT IT DOESN'T ENTITLE YOU TO ANYTHING, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YOU STILL HAVE TO FIND YOUR OWN WAY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT WORLD CUP. MCCAW HOLDS IT OUT, AND DANE COLES IS IN. I THINK IT JUST COMES DOWN TO EMBRACING IT AND FINDING OUR OWN WAY. AND WE WILL LEARN AS WE GO. WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF THINGS IN PLACE, BUT WE'VE GOT TO FIND OUR OWN WAY TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WE'VE GOT SOME OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD, AND WHEN THEY PLAY SIMPLE OR BACK THEMSELVES AND NOT GET TOO CLUTTERED, I THINK THAT'S WHEN WE ARE AT OUR BEST. COLES TO LIENERT-BROWN. ANTON LIENERT-BROWN HAS BARRETT IN SIGHT. SCOTTY BARRETT... UNDER THE HORNS. THERE'S SOME GOOD LEADERS IN OUR TEAM. WE KEEP EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT. NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, IF SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE SAID, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU. HI, AUE, HI! EVERY WORLD CUP IS DIFFERENT. THERE'S PROBABLY A GOOD EIGHT TEAMS THAT ARE IN CONTENTION AND ON THEIR DAY CAN BEAT ANYONE, SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT CHALLENGE, AND WE FULLY RESPECT THOSE SIDES. IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING AND ONE WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO. ALL RIGHT, PLENTY TO COME OVER THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF, INCLUDING MORE UPDATES FROM JAPAN AND HIGHLIGHTS OF POOL PLAY BEFORE THE TYPHOON TOOK HOLD. BUT FIRST, LET'S TAKE A TRIP DOWN WORLD CUP MEMORY LANE WITH ALL BLACK RYAN CROTTY. (RISING DIGITAL MUSIC) MY FAVOURITE WORLD CUP MOMENT WOULD BE THE '95 CUP IN SOUTH AFRICA, WHEN JONAH LOMU DOWN THE LEFT-HAND SIDELINE RUNNING THROUGH HALF THE ENGLISH TEAM AND CRASHING OVER IN THE CORNER. WIDE TO LOMU. HE'S GOT THE BOUNCE. HE HAS HANDED OFF HIS OPPOSITE. LOMU! OH! OH! ALL MUSCLE AND PUMP, HE IS OVER FOR THE EARLY TRY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK MOST NEW ZEALANDERS REMEMBER PRETTY CLEARLY FROM WORLD CUPS. LOOK OUT! LOMU IN AGAIN. HE INFLUENCED A GENERATION. HIS LEGACY AND HIS MEMORY WILL LIVE ON, AND AS AN ALL BLACK, IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO PUT ON THE JERSEY THAT HE ONCE FILLED. INTERCEPT. LOMU. HANDS OFF, TONY UNDERWOOD. LOMU. HEADING FOR FOUR. THAT IS THE MOST BRILLIANT QUARTET OF TRIES YOU'LL EVER WISH TO SEE. (TAIKO DRUM MUSIC) THERE HE IS. THERE HE IS. YOU ARE A NATIONAL HERO. I'M STILL WAITING FOR YOU TO ACCEPT MY INSTAGRAM REQUEST. HE'S BEEN EVERYWHERE. HE CERTAINLY HAS. HE IS OPENING TO WHERE ALL THE COLORS. WELCOME BACK TO A RUGBY WORLD CUP SPECIAL. AS TYPHOON HAGIBIS HITS THE COAST OF JAPAN'S MAIN ISLAND, HONSHU, THE ALL BLACKS ` ALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE IN THE AREA ` ARE TAKING COVER. SO FOR NOW, LET'S TAKE YOU BACK TO THE START OF THEIR CAMPAIGN AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA. NOW MO'UNGA. CHIPS IT ACROSS TO REECE. REECE ` GETS AWAY FROM MAPIMPI! SEVU REECE INSIDE, TO SMITH! SMITH TO SAVEA! ARDIE SAVEA INSIDE THE 22! CROTTY THERE AGAIN. BACK FOR MO'UNGA. NOW BARRETT. BARRETT. BEAUDEN BARRETT TO BRIDGE! WHAT A TRY THAT IS! OH, THE ALL BLACKS AT THEIR VERY VERY BEST. THEY ARE CAUSING CHAOS, MO'UNGA AND BARRETT RIGHT NOW. ABSOLUTE CHAOS. COLES. TO LIENERT-BROWN. ANTON LIENERT-BROWN. HAS BARRETT INSIDE. SCOTTY BARRETT ` UNDER THE HORNS! (WHISTLE BLOWS) MOSTERT. SLIPS AWAY... FROM THE EFFORTS OF KIERAN READ. CODY TAYLOR CLEANED HIM UP! PIETER-STEPH DU TOIT! NOBODY HOME! REALLY TRYING TO SPARK SOMETHING THROUGH THE MIDFIELD HERE. POLLARD ` LOOKING FOR THREE,... AND HE'S GOT IT. SCRUM POPS UP. BOTH FRONT ROWS ARE UP. AND GARCES WILL GIVE THE PENALTY TO THE ALL BLACKS ` ADVANTAGE APPLYING. SONNY BILL WILLIAMS WITH A CUT-OUT BALL! ONE MORE OUGHT TO DO IT. GOES BEHIND BARRETT. AND BARRETT CAN'T PICK IT UP. WE'LL COME BACK FOR THAT PENALTY. LOOKING FOR THE THREE, AND HE WATCHES IT ALL THE WAY. AND IT'S OVER. RICHIE MO'UNGA. AND KICKS AGAIN ` THIS TIME, CHARGED DOWN. IN FRONT, THOUGH, SOUTH AFRICA WILL CONCEDE A PENALTY. BACK ON THEIR OWN 10M LINE, AND THIS IS KICKABLE. BARRETT FOR THREE. BARRETT ` STRAIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. THAT HAS BEEN LOST FORWARD. AND JEROME GARCES WILL CALL TIME ON THIS ONE. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE DEFEATED SOUTH AFRICA IN THE OPENING MATCH. DOES IT FEEL LIKE QUITE A LONG TIME AGO THAT GAME? IT WAS THE RESULT THAT NEW ZEALAND WAS HOPING FOR. I THOUGHT THEY WERE IMPRESSIVE AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA. EVERYONE KNEW SOUTH AFRICA WAS GOING TO BRING THEIR AMAZING GAME. THE ALL BLACKS WERE ABLE TO DIFFUSE THAT TO SOME DEGREE. FOR ME, IT WAS THAT SMALL PERIOD AFTER 20 MINUTES WHERE THEY TURNED INTO THEIR BLITZ GAME IN THEIR SUPERIOR PACE AND AND SKILL. YOU'VE KEPT AN EYE ON SOUTH AFRICA. YOU'VE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH THE SPRINGBOKS AND THE WAY THEY BOUNCE BACK. I HAVE BEEN. AND I THINK THAT STILL GOING TO BE THE FINAL. I HOPE THE TYPHOON DOESN'T AFFECT THE COUPLE WEEKS TO COME. THERE PHYSICALITY, THEY'VE GOT KEY PLAYERS. I THINK THEY'LL HIT IT HAD THE RIGHT TIME. I THINK THEIR OPENING MATCH WAS A REALLY GOOD ONE FOR US TO SEE BOTH SIDES IN ACTION. AFTER A 10-DAY WAIT, THE ALL BLACKS TOOK ON CANADA. WILLIAMS ` THOUGHT ABOUT THE KICK. WILLIAMS STEPPING! WILLIAMS STRETCHING! WILLIAMS SCORING! PERENARA. WIDE TO WILLIAMS. OH, AND THE KICK THROUGH! BARRETT ` CLASSY! MO'UNGA. MO'UNGA, GHOSTING THROUGH THE GAP. READ INSIDE. THERE'S THE TRY FOR SCOTTY BARRETT! AFTER A MISTAKE-RIDDLED SECOND QUARTER, THE ALL BLACKS ARE OUT HERE IN THE THIRD, AND THEY ARE PUTTING ON A SHOW. RIEKO IOANE. OUT TO FRIZELL! THERE'S ANOTHER! BEAUDEN BARRETT. BARRETT THROUGH TOO! BEAUDEN BARRETT. WEBER'S THERE. BRAD WEBER! LOOK AT HIM GO! AND A FINS-UP FOR THE SHARKS FROM BRAD WEBER. WE DON'T REALLY GET THE SENSE OF THAT FROM THE HIGHLIGHTS. BUT THEY STRUGGLE TO SHAKE THEM LOOSE. THEY REALLY DEAD. IT JUST TOOK THEM TO GET INTO THEIR GAME AND FIND THEIR STRAPS AND WEAR THEM DOWN. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE SAW SOME TESTING CONDITIONS. BUT WE ALSO SAW THE BARRETT BOYS COME OUT AND PICK UP A TRY. IT WAS AWESOME TO SEE. BUT ALL OF THAT TALK AROUND HUMID BALL SLIPPERY. TESTING CONDITIONS. IT PROBABLY CEMENTED IN OUR HEADS THAT IT'S NOT ALL FAKE. IT IS HAPPENED TO THE BEST OF THEM. SOME INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES AND THAT. MATCH THREE FOR NEW ZEALAND CAME AGAINST NAMIBIA. NOW FOR SMITH. JORDIE BARRETT LOOKS WIDE. SEVU REECE ` TAKES THE CATCH. SEVU REECE IS OVER. GAOSEB MAKES THE TACKLE THIS TIME. BACK AGAIN FOR CANE. CANE NOW TO ARDIE SAVEA. ARDIE SAVEA INSIDE FOR LIENERT-BROWN! WOW-WHEE! BARRETT NOW, LOOKING TO LINK UP WITH REECE. REECE RAN THE DUMMY LINE. GOODHUE OUT WIDE. GOODHUE FOR BARRETT, FOR LIENERT-BROWN. CLASSY! CLASSY STUFF! SMITH AT FIRST RECEIVER, TO PERENARA. CUTTING THROUGH ` TJ'S AWAY. OH, WHAT A BALL FROM TJ PERENARA! GEORGE BRIDGE SET IT UP. NOW WEBER. WEBER ROUND THE BACK! TJ FOR THE CORNER ` DOES HE GET THERE? THAT IS SENSATIONAL! WE WILL LONG REMEMBER THAT TRY. THAT IS SUCH A PITY THAT THAT IS THE LESSON WE WILL SEE THEM PLAY. AND FOR THEM I'M SURE IT'S A PITY TO. WHAT DID WE LIKE ABOUT THE NAMIBIAN GAME AS A WHOLE? THAT WAS OUTSTANDING IN THE FIRST 20 MINUTES. THEY CAME OUT FIRING. THEY DEFENDED WITH INCREDIBLE HEART. WE SAW THE ALL BLACK BRILLIANCE EVENTUALLY TAKE A BIT OF A ROCKET. FROM STEVE HANSEN, BY ALL ACCOUNTS. IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF A HINT ABOUT WHAT HE WILL BE USED AS, NOT NECESSARILY AS A 10. SO NEW ZEALAND PICK UP THE THREE RESULTS THEY WOULD HAVE HOPED FOR WITHOUT THE CHANCE FOR FINAL SELECTION AND TACTICAL TWEAKS AGAINST ITALY. LET'S HEAD UP NOW TO TOKYO, WITH COMMENTATOR SCOTTY STEVENSON. SCOTTY, YOU'VE BEEN AROUND THE TEAM FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW. SOME SAY THE UNEXPECTED TIME OFF WILL BENEFIT THEM HEADING INTO THE QUARTERS. IS THAT HOW THEY SEE IT? I THINK THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS BOREDOM. SO MANY DOWN DAYS AND UNEXPECTED DOWN DAYS OF COURSE. ENGLAND, SOUTH AFRICA, NEW ZEALAND, THEY ARE ALL IN THE SAME POSITION. THEY DON'T KNOW WHO THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY IN THE QUARTERFINALS YET. THE ALL BLACKS WERE VERY READY TO GO AGAINST ITALY. THEY HAD TO GET RID OF SOME OF THAT EMOTIONAL ENERGY THAT BUILDS UP BEFORE THE PREPARATION. THEY'VE MANAGED TO DO THAT AND THEY ARE TRAINING VERY HARD. THEY ARE NOW IN THE CENTRE OF TOKYO. IT'S A HIGH-RISE HOTEL. ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS RIGHT NOW IS FIND WAYS TO COUNT DOWN THE DAYS. THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH TRAINING YOU CAN DO IN THIS TOURNAMENT. AND ONLY TOO MUCH TIME YOU CAN SPENT OUTDOORS. I THINK THEY JUST WANT TO GET OUT THERE AND HAVE A LOW. CHALLENGING FOR ANY PLAYER ANY PLAYER IN THE TEAMS AFFECTED. IT LOOKS VERY VERY WET. IT IS THE WILL EXPECTED HIT IN THE COMING HOURS? THAT IS RIGHT. CHIBA, WHICH IS IN THE IS OF TOKYO IS HARVESTED SO FAR. THERE IS SOME CARNAGE THERE. IT STILL ON ITS WAY TO TOKYO. THIS PLACE A GHOST TOWN. THE JAPANESE ARE NOT TAKING THIS LIGHTLY AT ALL. MOST PEOPLE HAVE STAYED INSIDE. NOT AS BUSY AS IT WOULD BE DURING THE WEEK. NO ONE IS HERE. THE ONES OUT ON THE STREETS IN THE SHOTS ARE CLOSE. THIS IS SURREAL. THE PEOPLE HERE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THESE KINDS OF WEATHER EVENTS. STAY SAFE. THANKS, SCOTTY. TIME NOW TO CONTINUE OUR WORLD 15 DREAM TEAM FROM THE POOL STAGES SO FAR, AND WE MOVE TO THE LOCKS. LEADERS OFF, ISA, ATOJE IS DEFENSIVELY STRONG. HE JUST GETS AMONGST EVERYTHING. HE HAS DONE THAT FOR THE 12 MONTHS AND THIS WORLD CUP IN PARTICULAR. HE DOES SOMETHING EXTRA EVERY TIME. HE MAKES A TACKLE AND HE DRIVES THEM BACKWARDS. HE CARRIES, AND HE FINDS SPACE. HE IS ALWAYS ADDING AN EXTRA LAYER. VERY HIGHLY REGARDED. WE DIDN'T HAVE QUITE SUCH AN AGREEMENT ON THE NUMBER FIVE BLOCK. ISA, YOU'RE JUST BEING DIFFICULT, MY FRIEND. WHO DID YOU LIKE A NUMBER FIVE? HE IS A ONE OF THE TALLEST PLAYERS IN THIS WORLD CUP. WE HAVE SEEN HIM COME OFF THE BENCH. SNYMAN IT IS A STANDOUT. HE'S RUNNING AROUND LIKE A SIX. HE DESERVES A SERIOUS SHOT. YOU AGREE BUT YOU DISAGREE? I AGREE ON MARO. WHAT THE OTHER PERSON I HAVE IS A NO-BRAINER. IT SCOTT BARRETT. WE NOTICE THAT IN THE VERY FIRST MATCH AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA. HAYES ATTACKING ABILITY AND HIS ABILITY TO OFFLOAD. HIS PHYSICALITY. SO FOR ME, IT WAS A NO-BRAINER TO HAVE SCOTT BARRETT THERE. HIS NUMBERS ARE VERY IMPRESSIVE, SNYMAN. SCOTT BARRETT NAILS HIS JOB EVERY SINGLE TIME. YOU CAN SHIFT HIM TO LOOSE FORWARD IF YOU HAVE TO. SHOULD WE PUT SNYMAN ON THE BENCH? GOOD RESULT. ONE MAN WHO WILL MAKE EVERY WORLD XV ` WHEN FIT ` IS LOCK BRODIE RETALLICK. HE'S ON HIS WAY BACK, OF COURSE, BUT NOT BEFORE WE SAT HIM DOWN WITH ANIKA MOA. (MOMENTOUS CLASSICAL MUSIC) AND ACTION. BRODIE. BRODIE, HOW DO YOU SAY YOUR NAME? RETALLICK. LIKE METALLIC-A? YEAH, PRETTY MUCH. WHAT KIND OF NAMES HAVE PEOPLE CALLED YOU OVER THE YEARS? YEAH, THERE'S BEEN` RETALLICKA HAS BEEN CHUCKED OUT THERE. THAT'S THE FIRST ONE I THOUGHT OF. LAME-ARSE, EH? MOST PEOPLE CALL ME 'RETT A LICK'. 'RETT A LICK'? YEAH. THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST COMMON. OK. HOW'S THE SHOULDER, BRO? UM, IT'S GETTING BETTER. (CHUCKLES) WHICH SHOULDER IS IT? UH, LEFT SHOULDER. BOOF! NAH, JUST JOKES. GET OUT THERE! GET IT OUT THERE. WHAT A BLOODY SOFT... GET IN THE GAME! BUT REALLY, IS IT REALLY THAT BAD? THE SHOULDER'S ALL RIGHT. IT WAS OUT FOR A LITTLE WHILE BEFORE THEY COULD GET IT IN, SO IT DID A LITTLE BIT OF NERVE DAMAGE. SO THAT'S WHAT'S SLOWING IT UP. BUT IT'S ON TRACK. NOW, WHO WAS YOUR FIRST ALL BLACKS CRUSH? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT... I GREW UP IN CANTERBURY WATCHING THE CRUSADERS. CANTERBURY. (CHUCKLES) PROBABLY CHRIS JACK WAS THE ONE I USED TO WATCH ` CRUSADERS LOCK. YEP. I REMEMBER HIM. HAVE YOU ALWAYS BEEN TALL, AND ARE YOU SICK OF PEOPLE LIKE ME GOING ON ABOUT IT? (LAUGHS) (SNIGGERS) THE OLD CLASSIC, 'DO YOU PLAY BASKETBALL?' WAS ALWAYS... DO YOU PLAY BASKETBALL? NO, I DON'T. (CHUCKLES) WHAT DO YOU PLAY? UH, RUGBY. (CHUCKLES) OH, COOL! ALWAYS BEEN TALL, YEAH. I TURNED UP TO HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS THE TALLEST KID THERE ON THE FIRST DAY, SO, YEAH. AND WERE YOU TEASED FOR IT? NOT TOO BAD. I HAD AN OLDER BROTHER WHO WAS TWO OR THREE YEARS ABOVE ME, SO... IS HE TALL TOO? NAH, HE'S SHORT. ME AND MY LITTLE BROTHER ARE THE TALL ONES, AND THEN MY OLDER BROTHER'S THE SHORT ONE, SO HE MISSED OUT. JUST A FEW MORE HEIGHTIST QUESTIONS. DO YOU NOTICE DUST AND DIRT ON HIGH BITS IN NORMAL PEOPLE'S HOUSES? NO, I HAVEN'T, BUT I'LL PROBABLY START LOOKING NOW. (CHUCKLES) WELL, YOU CAN, COS YOU'D ACTUALLY BE THE BEST DUSTER. YOU SHOULD DO A CLEANING BUSINESS. YEAH, THAT'S TRUE. MAYBE LIFE AFTER FOOTY. YEAH, AT 27 OR SOMETHING. YEAH. (LAUGHS) CAN YOU RECALL ANY STUNNINGLY TALENTED PLAYERS YOU PLAYED WITH AS A YOUNGSTER WHO NEVER MADE IT BUT COULD HAVE? WANNA GIVE THEM A SHOUT-OUT? I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN NAME NAMES, TO BE FAIR, BUT YOU SEE PEOPLE WITH AWESOME TALENT THAT ARE HAPPY JUST PLAYING SOCIAL FOOTY, AND IF THAT'S FOR THEM, THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. THERE'S NO ONE THAT STOOD OUT TO YOU? NAH, NOT THAT I CAN NAME. STINK. ALL THE OLD EX-PLAYERS IN YOUR TEAM WILL BE GOING, 'WHAT A B...' (LAUGHS) 'HOW DARE HE? I WAS A GREAT LOCK.' YEAH, THAT'S TRUE. 'NOW HE'S AN ALL BLACK, HE'S CHANGED.' OH. (CHUCKLES) HAVE YOU? NAH. I LOVE THEM ALL. DO YOU? SHOUT ONE OUT. BRYCE BARR. HE ALWAYS TELLS ME HE SHOULD'VE PLAYED FOR HAWKE'S BAY, SO... THERE YOU GO. THAT'S KIND. (LAUGHS) IF YOU COULD BE AMAZING AT ANOTHER SPORT, WHAT WOULD IT BE? YOU'D BE A REALLY SHIT JOCKEY. YEAH, I'D BE NO GOOD AT JOCKEY. I'M NO GOOD AT BASKETBALL, COS I'M NOT COORDINATED ENOUGH. BUT I'D WANNA BE A RACECAR DRIVER, I RECKON. YOU'D FIT, LIKE, A FOOT IN THE CAR, COS THE CARS ARE SO TINY. YEAH. MY WIFE TRIED TO GET ME TO GO ROUND THE CAR AT HAMPTON DOWNS, AND THEY WERE LIKE, 'OH, HE'S TOO BIG TO FIT IN THE RACECAR,' SO... OH NO. AROHA MAI. YEAH, ONE DAY. ONE DAY. WELL, WHEN YOU'RE 27. HOW OLD ARE YOU NOW? 28. OH F... (BOTH LAUGH) ARE YOU A LEG MAN, OR DO YOU PREFER BREAST? (CHUCKLES) UH, LEG. I'M ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT KFC, SO... YEAH, CHICKEN LEGS. OH, OK, COOL. PHEW. I DIDN'T WANNA` THOUGHT YOU MIGHT TAKE IT... GOOD CLARIFICATION THERE, EH (!) KFC! NAME YOUR FAVOURITE WOMBLE, TEENAGE NINJA TURTLE, FAMILY GUY CHARACTER OR MEMBER OF THE NEW ZEALAND RUGBY COMMENTARY COMMUNITY. SCOTTY J STEVENSON WOULD BE MY FAVOURITE RUGBY COMMENTATOR. COOL. OK. YEAH. I ENJOY HIS BANTER. IS THAT YOUR FAVOURITE WOMBLE? YEAH. (CHUCKLES) YEAH. AND THAT TOO. WHO'S YOUR FAVOURITE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLE? OH, I DON'T EVEN KNOW. I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER THEIR NAMES. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE TV PROGRAMME? IT WAS ACTION MAN WHEN I WAS GROWING UP. # ACTION MAN ` THE GREATEST HERO OF THEM ALL! # THAT'S IT, YEAH. STILL GOT MY ACTION MAN TOYS AT MY PARENTS' HOUSE. DO YOU? YEAH. (CHUCKLES) THAT'S CUTE. IF A LITTLE BIT ODD. YEAH. (LAUGHS) PROBABLY. (CLEARS THROAT) OK. SO, I'M JUST GONNA STAND OVER HERE, AND WITHOUT WORDS ` ONLY USE YOUR FACIAL EXPRESSION ` ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. OK? YOU GOT IT? THE FEELING IN THE DRESSING ROOM AFTER A LOSS ` SAY, THAT FIRST BLEDISLOE GAME IN PERTH. AW. SORRY. THE FEELING IN THE DRESSING ROOM AFTER A STUNNING VICTORY ` SAY, THE SECOND BLEDISLOE GAME AT EDEN PARK. AND NOW SHOW ME YOUR EXPRESSION WHEN YOU LEARN THAT THIS INTERVIEW IS OVER. WHAT? I THOUGHT YOU'D BE SAD. (LAUGHS) NAH, I'M SAD. YEAH. WELL, SHOW ME YOU'RE SAD. (LAUGHS) YOU'RE HAPPY. I'M SAD. (LAUGHS) I CAN'T. (BEAT-BOXES) RAP! NAH, IT WAS A GREAT INTERVIEW. BEST ONE YET. THAT'S A LIE! (LAUGHS) GREAT TO SEE HIM RELAX. HE'S GOT TO FILL HIS TIME SOMEHOW. BUT LET'S LOOK AT THE CASUALTIES. HE WOULD'VE BEEN PENCILED INTO PLAY AGAINST ITALY, GIVEN HE'S ONLY HAD 30 MINUTES. COMING BACK FROM INJURY, THAT TIME IS CRUCIAL. BUT HE IS AN EXPERIENCED PLAYER. HE KNOWS HIS ROLE IN WHAT HE HAS TO DO. HE AND HE'S BEEN HERE BEFORE. IT'S PERHAPS MAYBE THE TRAINING SAID TO COME ABOUT NEXT WEEK THAT WILL BE CRUCIAL IN TERMS OF THE PHYSICALITY FOR HIM. GREAT STUFF. SO, IT'S A REAL PITY FOR RETALLICK MISSING OUT ON MORE GAME TIME AGAINST ITALY. IT IS STRAIGHT TO THE QUARTERS FOR HIM. AND IT'S TO THE BREAK FOR US, WITH SOUTH AFRICA'S TENDAI MTAWARIRA'S What makes you happy? How 'bout hopping into an affordable iconic Kiwi ute? You beaut. 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(CHEERING) IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FROM TAMURA. JAPAN STRIKING BACK ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. THE CLOSER IRELAND GET TO THE TRY LINE, THE LESS INCLINED THEY ARE TO MOVE IT. IT'S THE FREE PLAY. IT'S GOING TO BE... IS IT THE TRY FOR` IS THAT PETER O'MAHONY THERE? NO, IT'S NOT PETER O'MAHONY. KEITH EARLS. SO, GUS, THAT'S A GREEN HAND KNOCKING THE BALL BACKWARDS. YEAH. SO ROLL THROUGH NOW, PLEASE. IRELAND SCORE THEIR SECOND TRY. ADVANTAGE. OOH. IT'S A PENALTY AGAINST VAN DER FLIER. IT'S A LONG KICK FOR TAMURA. THIS MIGHT BE INTERESTING. KEARNEY READ IT WELL. IT'S STILL AN ADVANTAGE ` JAPAN. WELL, THERE'S A SIMILAR TRAIN TO THE PENALTIES THAT IRELAND ARE CONCEDING. OFF THEIR FEET, INTERFERING WITH THE BALL AT A BREAKDOWN, AND THEN LYING ON THE WRONG SIDE. STANDARD, AS WELL, TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. (CHEERING) OH, IT HELD ITS LINE JUST WHEN IT STARTED TO CURL LEFT. IT'S... HIMENO, WITH THAT DRIVE. ADVANTAGE JAPAN. FREE PLAY. TANAKA LOOKS UP. LAFAELE. IT'S GOING TO BE A TRY FOR THE NEW PLAYER, KENKI FUKUOKA! JUST ON! JUST OVER! JAPAN TAKE THE LEAD! ADVANTAGE. OFFSIDE 9. NEW ADVANTAGE. THEY'VE STILL GOT THE ADVANTAGE. TANAKA. ANOTHER ONE ` CONOR MURRAY OFFSIDE. DROP GOAL FROM... TAMURA. IT DOESN'T MATTER. THERE'S THE WHISTLE. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) A FIFTH SUCCESS. HERE IN THEIR HOME WORLD CUP, ON THEIR OWN TURF, THEY HAVE BEATEN IRELAND BY 19 POINTS TO 12! THAT ALSO SEEMS LIKE QUITE A LONG TIME AGO, AND WE HAVE ALL GOT USED TO THE IDEA OF IT RIGHT NOW. WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THAT GAME? THE JAPANESE TACKLE ACCURACY TO START WITH WAS EXCEPTIONAL. I THINK THEY SHOCKED IRELAND WITH THE PACE OF THE GAME AND THEIR SKILL. IRELAND LIKE TO CONTROL THE GAME, BUT THEY COULDN'T WRESTLE IT BACK ON DEFENCE. THEIR BIG PLAYERS GOT CAUGHT OUT A LOT. THE JAPANESE SKILL LEVEL PLAYING AT THAT PACE WAS TOO MUCH. IRELAND STRUGGLED TO PICK UP THEIR CONFIDENCE SINCE THAT MOMENT. FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, DO YOU THINK THEY DID NOT SEE THAT COMING? I THINK THEY WERE SHOCKED, AND SHOCKED TACTICALLY. I DON'T THINK THIS TEAM HAS BEEN BEATEN MUCH IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT THEY GOT CAUGHT OUT WITH THE SPEED OF THE GAME WHICH THEY ROBERT LEE WERE NOT EXPECTING, AND I THINK THAT IS WHEN THE WHOLE WORLD OPENED UP THEIR EYES AROUND THIS JAPANESE TEAM. AND INDEED THE EYES OF THE NATION. AND WITH THE EYES OF THE NATION, AND THE RUGBY WORLD, WATCHING, JAPAN NEEDED TO BACK UP THAT PERFORMANCE AGAINST SAMOA. KOTARO MATSUSHIMA GETS THEM THE ADVANTAGE! HUGE COLLISION ON JAMES MOORE. BUT STILL, IT'S JAPAN. NUMBERS ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE. THEY MUST SCORE HERE! JAPAN ARE IN! TIMOTHY LAFAELE! AND THE CROWD GET BEHIND, AND SO DO THE BACKS. EVERYBODY'S IN! WE'RE IN THE GOLDEN AGE OF JAPANESE RUGBY, AND THEY'RE OVER! LAM WITH POSSESSION FOR SAMOA. LEAVE IT! NOW THEY DRIVE FOR THE LINE. VUI. CHRIS VUI. JUST SHORT. SAMOA! YES, THEY'RE GONNA SCORE! IT'S THE SAMOAN BULLDOZER, HENRY TAEFU, THAT GETS OVER! GAME BACK ON! JAPAN PULL IT BACK. TAMURA. NOW THEY GO WIDE. THERE'S SPACE HERE. GETS THE BALL AWAY IN THE CORNER! AROUND THE OUTSIDE! KENKI FUKUOKA! HIMENO ` PICKS AND GOES. HE NEEDS HELP. BLUE JERSEYS EVERYWHERE. THEY'RE TRYING TO HOLD HIM UP. HE FINALLY GETS DOWN. THEY GO TO THE LEFT-HAND SIDE. AND A DUMMY, AND THEY'RE OVER! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) KOTARO MATSUSHIMA! CHANTS: MATSUSHIMA! MATSUSHIMA! BONUS POINT TRY! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) REMEMBER THE NAME, GOSH. THINGS WERE STARTING TO GET A BIT RIDICULOUS IN JAPAN. WHAT ARE WE LEARNING ABOUT THE SIDE? THEY CAN HANDLE PRESSURE. I REMEMBER THAT NIGHT. IN THE 84TH MINUTE, I REMEMBER JUMPING UP AND SAYING THAT WAS A SPECTACULAR GAME. THEY ARE DESERVING OF POTENTIALLY BEING IN THE QUARTER-FINAL IN THE TOP EIGHT. FROM THEIR HOME COUNTRY, TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM LIKE THAT UNDER PRESSURE WAS OUTSTANDING. WE HOPE WE GET TO SEE THEM DO IT AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT. OK, LET'S CONTINUE OUR POOL PLAY DREAM TEAM 15. TIGHT FIVE SORTED, NOW LET'S TURN TO THE LOOSIES. IMMEDIATELY WE HAD A BIT OF DEBATE AROUND BLINDSIDING. I WAS VERY FIRM ON MY CHOICE. ARDIE SAVEA FOR ME. HE IS PROBABLY THE MOST INFORMED PLAYER ACROSS THE BOARD. WE NOTICED THAT IN THE SOUTH AFRICA GAME. HIS WORKRATE, HIS SPEED, HIS ABILITY TO PILLAGE FOR THE BALL. HE DROPPED A COUPLE OF BALLS, BUT HE ALSO SET IT UP AS WELL, SET A TRY UP. I TEND TO DISAGREE. HE HAS IMPRESSED ON ALL THE GAMES, AND NOT JUST ONE. OLLIVON'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE FRENCH TEAM HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING, PARTICULARLY AGAINST ARGENTINA, FOR ME IT WAS HIM. THOSE NUMBERS ARE RIDICULOUS. 96% FOR A TACKLE SUCCESS RATE. NOT BAD FOR ARDIE SAVEA IS WELL. IT'S A REALLY TOUGH CHOICE, BUT I LIKE THE FACT THAT ARDIE SAVEA HAS THAT FLEX ABILITY. HE HAS AN AMAZING INFLUENCE ON THE GAME IN MANY AREAS. WE SAW THIS MAN SCORE AGAINST THE ALL BLACKS. PIETER-STEPH DU TOIT. HE HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING. WE ALL CAME TO AGREE THAT HE HAS BEEN A STANDOUT. HE STOOD UP PHYSICALLY. HE IS A MENACE ALL AROUND THE FIELD, HE PROVED THAT IN EVERY GAME THAT HE IS PLAYED. WE ARE TAKING THE CONTEXT OF A RUGBY WORLD CUP IN BIG MATCHES, SO WITH THAT IN MIND, OUR NUMBER EIGHT ` PERHAPS JUST GETTING TO KNOW HIM. EASY CHOICE FOR ME ` HIMENO. BURSTS ONTO THE STAGE AND AN OUTSTANDING LOOSE FORWARD TRIO. HE HAS PROBABLY BEEN AHEAD OF THAT LOT. MASSIVE WORKRATE, INCREDIBLY ACCURATE. I THINK HE HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IN A DREAM TEAM 15 WE HAVE TWO JAPANESE ON THE SPINE OF THE TEAM, AS THEY SAY? WE HAVE NEPO LAULALA, AN ARDIE SAVEA TO. DECENT LOOKING PACK. TIME FOR A QUICK BREAK NOW, THROUGH THE EYES OF JAPANESE WING SENSATION KOTARO MATSUSHIMA AND HIS WORLD CUP MOMENT. (DRAMATIC MUSIC) (SPEAKS JAPANESE) TRANSLATOR: MY FAVOURITE MEMORY IS THE SOUTH AFRICA GAME FROM THE LAST WORLD CUP. WE PLAYED OUR STYLE OF RUGBY, AND WE KEPT ATTACKING. STILL GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN THE LINE-OUT. IT'S BEEN VERY GOOD, THE JAPANESE LINE OUT. HERE WE GO! MATSUSHIMA. JAPAN! WE NEVER STOPPED BELIEVING IN OUR ABILITY, AND THAT WAS KEY TO OUR VICTORY. (INSPIRING MUSIC) NAKAGAWA. HERE WE GO! IT'S GOOD. THE IMPACT OF THAT WIN WAS IMMEASURABLE. IT JUSTIFIED EVERYTHING WE HAD BEEN DOING AND WORKING ON FOR THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS. IT WAS A GREAT MOMENT. (TAIKO DRUM MUSIC) ALL THE SIDES SOUNDS AND SUNSHINE. WE HOPE WE WILL SEE MORE OF THIS IN THE WEEKS AHEAD. WE'VE ENJOYED SOME OF THE SMALLER RUGBY NATIONS WHO HAVE PROVIDED SOME OF THE MOST ENDURING IMAGES. WELCOME BACK. THIS EVENING WE ARE FOCUSING ON SOME OF THE UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS FROM THE POOL STAGES IN JAPAN. AND NEAR THE TOP OF THAT LIST, A MOST UNEXPECTED EARLY UPSET IN POOL D AS URUGUAY TOOK ON FIJI. THEY KEEP IT TIGHT NOW. THEY SWING SHORT SIDE, AND HERE COMES A TRY FOR MESU DOLOKOTO! STILL WITH FIJI. HERE IT COMES AGAIN, OUT THE BACK IT GOES. AND HERE COMES KESSLER. HE OFFLOADS HIMSELF. HERE HE COMES. ARATA RUNNING AWAY FROM FIJI. HE GOES THROUGH! STILL SHORT. URUGUAY HANGING ON FOR THE MOMENT. OVER THE TOP. A REPEAT EFFORT. I THINK WE'VE GOT A TRY. LOOK OUT, LOOK OUT, LOOK OUT! ROUND HE COMES. KESSLER GOING IN HIMSELF. SENDING TOWARDS A FIJIAN DEFENSE. AND GET FIVE AND UNDER FROM THE LINE HERE. ONE AWAY. GETTING CLOSE. OVER TO URUGUAY! HERE IS JUAN MANUEL GAMINARA. SCRAPPY BALL ACROSS THE FACE OF BERCHESI. GOOD STRIKING. AND SOME ROOM ACROSS TO THE LEFT. SILVA. SILVA KEEPS IT ALIVE. URUGUAY, OH, URUGUAY! THROUGH JUAN MANUEL CAT. FIJI STRING THE PASSES TOGETHER. THEY ARE OH, SO CLOSE THROUGH RATUVA. NUMBERS. WIDE RIGHT. THEY WON'T REQUIRE THEM. 21! BACK! NAKARAWA. THERE IT IS IN HIS HANDS. NAKARAWA HOLDING HIS FEET. NUMBERS, SHORT SIDE, FIJI. AND JUST TURNING THE CLOCK DOWN HERE, WINDING IT BACK. CIVETTA. NO! PENALTY URUGUAY. STILL PLENTY OF TIME. MEL ROBINSON TO FIJI. BERCHESI FADES IT BACK. IT'S A POWER FADE. IT'S ON THE BOARD! SLOWLY, MATAWALU, SHORT SIDE. MATAWALU GOING HIMSELF. HAS HIS GOT IT? URUGUAY HAVE DONE IT AGAIN AND HELD IT UP. TRY. VOLAVOLA SENDS IT ON ITS WAY. AND THIS TIME AROUND IT MISSES. HERE IT IS! HERE IS THE MOMENT! LET'S GET THE PARTY STARTED FOR THE MEN IN BLUE. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) SOMETIMES I THINK WHERE GUILTY OF FOCUSING TOO MUCH ON THE WORLD CUP CONTENDERS. WHO WILL EVER FORGET THEIR CAPTAINS POSTMATCH INTERVIEW? WHEN YOU HAVE MAY KNOW TEAMS WHO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPOSE THEMSELVES ON THE WORLD STAGE, SAYING A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, OR A SIX NATIONS, SO THESE ARE PLAYERS WE WILL NEVER SEE. SO THESE COUNTRIES ARE GIVEN UPSETS. IT'S AWESOME TO SEE. UNFORTUNATELY, FURTHER FIJIAN PERSPECTIVE, THAT GAME WAS PUT ON IT SAID. THE SPANNER IN THE WORKS. IT WAS ONE MASSIVE UPHILL BATTLE. THEY WERE PLAYING IT FOR MONTHS ON END. IT JUST DIDN'T GO THEIR WAY. GAMINARA AS A CAPTAIN. HE WILL NEVER FORGET THAT DAY. FROM THOSE EMOTIONAL SCENES, TO WHAT MANY BELIEVED WOULD BE THE POOL-D DECIDER. AND IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT WHEN WALES TOOK ON AUSTRALIA. ALUN WYN JONES, THE CAPTAIN. GRIPPED AROUND THE THROAT. THAT LOOKS LIKE A HIGH TACKLE. BIGGAR. THE KICKING OPTION FOR HADLEIGH PARKES TO CHASE. AND HADLEIGH PARKES WINS THE CHASE! JAMES O'CONNOR, FIRST LITTLE GLIMPSE OF HIM. SAMUEL KEREVI. LIAM WILLIAMS IS THERE. KEREVI SLIGHTLY ON HIS OWN FOR THE MOMENT. BREAK. ADVANTAGE FOR AUSTRALIA. THE KICK BY BERNARD FOLEY. COOPER. CAN'T MAKE IT FIRST TIME. MAKES IT SECOND TIME. AUSTRALIA GIVE THEMSELVES A CHANCE TO CHASE AGAIN. THAT HAS WORKED WELL FOR THEM. THEY'VE REGAINED THE RESTART. DAVIES WITH THE INTERCEPTION. DAVIES SHOULD HAVE THE PACE OVER BERNARD FOLEY. ADAM ASHLEY-COOPER CANNOT MAKE IT BACK. AND GARETH DAVIES SCORES, AND THE WELSH LEAD GROWS. NO HANDS! NO HANDS NOW, SAYS ROMAIN POITE. IT'S THERE FOR GENIA. NAISARANI, THE DUMMY RUNNER. KEREVI. KEREVI WITH LIAM WILLIAMS HANGING ONTO HIS BOOT LACES. KEREVI WITH LIAM WILLIAMS HANGING ON TO HIS BOOT LACES. DAVID POCOCK TO DANE HAYLETT-PETTY. HERE THEY COME AGAIN. ALAN ALAALATOA. ANOTHER PENALTY TO AUSTRALIA. MORE TACKLES MADE BY WALES. MORE POSSESSION FOR AUSTRALIA. NIC WHITE. LEAVE! LEAVE! STILL SHORT. SURELY IT MUST TELL. IT DOES! THE CAPTAIN, MICHAEL HOOPER, THE SCORER. BRIEF HIGHLIGHTS DON'T REALLY DO THE JUSTICE OF THE GAME. THE DRAMA OF THAT GAME AND THE WAY IT UNFOLDED. I THINK THEY SHOW THE CONFIDENCE THEY HAVE NOW. THEY PLAY BIG MATCH RUGBY. THEY STARTED THE COMPETITION THIS WAY. KNOCKOUT RUGBY. THEY GOT RIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF THE SCOREBOARD EARLY. THEY TOOK THEIR GOALS AND THEIR KICK PASSES. MAKING SURE THEY GOT AHEAD OF AUSTRALIA. THEIR DEFENSE HOLDS OUT SO WELL. THEY LOOK VERY HARD TO BEAT. IT WAS ALMOST KNOWN WHERE THIS MIGHT END UP GOING. PARTICULARLY THE IMPACT OF THE BENCH. WHEN THEY WERE DOWN BY A LOT AT HALFTIME, WE SEE THOSE WHO COME ON AND MAKE A MASSIVE IMPACT. PEOPLE WERE QUESTIONING WHAT MICHAEL CHEIKA'S THOUGHTS WERE AROUND SELECTION. SELECTION. WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT MICHAEL CHEIKA AT THE MOMENT. SO, WALES WITH THEIR FATE VERY MUCH IN THEIR OWN HANDS. BUT BY THE TIME THEY TURNED TO FIJI, THE PACIFIC ISLANDERS HAD FOUND THEIR FORM, AND A FASCINATING CLASH LAY IN STORE. AND THEY LOCK IT LOW. LOMANI. SHORT SIDED. HEADS THAT DIRECTION. JUST POPS IT ONE-OFF TO THE... TUISOVA. TUISOVA! LOMANI. VOLAVOLA. NOW THE BACK FOR RADRADRA. RADRADRA. LOVELY BALL OVER THE TOP FROM SEMI RADRADRA. MURIMURIVALU. MURIMURIVALU ONE AWAY. MURIMURIVALU GETS IT THROUGH AND GETS IT DOWN! DAVIES. HAPPY TO SEND IT OUT THE BACK. BIGGAR. SENDING IT ACROSS THE PARK. HIS KICK IS PINPOINT. IT'S IN THE ARMS OF JOSH ADAMS. IT IS SLOW COMING OUT. OWENS. OWENS SPINNING TOWARDS THE LINE. DID HE LOSE IT? SOMEHOW HANGS ON, PULLS IT BACK. BIGGAR. ACROSS THE LINE THEY GO. DAVIES... SHUFFLES IT ALONG AND GETS IT TO JOSH ADAMS, WHO HAS HIS SECOND. THEY GO TO THE BACK. BROUGHT DOWN BY TEVS CAVUBATI. AND NOW THEY KEEP IT TIGHT. FIJI IS GETTING CLOSE. THERE OVER THE LINE. IT'S A PENALTY TRY! PENALTY TRY FIJI! PATCHELL. DAVIES STRAIGHTENS. GETS THAT THING GOING. KEEPS IT ALIVE! IT'S A THREE FOR JOSH ADAMS! FALLS FORTUITOUSLY FOR THE SCRUM HALF. DAVIES. DAVIES CONNECTS ON THE INSIDE WITH LIAM WILLIAMS. WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT IT. WHAT DID THEY REPEL? ARE THEY BATTLE HARD? THAT TEST WAS BRUTAL. AND I THINK THEY BATTLE HARD. I THINK THEY'VE GONE THROUGH A HARD COUPLE OF GAMES. THEY ARE A TEAM THAT LIKES TO BUILD SCOREBOARD PRESSURE. THEY JUST LET THEIR DEFENSE TAKE CARE OF THE REST OF US. I THINK THEY WILL BE FLYING TO THE SEMIFINALS. OH, QUARTERS. WE CAN HEAD INTO THE BACKS NOW FOR OUR DREAM TEAM 15, WHICH, LET'S BE HONEST, SHOULD BE THIS PANEL'S AREA OF EXPERTISE, ESPECIALLY INSIDE BACKS AND MIDFIELD. WE HAVE JUST SEEN THE WELSH PLACE VERY WELL. HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING. WE'VE ALWAYS SPOKE ABOUT THE WELSH IN THEIR DEFENSE. BUT IT'S NOT JUST THAT. HE TAKES HIS OPPORTUNITY TO SNIPE AND RUN. AND SUPPORT WHEN THEY ARE ON ATTACK AS WELL. HUGE PART OF THEIR WELSH SIDE. KEEP A VERY CLOSE EYE ON GARETH DAVIES. I THINK TJ PERENARA IS A VERY GOOD MENTION. HIS NUMBERS ALWAYS STACK UP. HE GETS HIS FUNDAMENTALS RIGHT. HIS VERSATILITY. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A GLIMPSE OF WHAT HE CAN DO. PLAYING 10. TWO INTERNATIONAL HATCHBACKS ON THE PANEL. I THINK WE'VE GOT THE ROMAN IN BLACK UP THERE. WE'VE GOT TO SELECT THE TWO, BUT I'M GOING TO GO WITH GARETH DAVIES. SEVEN DEFENDERS BEATEN. HE IS A VERY IMPRESSIVE MAN. SEVEN DEFENDERS BEATEN. HE IS A VERY IMPRESSIVE MAN. MOUNGA. HE'S JUST CLASSY. HE WAS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THAT. JONATHAN SEXTON AS WELL. BUT I THINK RICHIE MO'UNGA TAKES IT FOR ME. HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH BEAUDEN BARRETT IS WORTH A MENTION. NICE TO SEE HIM ON THE BACKGROUND. SECOND FIVE OR INSIDE CENTRE. I PICK FARRELL. HIS KICKING GAME IS EXCEPTIONAL. HIS KICKING GAME IS EXCEPTIONAL. HIS ABILITY TO TAKE ON THE LINE. THAT'S WHY PICK HIM. I THINK WE WILL SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF OWEN FARRELL AS THE TOURNAMENT PROGRESSES. FARRELL IS CLASS. I LOVE HIM AS WELL AND HIS PLAYMAKING ABILITY. BUT I DON'T THINK THEY BEEN TESTED TOO MUCH AT. WE WILL SEE MORE OF HIM. BUT SAM KEREVI WAS BRILLIANT AGAINST WALES. HE WAS A MENACE WITH BALL IN HAND. I GO FOR HIM. CASTING VOTES YOUR WAY. SAM WELL KEREVI FOR ME. HE IS DANGEROUS WHEN HE GETS THE BALL. HE'S A BIG STANDOUT. AND WE WELCOME AN AUSTRALIAN TO THE MIDFIELD. THIS ONE IS PROBABLY THE QUICKEST DECISION BY ALL THREE OF YOU. HE IS THE PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT, LIENERT-BROWN. HE IS CONSISTENTLY EXCEPTIONAL. HE ATTACKS DEFENSIVELY. HE'S A STANDOUT. WEARING A 12 ON THAT OCCASION. I THINK HE LOOKS GRADED 13. HE IS JUST BEATING PLAYERS AT WELL. HE HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONAL IN THE MIDFIELD. HE IS THE PICK OF THE BUNCH. DANGEROUS BACKLINE. WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE RUGBY WORLD CUP STORY SO FAR. AND AS WE HEAD INTO THE BREAK, WE DO SO WITH THE MEMORIES OF A MAN NICKNAMED 'NOBODY' BECAUSE NOBODY'S PERFECT ` IT WALLABY GREAT JOHN EALES. (PENSIVE MUSIC) IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO CHOOSE BETWEEN '91 AND '99. I THINK, THE END OF BOTH THOSE GAMES, IT WAS THAT COMBINATION OF ABSOLUTE RELIEF THAT YOU HAD DONE IT, ELATION, AND A SENSE OF PRIDE. AND THAT'S IT. (AUDIENCE CHEER) THE FINAL WHISTLE BLOWS. AUSTRALIA HAS SAID FROM DAY ONE THEY WEREN'T COMING HERE TO RUN SECOND, AND THEY HAVE TAKEN THE TROPHY. ALL THE TEAMS THAT HAVE WON WORLD CUPS HAVE HAD LEADERSHIP, REALLY STRONG LEADERSHIP RIGHT THROUGHOUT. AND WHEN TEAMS HAVE PROBABLY STUMBLED AT MOMENTS IN THE WORLD CUP WHEN THEY WEREN'T EXPECTING TO STUMBLE, MAYBE THAT'S WHEN THE LEADERSHIP WASN'T THERE. AND THERE WAS THAT GREAT COLLECTIVE, GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WERE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND THEN HAD THAT FOCUS TO WIN A WORLD CUP. (WHISTLE TRILLS) AND THAT IS IT. AUSTRALIA THE WINNERS, 35-12. THEY BECOME THE FIRST COUNTRY TO WIN THE TROPHY TWICE. THE SECOND TROPHY FOR THEIR CAPTAIN, JOHN EALES, AS WELL. (TAIKO DRUM MUSIC) THE FANS HAVE BEEN A HUGE PART OF RUGBY WORLD CUP 2019. WELCOME BACK TO RUGBY WORLD CUP 2019, THE STORY SO FAR. AND AS JAPAN SHELTERS AGAINST TYPHOON HAGIBIS, WE'RE LOOKING BACK OVER A PULSATING THREE WEEKS OF POOL PLAY. POOL C NEXT, WHICH GOT UNDERWAY ON OPENING WEEKEND WITH A THRILLER. LOTS OF FRENCHMEN LINED UP TO THE RIGHT. AND NOW THERE'S TROUBLE FOR ARGENTINA AS PENAUD SLIPS THROUGH ONE TACKLE. DRIVING HIS WAY TOWARDS THE LINE. WHAT A RUN THAT IS FROM PENAUD. SET UP WONDERFUL FIELD POSITION. DUPONT. DIDN'T QUITE STICK FOR ALLDRIT. BUT GUIRADO IS THERE. DUPONT FINDS NTAMACK. VAKATAWA IS GOING TO TAKE THEM ON. AND HE'S GOING TO LINE UP FOR FICKOU. FICKOU! A LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM FRANCE. DUPONT. WAS THERE A LITTLE KNOCK ON THERE FROM SLIMANI? REGARDLESS, VAKATAWA SETTING OFF INTO THE HEART OF THE DEFENSE. POIROT. LOVELY HANDS. THIS IS FICKOU AGAIN. TWO MEN BOUGHT THE DUMMY. LEAVE IT! VAKATAWA GET IT AWAY FROM THE TACKLE. MEDARD FEEDS PENAUD. AND HERE'S DUPONT! FRANCE LOVING LIFE IN JAPAN! EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF. CREEVY. WELL CLAIMED, AND THE DRIVE IS EXCELLENT. AND ARGENTINA ARE OVER FOR THE SCORE. AGAIN, THE ROUTINE IS A SLICK ONE. AND THE DRIVE IS AN EXCELLENT ONE. MONTOYA'S POISED. MONTOYA IS SCORING! ARGENTINA COMES RIGHT BACK INTO THE RUNNING. BAMBA. DROPPED` OH, THIS EARLY. BACK IN THE POCKET. WAITING FOR IT. LOPEZ. OH, IT'S BRILLIANT. SENSATIONAL! AND ABSOLUTE THRILLER IT WAS. FRANCE HOLDING ONTO THE VICTORY. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW THE CURRENT FRENCH SETUP, PERHAPS A SURPRISE. THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING. PENAU, DUPONT ` THESE GUYS JUST KILLED IT. THEY BROUGHT A SPARK AND FLARE TO THE GAME. BY NOT GIVING THE RESULT FROM ARGENTINA'S PERSPECTIVE, IT MADE EVERYTHING FROM OPENING WEEKEND LOOK READY TOUGH. THE HARDEST THING FOR THEM WAS THAT THEY FOUGHT THEIR WAY BACK INTO THE GAME WHERE THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIN IT AND THEY DIDN'T. TERRIBLE DROPKICKS. FROM THAT POINT, THEY JUST BATTLED AND STRUGGLED TO GET THE GAME GOING. FINAL MATCH ` A BIT MORE YOUTH INTRODUCE FROM ARGENTINA. REALLY DISAPPOINTING FOR THEM. AND AS SOON AS ARGENTINA LOST FIRST UP, IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO COME DOWN TO THEIR MATCH WITH ENGLAND, WHO HAD BEEN TRACKING SOLIDLY IF UNSPECTACULARLY THROUGH THEIR CAMPAIGN. THINGS WERE ABOUT TO GET EDGY. NOT TOO MANY OUTSIDE OF THERE RIGHT NOW. YOUNGS GOES WIDE. FORD. IN GOES MAY. ENGLAND SCORE. THINGS WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE FOR ARGENTINA AS TOMAS LAVANINI CAUGHT OWEN FARRELL WITH A HIGH SHOT AND WAS FORCED TO TAKE AN EARLY SHOWER. YOUNGS. NOW SOME WIDTH. DALY JUGGLES, AND DALY SETS OFF FOR THE LINE. AND ENGLAND HAVE THEIR SECOND. VUNIPOLA DRIVES TO WITHIN 3M. YOUNGS! BEN YOUNGS! ENGLAND SNIFFING A FOURTH TRY. A BONUS POINT TRY. IT'S GEORGE FORD'S TRY. CREEVY PICKS OUT ALEMANNO. INSIDE BALL IS GOOD. THROUGH THE MIDDLE GOES CARRERAS. LOVELY BALL FROM MORONI. ARGENTINA STRIKE BACK! ENGLAND LOOKING TO PUT THE SEAL ON THIS VICTORY. NO, IT'S NOT THEIRS YET. JACK NOWELL SOMEHOW SKIPS FREE, AND THERE'S JACK NOWELL INTO THE CORNER. THE RUMBLE IS ON. SOME TIRED ARGENTINIAN BODIES HEADING INTO REVERSE. AND ENGLAND ADDS GLOSS TO THE WIN. LUKE COWAN-DICKIE FINISHES THE JOB. AND ENGLAND ARE HEADED TO THE LAST EIGHT. THEY CERTAINLY ARE. IT WAS PRETTY COMP RAN 70 AND. WE HOPED IT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANGLIN TO BE TESTED FOR THE FULL 80 MINUTES, AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. I DON'T THINK WE SAW WHAT ENGLAND ARE CAPABLE OF, AND IT IS DISAPPOINTING. WE WANT A CONTESTED MATCH WHERE WE HAD 15 ON 15. ANGLIN JUST TOOK OVER. OK, WE MOVED TO THE FINAL SELECTIONS OF OUR POOL PLAY WORLD 15. THE FLYERS OUT WIDE. THEY ARE A FOCUS RIGHT NOW. WHEN PLAY HAS BEEN OF A DIFFERENT LEVEL ALTOGETHER. LEFT-WING, NUMBER 11, FOR YOU AND EVERYONE IT SEEMS. EVERY TIME HE TOUCHES THE BALL HE CREATE SOMETHING. HE WILL BE PLAYERS. WHO WILL BE SCORING TRIES IN EVERY SINGLE GAME. CANNOT DISAGREE WITH THAT. EVERYONE KNEW HIS NAME. THIS WORLD CUP HAS CEMENTED HOW GOOD HE IS. THIS IS HIS WORLD CUP. IT'S A PITY WE DON'T GET TO SEE IN THE LATER STAGES. TO THE RIGHT WING AND A MAN OF SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT STATURE. ABSOLUTELY ELECTRIC. STAND OUT AGAINST THE ALL BLACKS. HE HAS JUST CONTINUED THAT. HE IS AN ELECTRIC WIRE, SO MUCH SPARK ABOUT HIMSELF. IT WAS A NO-BRAINER. THE LEFT-WING SEMI RANDRANDRA. AT THE BACK WE HAD MORE OF A DEBATE. I LIKED LIAM WILLIAMS. IF ANYONE WATCHED THE FIJI GAME, HE WAS PHYSICAL AND SAFE UNDER THE HIGHBALL, HIS VISION IS OUR COUNTER-ATTACK. HE WAS A STANDOUT FOR ME. AND HE HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT WITH HIS PERFORMANCES. HE IS NOT THE ONLY ONE ON OUR PANEL. I WOULD HARDLY GO PAST WILLIAMS, BUT HOW COULD YOU GO PAST BEAUDEN BARRETT? HE HAS BEEN INJURED AS WELL, SO NOT BAD FOR A GUY PLAYING WITH ONE LEG. HE WAS INFLUENTIAL AGAIN SOUTH AFRICA, PRETTY GOOD AGAINST CANADA. HE HAD NOT PLAYED A WHOLE MATCH STARTING AT FULLBACK BEFORE THIS WORLD CUP. MASSIVE RESPECT FOR LIAM WILLIAMS, BUT I WILL GO FOR BEAUDEN BARRETT JUST BECAUSE HE IS A FIRST RECEIVER AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND THAT'S A STRING TO HIS BOW THAT WILLIAMS DOES NOT HAVE. EVERY TIME HE TOUCHES THE BALL, HE LOOKS LIKE HE MAKES A BREAK. BEAUDEN BARRETT DOES MORE IN MY EYES. I THINK WE ARE BEING A BIT BIASED AS KIWIS. WE HAVE AN AUSTRALIAN, SOUTH AFRICAN, FIJIAN ` IT IS THE UNITED NATIONS OF THE BACKLINE. AFTER THE BREAK, WE WRAP UP POOL PLAY AND RETURN LIVE TO JAPAN FOR THE LATEST. BUT FIRST A MAN WHO FIGURES IN ONE OF THE WORLD CUP'S MOST ENDURING MOMENTS ` AT LEAST IT IS FOR US. WITH THANKS TO JONAH, PERHAPS ENGLAND'S MIKE CATT HAS FOND MEMORIES OF SOMETHING ELSE. THE TWO BEST TEAMS IN WORLD RUGBY ` THESE PLAYERS FACING THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY OF THEIR LIVES. STANDING NEXT TO JOHNNY WILKINSON ON THE PITCH IN 2003. WE WERE ALL STANDING THERE WITH OUR HANDS ON OUR HIPS. JOHNNY GETS THE DROP GOAL. HERE IT IS FOR JOHNNY. HAS HE DONE IT? (CROWD ROARS) HE SURE HAS! AND THE REASON WHY ENJOY THAT SO MUCH IS IT CHANGED MY LIFE. A DRAMATIC HEART STOPPING VICTORY FOR ENGLAND. THE WHOLE JOURNEY WITH THAT ENGLAND SIDE, TO GO TO AUSTRALIA AND WIN A WORLD CUP WAS PRETTY SPECIAL, WITH AN AMAZING BUNCH OF GUYS. THIS IS THE BEST-PREPARED TEAM ENGLAND HAS EVER HAD. WE HAD A HELL OF A GROUP OF PLAYERS, VERY WELL EXPERIENCED, UNDERSTOOD WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT, AND HOW TO WIN RUGBY MATCHES. I THINK THE EXPECTATION WAS ON US TO WIN. SO FOR US TO GO ON AND DO IT WAS A HUGE ACHIEVEMENT, AND YOU CAN'T TAKE THAT OUT OF MY MEMORY. (SWELLING MUSIC) (TAIKO DRUM MUSIC) The fate of the human race is more than ever dependent on... MAN: ...the conservation of energy,... ...an energy revolution. Join Gen Less ` (PROJECTOR WHIRRS) I have a dream... ...for the birth of a new world. Let there be... ...one giant leap for mankind. (STATIC CRACKLES) Join Gen Less ` SAFETY FIRST. FANS WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER WEEK AS THE REST OF US WILL FOR THE QUARTERFINALS. WE AWAIT THE ALL BLACKS OPPONENTS AS WELL. WELCOME BACK TO THE STORY SO FAR OF WORLD CUP 2019. WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT ALL THE RUNNERS AND RIDERS FOR THE QUARTERS EXCEPT ONE, MAINLY BECAUSE THEIR FATE HANGS IN THE BALANCE, AND IN THE HANDS OF MOTHER NATURE, AS WE SPEAK ` SCOTLAND. LET'S REMIND YOU OF THEIR JOURNEY SO FAR. RYAN WILSON TO HORNE. ADAM HASTINGS. IT WILL GO. FIRST TRY! JUST WHAT SCOTLAND NEED. A KNOCK ON ADVANTAGE. SCOTLAND BACK IN POSSESSION. THIS GAME CHARACTERIZED ALREADY BY A WHOLE SERIES OF EPISODES IN OPEN PLAY. ADAM HASTINGS BEATS GADZHIEV! ARTEMYEV MISSES IT! HASTINGS IN FOR HIS SECOND TRY! CHANCE FOR SCOTLAND TO CANTER THROUGH THEIR FLYING WINNER, DARCY GRAHAM. THEIR FLYING WINGER, DARCY GRAHAM. FROM THE GREAT SIGHTS OF EUROPEAN RUGBY, THIS MUST BE BONUS POINT TRY. HANDED ON... TO GEORGE HORNE, SCOTLAND'S FOURTH TRY. AND THEY RESET AND START ALL OVER AGAIN. GEORGE TURNER IS GOING TO SCORE. (WHISTLE TRILLS) GEORGE HORNE COMES AWAY WITH IT. GOOD PASS. AND TO BROTHER PETER. COULD BE ANOTHER ONE FOR SCOTLAND. THEY ARE RUNNING FOR GEORGE HORNE. HATTRICK FOR THE SCRUM HALF. OUT TO BLAIR KINGHORN. KINGHORN FINDS TAYLOR. TAYLOR. TO PETER HORNE. BACK TO TAYLOR. HASTINGS, LONG. STUART MCINALLY ON THE OUTSIDE. SURGE FOR THE CORNER. (UPBEAT MUSIC) IT COULD BE VERY WELL THAT SCOTLAND WILL BE THE ALL BLACKS OPPONENT. ALL THREE OF THEM STILL TO PLAY. IRELAND PLAY SOME MORE LATER ON TONIGHT. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WITH THIS TABLE IS OUT WITH THREE TEAMS, THOSE THREE TEAMS GOODS FINISH ON THE SAME NUMBER OF POINTS. IF THAT WERE TO BE FOR THE CASE, THE POSITION WILL BE DECIDED BY POINT DIFFERENCE. AND THEN THE SECOND POSITION WILL BE A HEAD-TO-HEAD. THEY HAVE FOUND THEIR FORM. TO HAVE A SCORELESS SCOREBOARD WAS REALLY OUTSTANDING FOR SCOTLAND. IT IS ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL. WE LIVE IN HOPE. OK, FOR THE FINAL TIME TONIGHT, LET'S RETURN UP TO TOKYO FOR THE LATEST ON TYPHOON HAGIBIS KIMBERLEE DOWNS IS STANDING BY. KIMBERLEE. WHAT'S THE LATEST? THE RAIN IS STILL COMING DOWN HERE IN TOKYO, AS YOU CAN SEE. WORTH REMEMBERING THAT THIS IS JUST A PRELUDE TO THE MAIN EVENT THAT THE TYPHOON IS STILL TO MAKE LANDFALL IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. WE HAVE BEEN GETTING WARNINGS EMERGENCY WARNINGS. IT IS SAID TO GET A LOT WORSE. WE WILL BE HEADING INSIDE SURESOON. I WILL BE HEADING INSIDE. I LIVE HERE NOW. I LIVE TO HOLD YOUR UMBRELLA. YOU HAVE PIT DU TOIT ON THE OPEN SIDE. WE NEED TO HAVE SOME VERY DEEP CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SELECTION TEAM. WHO ARE YOU PICKING IS YOUR CAPTAIN? I HAVE A FEELING ABOUT GOING TO HEAR THE END OF THIS. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. WERE ALMOST THE KNOCKOUT AGES. SOME WILL HAVE A CHANCE HERE. IF THEY CAN FIND THEIR GAME. I DON'T THINK IRELAND WILL BE TAKING SOME MORE. I WOULD LIKE HIMENO TO BE THE CAPTAIN. HE'S ONLY 25 YEARS OLD. LOOK AT THIS GUY LAUGHING AT ME. I'M LAUGHING BECAUSE I'M HOLDING YOUR UMBRELLA. WHO IS THE COACH OF THAT TEAM FOR YOU? THE COACH THAT HAS SHOWN THROUGH HIS STEVE HANSEN. HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO MAKE HIS CHANGES. HE HAS BEEN CALM. I DON'T THINK THE ALL BLACKS ARE TO FOSTER THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO PLAY IT ITALY. EDDIE IS LURKING IN THE BACKGROUND TOO. I KNOW YOU HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR HIM. TAKE THAT BACK. WE WERE THREE FROM THREE IT'S NOT A FLUKE. WE WILL DEBATE THIS LONG INTO THE NIGHT. WE HAVE A LOT OF TIME. FROM TOKYO, FOR US, WE WILL GOALS SETTLE INTO CATCHES ARLEN SAM OR GAME. WELCOME TO YOU BOTH. STAY SAFE AND STAY DRY. THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS IS A BIG OF DEBATE. WHO IS OUR COACH? THAT IS A FAIR POINT. HOW WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT ONE? NO. JAMIE JOSEPH. WITH ALL THE QUESTION MARKS. NOW THEY WILL BE TOP CONTENDER, FINGERS CROSSED. CAN'T GO PAST HIM AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WELL, ALL THIS WAITING AROUND IS HUNGRY WORK, BUT THE RUGBY WILL RETURN, AND BEFORE IT DOES, HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A KFC GAME DAY BUCKET DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR FOR YOU AND NINE MATES. LIMITED NUMBERS, SO ENTER NOW AT GAMEBUCKET.CO.NZ. PLENTY OF BIG MATCH DAYS TO COME, SO GET INVOLVED. THAT'S ABOUT IT. THANKS TO THE TEAM. WE ARE ALL AS DISAPPOINTED AS YOU AT HOME THAT THERE WAS NO ALL BLACKS GAME TO BRING TO YOU TONIGHT. BUT WE WILL BE RIGHT THERE WITH THE TEAM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY FROM HERE. BYE FOR NOW. CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2019