No Quarter Final for Japan

For the Shibas we know and have known, and for Laila, who was born in Japan, we hoped Japan would win the last game of Pool D in the Rugby World Cup.

Japan played Argentina. Any of these teams that would have won, would have taken the second place in the pool after winner England. The winner and the runner up advances to the quarter finals. 

Unfortunately, Argentina had the strongest team today. Argentina won after a strong finish, 39-27. 

Laila says she will now root for France. She is a Poodle, so her breed is from France, and France won Pool A before New Zeeland. Pool B has one game left when I write this, but it is between the teams that have already lost the pool. Winner and runner up is Ireland and South Africa. In Pool C, Wales is the winner, Australia may be runner up, but the final game is between Fiji and the least successful team of the pool, Portugal. Fiji has one point less than Australia, so Fiji can be the runner up and get to the quarter final. This would be a huge blow to the 1991 and 1999 World Cup winner and 2015 World Cup finalist Australia, but you are never better than the current tournament results say you are. We will see what happens in the games to come.