England Vs Japan: England scrum-half has an incomplete job at RWC

Posted by World Wide Tickets And Hospitality on July 10th, 2023

Danny Care says he has incomplete business with the Rugby World Cup and is giving it all to cap his rollercoaster global career at the contest in France. The 36-year-old has been named in Steve Borthwick's England training team as one of only three scrum-halves. After missing out in 2019, Care says it would be a dream to make the rugby team. I've never been as gritty to get in an England RWC shirt as I am now, he told the media.

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As soon as I spoke to Steve and there was an option of coming into camp and fighting for a shirt I jumped at the gamble. The Harlequins veteran won the bulk of his 87 England caps between 2008 and 2018, before being abandoned by former boss Eddie Jones. After almost four years in the desert, Care won three more caps on last summer's tour of Australia before being left out in the autumn by Jones and then the recent Six Nations by Borthwick.

But when approached about his accessibility, Care says he did not hesitate to give it another try. Rapidly the answer was yes: I would do anything to play for the England Rugby World Cup team, he said. To play in a World Cup is a dream and I will give it all. For me anytime an England trainer wants you to come in and give it a snap, the answer is always yes. It's why I've waited in England for 18 years as a player, I always wanted to play for my nation, it means a terrible lot to me.

Rugby World Cups haven't been what I desired

I've flown into it and given it all. I feel as good as I have in years. It's been hard and it's been graft, but it's the World Cup and it has to be. I've respected every minute. It's been a rollercoaster, but I wouldn't switch any of it. Despite being England's second most-capped scrum-half in history, Care has played just one RWC game, a dead rubber against Uruguay in 2015.

In 2011 he ached a serious foot injury when in line to be England's initial nine, in 2015 he was third in the poking order, while in 2019 he failed to make the drill camp. World Cups haven't been what I wanted them to be, Care said. So, I would give anything to get in that 33 to the France Rugby World Cup team. The dream is the dream, to do what the '03 lads did and go and win the cup.

I've seen it all. I've been there, I've been called in a squad and not been able to make the plane due to injury. I've seen lads come from nowhere and make a World Cup. Anything could happen, it's rugby. All I am fixing on is each day and trying to work hard and help the team. And having been in camp for the past three weeks, Care says he is hugely fortified by the quality of trainers and players at England's removal.

As an England Rugby World Cup team head coach, I have been blown away by Borthwick's detail and how he drives the team forward, he said. This England team is going to be a very good side. I can guarantee you that. Some terrifyingly good young players in this squad could be brilliant players for England for years. Rugby fans can buy England Rugby World Cup Tickets at exclusively discounted prices.

Japan XV falls to a hard defeat against All Blacks XV before RWC 2023

Japan XV was beaten 38-6 by All Blacks XV in their global non-test match on Saturday, failing to score a try in the first of its five-game home series ahead of the Rugby World Cup 2023 in France starting in two months. Head coach Jamie Joseph has recorded 39 applicants to make the 33-man squad. But his experimental-looking side failed to bid a spark at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in the team’s first match of the year.

It’s still two months away from the France Rugby World Cup 2023, and this is the first time the team played together since November last year. It was always going to be a little bit sticky, Joseph said. Japan, which will face Chile on Sept. 10 in Pool D in France before taking on England, Samoa and Argentina rugby teams, took an early lead through Rikiya Matsuda’s penalty but found itself chasing for the rest of the game.

The guests replied with a period of burden, with Stephen Perofeta going over following a scrum inside the 22. The home side’s defensive weakness was apparent from early on with the flyhalf, who missed the change, making one of two clear breaks for the New Zealanders before kicking a penalty for an 8-3 lead. Matsuda and Perofeta then dealt penalties to make it 11-6 to the guests, as the half ended with few chances formed by either side. Rugby fans can buy Japan Rugby World Cup Tickets at exclusively discounted prices.

Japan Rugby World Cup team has to do a lot more

Perofeta’s 45th-minute penalty was followed by the introduction of Japan’s big guns Shota Horie, Koo Ji-won and Kazuki Himeno. But the hosts sustained to make mistakes, and centre Jack Goodhue added salt to the wound by crossing shortly after. Etene Nanai-Seturo, Alex Nankivell and Folau Fakatava also sprinkled down as Japan’s defensive errors mounted in a disturbing display.

It wasn’t the result we were hopeful for. I’m irritated, said Michael Leitch, skippering the home side in place of hurt Atsushi Sakate. We couldn’t keep offensive. The kicking game was the idea, given the heat, but it didn’t tick. We undertake reasonably well in the first half, but we need to up our line speed. Japan will face the All-Blacks XV next Saturday in Kumamoto before taking on Samoa in an RWC dress trial.

As well as Tonga and Fiji on consecutive Saturdays through Aug. 5. The Japan rugby team also have an away test against Italy on Aug. 26. The Japan Rugby Football Union publicised Friday that Japan will host New Zealand in a test game in October 2024. Japan has lost all of their last seven meetings, the last a 38-31 defeat last October.

Jamie Joseph has revealed plans to step down as Japan’s head coach after the Sept 8-Oct 28 RWC, local media informed. The New Zealander led the Brave Blossoms to the world cup quarter-finals for the first time on home soil four years ago and will train the team again at this year’s contest in France. But that will spot the end of his seven-and-a-half years in charge, local media stated at the team’s training site.

My time in Japan was very good, I think it’s a good time for me to step away. It’s good for my family, Joseph was mentioned as saying by Kyodo News Agency, adding that his top significance was to prepare for the France Rugby World Cup. Joseph was in the frame to take over as All Blacks head coach but was crushed to the job by Scott Robertson in March. He has been linked to club sides in Japan’s local league.

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