Japan v South Africa: Rugby World Cup 2019, quarter-final – live!
by Luke McLaughlin from World news | The Guardian on (#4SWFW)
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1.00pm BST
Too much power, too much precision. Big shove from SA at a maul and de Klerk is over for a deserved try, after a lovely off-load by Marx. Pollard adds the extras. It is impossible to see a way back for Japan now. The miracle of Tokyo?
12.57pm BST
64 min: From the restart, South Africa win a penalty for a head-grab on Kolbe. It looked like Kolbe was lucky not to be penalised himself for tipping a Japanese tackler on to the floor. Pollard hammers a kick into touch for halfway and SA will have a line-out.
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