American sports often have what is termed a franchise player -- an athlete around whom a team is built.
With Japan building toward the 2007 Rugby World Cup, head coach Mitsutake Hagimoto could do a lot worse than base his side around 20-year-old flyhalf Kyohei Morita, who had a storming debut as the Brave Blossoms beat Canada 34-21 to claim the Toshiba Super Powers Cup at Tokyo's Chichibunomiya on Sunday.
And the former Kobe Steel head coach was quick to praise the Hosei University student after the game.