Japan coach Jamie Joseph hit back at criticism over his handling of the Sunwolves saying that from a national team’s point of view things went well, though not necessarily the way they were initially intended to go.
“I thought it was the perfect plan,” he told Kyodo News this week at the Japan training camp in Miyazaki, adding that his mandate is to get the Brave Blossoms into the knockout stage of the Rugby World Cup, which kicks off on Sept. 20 in Tokyo.
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