Japan v Scotland - Second Test

:00:15. > :00:26.The trapped mind is open enough to see many possibilities.

:00:27. > :00:34.Humble enough to learn from anyone or anything. For bearing enough to

:00:35. > :00:54.forgive all. Perceptive enough to see things as

:00:55. > :01:08.they really are. And reasonable enough to judge their true value.

:01:09. > :01:16.It was a good start for Scotland in Toyota city last week. Maybe not the

:01:17. > :01:21.most beautiful or glorious performance but they got the job

:01:22. > :01:28.done nonetheless. Can Scotland make it two from two over in Japan? It is

:01:29. > :01:33.good to have you with us. It was a good win for Scotland last week. Can

:01:34. > :01:44.they do it again today? It is live on BBC Two Scotland. Finn Russell,

:01:45. > :01:52.let's talk about last weeks performance and what Scotland can

:01:53. > :01:55.take into to gaze -- today's game. I think this week they will tighten a

:01:56. > :01:59.few things up and I will expect them to take the chances that they

:02:00. > :02:04.created last week. A few extra days in camp for the Scotland squad.

:02:05. > :02:08.There are a lot of positives to take from last weeks game. It was a

:02:09. > :02:12.comfortable win. I never thought that Japan were ever going to win

:02:13. > :02:15.that game. It was comfortable without being spectacular. They will

:02:16. > :02:19.look to build on it. Some of the changes are good ones. They have not

:02:20. > :02:22.maybe got the continuity and selection from last week that we

:02:23. > :02:27.might have seen if they were to get the benefit of playing that game

:02:28. > :02:31.last week. They have not played for a long time. It is the end of a long

:02:32. > :02:35.season. They have been going 12 months with the World Cup

:02:36. > :02:38.preparations. One final job today. Let's get a good professional win

:02:39. > :02:43.and move on for the summer break. What are the big -- one of the big

:02:44. > :02:48.changes today is Henry Pyrgos is in at number nine and he is captain. He

:02:49. > :02:52.has hardly played at all last season through injury. That is a big call.

:02:53. > :03:00.Yes, he picked up a few injuries last year but he had a good season.

:03:01. > :03:06.He played with Jackson at Glasgow before. It'll be interesting to see

:03:07. > :03:09.how they go as a pairing. We said last week that there has been an

:03:10. > :03:12.overreliance on Greig Laidlaw and I think this is a really bold

:03:13. > :03:17.selection. I think it is the right one. He is on the bench of it is not

:03:18. > :03:21.go right full stop Henry Pyrgos is a great player, great leadership

:03:22. > :03:29.skills. It is who is the goalkicker. That is where Greig Laidlaw has been

:03:30. > :03:34.so good. Will Henry be kicking? Ruaridh Jackson? Stuart Hogg? It is

:03:35. > :03:45.a gamble because you want to finish on a high with this win but it is

:03:46. > :03:50.the right Campbell to take. How different is it the way that they

:03:51. > :03:55.manage the game? They are different but similar at the same time. It is

:03:56. > :04:02.hard to explain. I have worked with Greig Laidlaw with Scotland. You get

:04:03. > :04:05.used to how each other play. Henry 's game management is outstanding

:04:06. > :04:15.and he has a good break on him as well. In terms of the service he

:04:16. > :04:19.gives, his game management and his kicking, it is amazing. His service

:04:20. > :04:25.is good as well. They are both similar players but I think he will

:04:26. > :04:30.do his thing. We will talk more about the game as we build up to it

:04:31. > :04:34.that earlier this morning, there was another international match. Wales

:04:35. > :04:39.struggling against New Zealand, the number one in the world. New Zealand

:04:40. > :04:45.won that match. But we build towards this game, the coaches of today's

:04:46. > :04:54.teams have been speaking to Jordan BT. It is a big game. The emperor is

:04:55. > :04:58.here. Yes, I can only speak for our camp and the looks on their faces

:04:59. > :05:03.and the pre-game talk. They are all pretty keyed up for the game. It is

:05:04. > :05:08.predicted to be the biggest crowd for a home game in Japan to date.

:05:09. > :05:12.The team is pretty excited. You have had another week to have a look at

:05:13. > :05:17.Scotland. What is key for you? We have to earn the right to play. We

:05:18. > :05:21.know we like to play with some wit but unless you get those physical

:05:22. > :05:26.exchanges right, we will not be able to play like that. But to go back to

:05:27. > :05:31.the beginning, it is humid and you are in Japan, in Tokyo, the Emperor

:05:32. > :05:37.is here, there is a thing about rugby player stepping off a home

:05:38. > :05:41.pitch having lost one. I do not know the stats but I hope you are right.

:05:42. > :05:45.The Japanese organisation has been on time or early. This time, you are

:05:46. > :05:51.late for the coin toss. Does that affect things cost Mark we just want

:05:52. > :05:55.to get things... We need to get changed a little more quickly. Those

:05:56. > :05:59.are the things that you have two adapt to. There are things that we

:06:00. > :06:03.did not see last week that week -- they will bring to us today. We have

:06:04. > :06:12.to be open-minded. There is a shorter time to change, we are about

:06:13. > :06:21.to see and do our best with it. We will keep pretty positive approach

:06:22. > :06:24.to how we go about the game. A lot talked about among the Japanese

:06:25. > :06:27.players and coach about their mindset today. They are very

:06:28. > :06:33.focused. Does that just mean quite winning the home crowd for you? It

:06:34. > :06:41.means trying to keep them as far away from the goal-line as possible.

:06:42. > :06:45.If score and get excited, it is important to play the game properly

:06:46. > :06:48.tactically. We do not want to leave them too much initiative with the

:06:49. > :06:56.ball. Nixon it up, defensively we will have to be right on the money.

:06:57. > :07:01.They will want to lift and have motivation. We are hoping if we can

:07:02. > :07:10.keep emphysema did that errors will creep into their game and we can

:07:11. > :07:15.slowly get on top of them. But it will be... After ten minutes or so,

:07:16. > :07:25.if he is ugly, he will take the field. If not, we will have Sean

:07:26. > :07:31.Lamont taking his place. He is going to try... He is much better and

:07:32. > :07:34.hopefully he can play the full 80. John spoke to Vernon Cotter about

:07:35. > :07:42.half an hour and we can confirm that Tommy Seymour will play for

:07:43. > :07:56.Scotland. Topley Seymour will start. Six changes. Marino is in the front

:07:57. > :07:59.row. Quite interesting changes. They will have a big impact on today's

:08:00. > :08:05.game. Some of them are like for like. The two for me are the key

:08:06. > :08:09.ones are the Duncan Taylor and John Hardie, I think Scotland's most

:08:10. > :08:13.consistent back and forward for the last six months. Stuart had has been

:08:14. > :08:20.outstanding but these guys have been outstanding. -- Stuart Hogg. Can

:08:21. > :08:27.Peter Horne give that same direction the Duncan Taylor has? John Josh

:08:28. > :08:34.Strauss and John Barclay? John Barclay is versatile. These guys

:08:35. > :08:40.have given Scotland the lead. Let's see who can step into their shoes

:08:41. > :08:42.now. This is a line-out. We will see lots of different phases. What is

:08:43. > :08:52.going on here? They are spinning the ball wide and

:08:53. > :08:58.the Japanese defences caught narrow. You can see, they are looking to

:08:59. > :09:01.spread into little bit again. It is almost looking for that quick go

:09:02. > :09:06.forward ball from the forward before spinning it wide with the backs. It

:09:07. > :09:09.is a great thing if the forwards can do that. It helps to change the

:09:10. > :09:16.attack early on. The Japanese defence are coming on and they are

:09:17. > :09:24.locked in on one guy. How many phases are planned? You are looking

:09:25. > :09:33.one, two, three phases Max. It could be... That could be the plan but

:09:34. > :09:44.after that, the general thing is... It is just jackal calling what he

:09:45. > :09:50.wants -- Ruaridh Jackson. This is another one where Scotland actually

:09:51. > :09:55.got turned over. More of a running tactic there. Softening up Japan and

:09:56. > :09:58.a good second-half performance. Yes, Duncan Taylor has been very

:09:59. > :10:03.prominent. He is not there because of his injury. Matt Scott can

:10:04. > :10:08.definitely give Scotland Act lead. He has that correction. There was a

:10:09. > :10:16.lot of good play last week. They did not quite find the final pass. The

:10:17. > :10:20.accuracy was not there. There was a little good stuff. That is good

:10:21. > :10:23.build-up play. They need to take to the next level and get a try and

:10:24. > :10:28.that will be very pleasing. It has been quite a long time since a lot

:10:29. > :10:32.of the guys played last week. With the longer time in camp and working

:10:33. > :10:44.on these phases during the week will make a days appear game today? I

:10:45. > :10:52.will imagine today it will be a more accurate performance. I think it is

:10:53. > :10:58.going to be good to see Peter Horne and Matt Scott. They have good hands

:10:59. > :11:02.and he is a good ball-carrier. That is interesting, those two in the

:11:03. > :11:08.centres. They are good players. They have got real speed and good feet. I

:11:09. > :11:13.like Peter Horne 's way that he looks up, he is a good ball player.

:11:14. > :11:17.He gets people in around him. That is a great skill for in the 12 to

:11:18. > :11:20.have. I am looking forward to it. It was a good performance last week and

:11:21. > :11:23.I think it will be better this week. Let's head over to the match. We can

:11:24. > :11:32.now join the commentary team. Welcome to the Ajinomoto Stadium in

:11:33. > :11:39.the western suburbs of Tokyo, where the opening ceremony for the 2019

:11:40. > :11:42.Rugby World Cup will be held. We are eight hours ahead of you on a

:11:43. > :11:48.beautiful but very humid Japanese evening and we await the second and

:11:49. > :11:51.last night. Scotland will have to be on their guard, not least due to the

:11:52. > :11:55.impetus arising from the presence of the Japanese Emperor Akihito and

:11:56. > :12:02.Empress Michiko. They are expected to arrive at half-time and the

:12:03. > :12:05.Japanese players have talked of the honour of that appearance. There we

:12:06. > :12:08.are, 26 degrees. And both teams will stay on the pitch at full-time and

:12:09. > :12:20.bowel to show their expect. This is a big game. This is the end

:12:21. > :12:24.of a big 12 month period for Scotland. The next test against

:12:25. > :12:29.Australia and Argentina and Georgia in November. For Japan, it is an

:12:30. > :12:34.opportunity for them as well with a number of their World Cup stars out

:12:35. > :12:38.to build towards 2019. Six changes in total to the Scottish team from

:12:39. > :12:42.last week, delayed in traffic. 20 minutes they had to put the time

:12:43. > :12:47.cost back. And there are three changes in the forwards and three on

:12:48. > :12:56.the backs. There were two new props to start today. Stuart McInally is

:12:57. > :13:01.in at hooker. And they have a weight advantage at scrum time. Richie Gray

:13:02. > :13:15.winning his 58th cap. That is a big ball carrying back row. They are all

:13:16. > :13:21.expected to make territory. Henry Pyrgos is today's captain. A

:13:22. > :13:27.goalkicker. He says he enjoys playing with Ruaridh Jackson. They

:13:28. > :13:32.both know the way they play. In the midfield, the boat might be put to

:13:33. > :13:39.use. Matt Scott is up outside centre. A lot is expected from a

:13:40. > :13:42.partnership. And the battery is all about attack. But they must be

:13:43. > :13:48.expected to defend. They will be keen to cut loose in these beautiful

:13:49. > :13:51.conditions. Very short grass. In a night design for rally would be,

:13:52. > :13:56.they should be in their element this evening. There is the bench, expect

:13:57. > :13:58.to see most of them come onto the pitch. Sean Lamont will have wished

:13:59. > :14:16.he could have started. Japan did enough last week to make

:14:17. > :14:20.Scotland sit up and take notice. Their game was fast and dynamic.

:14:21. > :14:25.They want a second crack at Scotland. We saw them arriving and

:14:26. > :14:33.they look very, very focused. Their pack is unchanged. They had some

:14:34. > :14:40.games against Scotland in Toyota city. Good scrummaging outfit. And

:14:41. > :14:55.the second row veteran Kotaki, they may lose out in height and weight

:14:56. > :15:03.but they are abrasive. The halfbacks, every bit a match for the

:15:04. > :15:17.Scots. The midfield, a stern test for Scotland. And the return of the

:15:18. > :15:22.formidable saddle. We will about the bench in a moment. Let's not beat

:15:23. > :15:30.around the bush, a lot is expected of this Japanese team tonight. The

:15:31. > :15:35.appetite for everyone in Japan after the World Cup, they put in a decent

:15:36. > :15:39.performers last week. We know what that they play with fire in their

:15:40. > :15:42.hearts but they need some ice in their heads to make smarter

:15:43. > :15:52.decisions. They gave away cheap possession and points to Scotland

:15:53. > :15:57.last week. They need to tend to their game, with a bit more gain

:15:58. > :16:02.control and composure. If you're looking at this back home,

:16:03. > :16:08.these are not Scottish conditions. Very short grass and very humid. It

:16:09. > :16:13.is good to be a slippery ball and a very quick game. The Japanese, you

:16:14. > :16:17.have got to trust me here, when they talk about the emperor being at a

:16:18. > :16:21.major sporting event, it is an unusual event. He is only arriving

:16:22. > :16:26.at half-time. These Japanese players want to impress their country. A lot

:16:27. > :16:31.more people here are watching rugby now. The touring Welsh know what it

:16:32. > :16:34.is light. They won their first game when they toured and then they lost

:16:35. > :16:41.the second. The Japanese capitalised. We will get the anthems

:16:42. > :16:47.and a second. Scotland than just the waiting. Their preparations were

:16:48. > :16:59.disrupted by that 20 minutes in our lab in traffic on the way here. The

:17:00. > :17:29.Japanese very focused. Time now for the anthems, starting with Flower Of

:17:30. > :17:53.# When will we see your like again # That fought and died for # Your wee

:17:54. > :18:01.bit hill and glen # That stood against him # Proud Edward's army #

:18:02. > :18:21.# And in the past they must remain.

:18:22. > :18:25.# But we can still rise now # And be

:18:26. > :18:30.the nation again # That stood against him # Proud Edward's army #

:18:31. > :18:57.And sent him homeward # Tae think again #

:18:58. > :20:09.The Japanese and the man there country expects. It is the biggest

:20:10. > :20:16.crowd this team has ever played in front of, this magnificent stadium.

:20:17. > :20:28.And you can sense the focus, as the Japanese move to the right hand side

:20:29. > :20:32.of the pitch. And line-up on their own 22, opposite each other, taking

:20:33. > :20:38.their initial knocks out, which is a statement and then a sprint. It is a

:20:39. > :20:44.balmy evening and there is the Scottish coaching team with Vern

:20:45. > :20:48.Cotter, second from behind, as you look at it. He has been stressing

:20:49. > :20:54.the good things about last week and the need to keep possession. The

:20:55. > :20:57.Japanese coach, his final game as the Japanese coach. He wants to

:20:58. > :21:07.leave on a high. He thinks his team has the athleticism to win this one.

:21:08. > :21:12.I wonder how Scotland are feeling. They arrived late. Their bus was

:21:13. > :21:16.caught in traffic. They have had a fitness test on one of their

:21:17. > :21:22.players. The response will be the kind of start Vern Cotter once.

:21:23. > :21:35.There is the referee Marius Mitrea. From Italy. The TMO is Ian Smith,

:21:36. > :21:40.from Australia. How important is the size of this crowd, the statement

:21:41. > :21:44.from this team? It is important for Scotland to limit the opportunities

:21:45. > :21:48.was Japan to get excited. Last week we saw a break-out try from a

:21:49. > :21:53.turnover. That gave them lots of belief. That is the way Japan want

:21:54. > :21:58.to play the game. Scotland will want to get them into the grind. Quick

:21:59. > :22:07.throwing is, quick taps, take the crowd out of it. We will bring you

:22:08. > :22:13.every pass, every kick. It is Japan against often. Tommy Seymour, and

:22:14. > :22:26.early test. Henry Pyrgos. Knocked back in the

:22:27. > :22:34.tackle. You can sense the crowd like that. Stuart Hogg has three men

:22:35. > :22:48.blocking for him. Right footed, makes touch. Just midst by Matt

:22:49. > :22:53.Suda, good confidence stuff. It is good for Scotland. Anywhere over the

:22:54. > :23:04.40 metre line break it down there is a good result. Quick ball. The

:23:05. > :23:14.dynamic scrum-half. Sasakura. Inagaki. We watched this in

:23:15. > :23:19.training. They will go left and then right. Tommy Seymour, left footed.

:23:20. > :23:23.Up to the 22. Kicks it back to his own men. It will be picked up, there

:23:24. > :23:34.is no offside. Knocked on by John Barclay. Off the ball obstruction.

:23:35. > :23:39.They merely -- and early knock for John Barclay. Taken early by the

:23:40. > :23:45.Scots. A state meant of intent. They want to speed this game out. A quick

:23:46. > :23:50.penalty. Did we think we would see them running a short penalty? No, I

:23:51. > :23:54.think Scotland are a team that likes to play rugby as well. The Japanese

:23:55. > :23:57.again have given away to penalties already. They gave away ten or 11 in

:23:58. > :24:05.the first half last week. And again you saw the little mistake with the

:24:06. > :24:09.Miss kick down the blindside, just gifting Scotland possession on the

:24:10. > :24:12.22 and followed up with a penalty. It is following the same script,

:24:13. > :24:22.last week and giving Scotland access into the game easily. An early test

:24:23. > :24:28.for Henry curl us. That's Henry Pyrgos. Confident goalkicker.

:24:29. > :24:35.Flawless press conferences captain. Very positive. How about operation

:24:36. > :24:40.on his right wrist. Slight limit in terms of movement. Wants to stake

:24:41. > :24:50.his claim to get ahead of Greig Laidlaw.

:24:51. > :25:00.Well, you heard the cries of thanks, mate. Henry Pyrgos does exactly what

:25:01. > :25:07.is have wanted him to do. Scotland take the lead. Japan changing their

:25:08. > :25:13.kick-off formation this week. Last week, they had all their forwards to

:25:14. > :25:20.the right and they have a split formation. Maybe if they kick long

:25:21. > :25:26.and Scotland star to run... Last week they would have had a mismatch.

:25:27. > :25:31.Lastly, a must more even spread of forwards and backs across the field.

:25:32. > :25:37.The same kick-off, the same receiver. Tommy Seymour. No Japanese

:25:38. > :25:40.entering the ruck. They are all in defence. Same exit. Kick by Henry

:25:41. > :25:55.Pyrgos. Again, a nice, tidy exit. Over the

:25:56. > :26:04.40 metre line. Japan, it looks as though they are... Are they

:26:05. > :26:05.targeting Tommy Seymour? I am not sure. At the exits from Scotland

:26:06. > :26:11.have been very good. Penalty. Same as last week. Quick

:26:12. > :26:45.take by Shigeno. This is a huge crowd here. You can

:26:46. > :26:48.hear them getting involved. Shigeno. There is a penalty coming. It is a

:26:49. > :26:57.free ball. Hard tackling but the Japanese know that this is theirs.

:26:58. > :27:06.Shigeno. Henry Pyrgos gets man and ball. Matsuda. They will come back

:27:07. > :27:13.for the penalty. Showing a little bit of ambition. Under advantage,

:27:14. > :27:19.they put the little kick through. A great opportunity now to level the

:27:20. > :27:27.scores. Lots of penalties early in the game. I think both teams

:27:28. > :27:31.defensively needs composure. The game was punctuated last week by

:27:32. > :27:36.penalties, especially in the first half. Look up at crowd. This is

:27:37. > :27:43.where the World Cup opening ceremony will be held in 2019. The stadium is

:27:44. > :27:48.not full but it is going to be something of the order of 25,000, we

:27:49. > :27:52.think, maybe more, maybe upto 30,000, with the people who have

:27:53. > :28:01.walked up. The Scottish team caught in traffic. Tamura to bring his side

:28:02. > :28:34.level. He is a big man for a stand-off,

:28:35. > :28:42.Tamura. Right footed, right at the posts. Good easy run through, put it

:28:43. > :28:49.straight between the posts. Japan then get what they wanted, they have

:28:50. > :28:57.suckered Scotland into giving a penalty, the crowd loved it. Lovely

:28:58. > :29:07.strike of the ball, Tamura. Beautiful strike of the ball.

:29:08. > :29:18.A long pass, again, they were doing this in the warm up. And then the

:29:19. > :29:24.captain's run it taken up by Tatekawa and Barclay is told to get

:29:25. > :29:30.back. Jonny Gray is pulled back as a.

:29:31. > :29:46.This dynamic wing forward, we have said, the smallest player, Kin. We

:29:47. > :29:54.were down on the pitch before the late -- before the game, it is very

:29:55. > :29:57.short grass, narrow pitch, two metres narrow, and six metres short

:29:58. > :30:07.of the tiny dead ball area. How does that affect the game? Obviously it

:30:08. > :30:19.is a feature of Japanese grounds, so there won't be... Be short kicks

:30:20. > :30:29.need to be right. It suits the Japan team to have a narrow ground.

:30:30. > :30:40.Again, this little wing forward, Kin, in the hit. An interception.

:30:41. > :30:44.This is Tim Bennetts running in, he things he has got a try but there

:30:45. > :30:49.was a penalty. And Jackson took the risk. You can hear the crowd, think

:30:50. > :30:58.they have scored but it is called back. An easy invitation into the

:30:59. > :31:04.Japanese half. Ill discipline is costing the Scots, they need to make

:31:05. > :31:08.Scotland work harder to their position and their points. -- ill

:31:09. > :31:18.discipline is costing Japan. There was a high tackle. It was a tough

:31:19. > :31:23.call. Japanese players are low tackling, they like to get the men

:31:24. > :31:27.on the ground, get back on their feet, they are often defending with

:31:28. > :31:29.14 men on the front line. Tim Bennetts, the Filipino, thought he

:31:30. > :32:15.had got a historic try. We thought the second man playing

:32:16. > :32:21.behind Pyrgos, Strauss outside him again. Taking that pressure off

:32:22. > :32:26.Japan, getting easy possession down and attacking but not taking

:32:27. > :32:34.advantage of it. Last week, 60, 70% possession, but they were just not

:32:35. > :32:38.able to build momentum enough. Or put the Japanese under enough

:32:39. > :32:41.pressure and get across the line. There is a weight advantage. I am

:32:42. > :32:43.not sure that Maitland was happy with that call, he did not think it

:32:44. > :32:58.had gone forward. They talked about giving the ball

:32:59. > :33:20.distance, with more of a kicking game.

:33:21. > :33:32.The Japanese play with real vigour tonight. That was the second row,

:33:33. > :33:37.Kotaki. He just knocked it on. There is a sense of purpose with this

:33:38. > :33:44.Japanese team. On that occasion, as his feet down the short side, a good

:33:45. > :33:52.runner but also a good ball player. You can see him squaring up, Amanaki

:33:53. > :33:59.Mafi. He will quite often look up the line at past blind. They will

:34:00. > :34:06.attack, Hendrik Tui can run and pass as well. They have a lot of threats

:34:07. > :34:37.on their backline. They might get in position going forward.

:34:38. > :34:46.It is going to be a tough shift fork the Scottish back row tonight,

:34:47. > :34:53.Sutherland and McInally, up against Hatakeyama. I sense they felt they

:34:54. > :34:58.were under fairly treated last week, they felt they had some advantage in

:34:59. > :35:02.the set piece, they will try to impose themselves tonight. -- I

:35:03. > :35:19.think they felt they were unfairly treated last week.

:35:20. > :35:24.The captain is not happy. Let's have a look at this one, it is what

:35:25. > :35:31.happens on the far side of the pitch. They seem to get the nudge up

:35:32. > :35:37.on Haddock AM's side. -- on how to Kaye

:35:38. > :35:52.we saw Moray Low coming in to fill some big shoes, at that time, the

:35:53. > :35:57.Japanese scrum stayed up. When you watch these Japanese players walk by

:35:58. > :36:04.you at training, they are not huge in termss of stature, but they are

:36:05. > :36:17.incredibly powerful, legs, arms, incredibly strong.

:36:18. > :36:33.Hogg is catapulting himself into territory. It will be an eight on

:36:34. > :36:42.eight battle. Pyrgos halfway through a gap.

:36:43. > :36:52.Another panoply coming Scotland's way, it is a free ball. Strauss has

:36:53. > :36:59.been marked out of the game by Mafi who is dry getting every time. --

:37:00. > :37:03.trying to get in every time. There is a ding-dong battle between the

:37:04. > :37:11.two number eights tonight. Both back rows are very physical. Kin for

:37:12. > :37:16.Japan, very quick on the ball, it was him that turned the ball over

:37:17. > :37:21.last week and it led to the tackle and the first try for Japan. The way

:37:22. > :37:30.Shota Horie is holding himself, he could have hurt his shoulder. Just

:37:31. > :37:35.saw an example of Pyrgos through that series of play, very good

:37:36. > :37:42.footwork, nice and quick, different sort of player from Greig Laidlaw,

:37:43. > :37:47.he is a very good kick of the ball. But Pyrgos is no slouch. When he

:37:48. > :37:54.gets a front football, the ability to get some wit on his past but also

:37:55. > :37:57.take on the defence and test them without the fringes. The Japanese

:37:58. > :38:04.defenders will want to set themselves up early around the rock

:38:05. > :38:08.ball. Pyrgos will take the space. Our Japanese producer is just

:38:09. > :38:14.showing us what happened to Horie. He went in for the tackle and came

:38:15. > :38:19.off second best. It has been the kind of study you would want if you

:38:20. > :38:25.were the Scotland team. -- the kind of start you would want. Yes, they

:38:26. > :38:31.have had good field position and end themselves on penalties. But you saw

:38:32. > :38:34.that all started from a missed line-out on the 22. Lastly, the

:38:35. > :38:39.first line-out in the 22 was an overthrow. To become a good test

:38:40. > :38:44.playing team, you cannot throw possession away, that has got to be

:38:45. > :38:49.clean possession and get yourself into the Japanese defence.

:38:50. > :38:52.Overthrows in the 22, these other things that take the pressure off

:38:53. > :39:04.the Japanese and then they are to scrap away. The ex-Scotland coach is

:39:05. > :39:05.questioning the success of the Scottish line-out. Will Pyrgos be

:39:06. > :39:20.successful? He is. Consummately relaxed, he just

:39:21. > :39:25.jogs back to his position and puts Scotland in the lead. Horie looks to

:39:26. > :39:30.be ready to continue, you has got to the left elbow strap up. Did not see

:39:31. > :39:38.him into it last week but obviously he has some kind of injury. He seems

:39:39. > :39:42.a bit ginger, he does not seem like he is fully recovered. I wonder if

:39:43. > :39:48.Seymour is going to have to catch another high ball after getting a

:39:49. > :40:09.fitness test, Mafi we saw there, a very strong player.

:40:10. > :40:18.This is Jonny Gray, a good break by him. Back to halt inside the 22. He

:40:19. > :40:26.has to kick its so it does not go dead. Just modelled by Matsuda who

:40:27. > :40:31.came on and gave away the penalty try last week. Line-out Scotland. We

:40:32. > :40:36.sense for the lads back home, what Vern Cotter talked about was if they

:40:37. > :40:39.want to counter attack, they will have two counterattack from a long

:40:40. > :40:47.way. They said they are going to kick a lot more. It is hard to

:40:48. > :40:51.counterattack from the 22 with a full chasing line from Scotland.

:40:52. > :40:53.Another excellent exit. Down within 20 seconds of receiving the ball.

:40:54. > :41:11.That is inside the Japanese half. One pass game, Richie Gray. That has

:41:12. > :41:22.moved to Seymour. He is looking to try and find Scott. Scott is getting

:41:23. > :41:29.plenty of possession. Sutherland is a good ball carrier. The Scots

:41:30. > :41:37.looked eager. It is going to be a Japanese possession inside their 22.

:41:38. > :41:38.I think that is Tatekawa with a long clearing kick, taken by Jackson,

:41:39. > :42:03.what a game we have. That could be obstruction. No, play

:42:04. > :42:14.on, Charles the referee. -- shalt the referee.

:42:15. > :42:26.Maitland is collared by the big man, in the centre, you would not want to

:42:27. > :42:32.get in the queue at flip time when he is ready, Male Sa'u. Scotland had

:42:33. > :42:39.plenty of numbers down the left side but they covered well. It is a

:42:40. > :42:45.narrow pitch. Yes, you could see you had the lock, and inside him was

:42:46. > :42:50.Kotaki, the other locks, defending 15 or 20 metres of space but they

:42:51. > :42:56.did well. The guy is 38 years old, Hitoshi Ono. He is picking himself

:42:57. > :43:02.up and he will be organising the Japanese line-out. To give you a

:43:03. > :43:09.picture, he is a 6-foot two and a half second row.

:43:10. > :43:27.Quick possession, quite a few Scotsman might have been offside. He

:43:28. > :43:32.loves carrying the ball, Mafi. Inside to the wing forward, Kin with

:43:33. > :43:43.the final pass, a glorious try for the Japanese. That is a try at the

:43:44. > :43:48.very top drawer. That started as Shigeno scores. Basically from their

:43:49. > :43:54.own line. A wonderful try, the best of Japanese rugby in that sequence

:43:55. > :44:00.of play. All started from the 22, and then goes wide. You will often

:44:01. > :44:07.see Mafi down the right side, a big carrier. The players at low to

:44:08. > :44:14.support him on the inside. A fantastic finish, length to length

:44:15. > :44:21.try for the Japanese. That is glorious rugby. Let's be neutral for

:44:22. > :44:26.the second. The back row, Kin who we said last week is the smallest

:44:27. > :44:33.player in either packs, pops up in every conceivable corner. Scotland

:44:34. > :44:37.are in the game. We said before the game that Scotland have got to stay

:44:38. > :44:40.online and they have got to assume that Japan are going to run the ball

:44:41. > :44:44.from anywhere. They cannot assume that they are going to win the ball

:44:45. > :44:47.and then kick it out when they are five metres from the line. You

:44:48. > :44:53.cannot assume from the penalty that they are going to kick to touch. You

:44:54. > :44:58.saw how dangerous they can be. Beautiful to run around and start

:44:59. > :45:03.that series of play, it is a favourite play for the Japanese and

:45:04. > :45:07.Scotland got caught down the left side of the field, and the speed of

:45:08. > :45:17.the ball movement from left to right. That was fantastic to get the

:45:18. > :45:30.ball ins the hands of Mafi. Mafi, glorious player.

:45:31. > :45:39.Same tactic from the Japanese to the Scots. He will love this surface but

:45:40. > :45:47.none of the Scots will love these conditions. A penalty, says the

:45:48. > :45:53.referee. They have got to be careful, the Japanese, kicking down

:45:54. > :45:58.the middle of the field. One of the better counterattack is in the

:45:59. > :46:02.field. He almost tripped over the tackle of Hendrik Tui, otherwise he

:46:03. > :46:05.was through. They need to be very clear with their tactics, the

:46:06. > :46:08.Japanese. They cannot kick it down and hope, because people like Stuart

:46:09. > :46:26.Hogg will make you pay. Shota Horie is a very tall hooker.

:46:27. > :46:31.681. Pyrgos with a bit more of a test of his kicking now, six or

:46:32. > :46:36.seven metres inside the Japanese half. The Scots have had a fright,

:46:37. > :46:44.that was a great try. It was a great try. It is the best of Japanese

:46:45. > :46:48.rugby. Some ambition, innovation and throwing caution to the wind. They

:46:49. > :46:59.play with positive risk. They are very well skilled. Once they get

:47:00. > :47:04.onto that field, likes of Mafi. And longer kick from Pyrgos, the crowd

:47:05. > :47:07.from behind the post gave the message that he snatched it to the

:47:08. > :47:26.left. And you can see the Scottish

:47:27. > :47:30.tactics, using the likes of Strauss and Wilson, using a bit of wit. I

:47:31. > :47:36.didn't think many people expected the Japanese to... Well, you did, to

:47:37. > :47:42.run from their own line. To be fair, Scotland should as well. If you

:47:43. > :47:50.watch any of the Japanese games from the last 12 months, going for the

:47:51. > :48:02.higher ball. Blocking says the referee. There are going to be

:48:03. > :48:11.words. Again, it is the same as the first test. Number nine, changing

:48:12. > :48:15.the line and obstructing the Scottish chaser. Be very careful

:48:16. > :48:18.from now on, listen to me. There were a lot of penalties from the

:48:19. > :48:25.Japanese in the first test. Last week they scored a break-out try.

:48:26. > :48:33.Kept them in touch. They gave away some penalties and Laidlaw was able

:48:34. > :48:36.to keep the scoreboard ticking over and again the same has happened

:48:37. > :48:41.here. Great break-out try but then some ill discipline, in that case,

:48:42. > :48:46.for obstruction and they let this Scotland team apply a little bit

:48:47. > :48:55.more scoreboard pressure. Keep themselves in touch. 10-6, this

:48:56. > :49:01.could make it 10-9. We are watching a great game in Tokyo this evening.

:49:02. > :49:15.That is better from Pyrgos, he will be happy, Henry Pier Pyrgos. He will

:49:16. > :49:19.take the point. The comedy of scrum-half who just changed his

:49:20. > :49:21.line, you can stay where you are, you cannot move into the line.

:49:22. > :49:51.Somebody's run. Well, he lost that ball. It is going

:49:52. > :49:56.to be into touch. We watched Seymour the last couple of days, ye have not

:49:57. > :50:01.been fully fit, he has not trained properly, he has had a back spasm.

:50:02. > :50:05.He has been involved in this game, they have kicked the ball to him and

:50:06. > :50:15.restart and he has carried the ball well. Hendrik Tui, he placed the

:50:16. > :50:21.Queensland Reds. -- he plays for them. Japan have not much had set

:50:22. > :50:25.piece possession in the Scotland half of the game. We are 26 minutes

:50:26. > :50:36.in. Sasakura set up there, just inside

:50:37. > :50:59.Pamela at ten. -- insight Tamura. Big test tonight for Sutherland,

:51:00. > :51:08.McInally and Low, up against Horie, Hatakeyama. The clouds are thousands

:51:09. > :51:12.of feet up in the sky. It is a waste, humid, hot, everything that

:51:13. > :51:34.many of the Scots are not used to. Lovely little ball to the big second

:51:35. > :51:42.row, Kotaki. Penalty coming. Japan are enjoying this. They are playing

:51:43. > :51:49.with width. It will come back. Another shop at the posts, maybe, or

:51:50. > :51:56.a quick penalty. Jonny Gray is penalised. He held up his hands.

:51:57. > :52:02.They exercise their moves crisply. The key for them is getting some

:52:03. > :52:06.holiday set piece ball. On that occasion it came out of the scrum

:52:07. > :52:16.nicely. -- some quality set piece ball. They can take the line on,

:52:17. > :52:23.bend the line and it opened up opportunities, Shigeno came out from

:52:24. > :52:28.the ruck and got Kotaki on his hip. They want to roll forward and get

:52:29. > :52:34.some momentum. Once they get behind, the game speed up, the parties --

:52:35. > :52:46.the passes speed up, they build momentum and then they explode.

:52:47. > :52:51.Tamura, he has stepped into the shoes of the other player, he is in

:52:52. > :52:52.every advert we have seen on television and in newspapers. Every

:52:53. > :53:22.watch they sell seems to be... He is a good kicker. He takes a

:53:23. > :53:29.couple of easy steps, he is a big strong ten. He is a tall guy. He has

:53:30. > :53:32.got a lazy swing, his lectures comes through, does not put too much

:53:33. > :53:41.effort in. He has distanced in kick but very accurate. I mentioned the

:53:42. > :53:45.previous kicker, who is here, Tamura is taking his place, and he has

:53:46. > :53:52.talked about taking ever permanently.

:53:53. > :54:03.Loose play by the Scots. We should not be too judgmental but the Scots

:54:04. > :54:16.are not looking that crisp this evening. I have got to say that was

:54:17. > :54:19.poor by Scotland. Seymour coming through and catching the ball but

:54:20. > :54:23.again, a couple of phases in and there is a turnover, it is

:54:24. > :54:26.dispossession. It is quality possession that they are giving

:54:27. > :54:35.away. They should really be putting Japan to the sword here. Look at the

:54:36. > :54:50.faces in the crowd. Lots of new fans to rugby in this part of the world.

:54:51. > :54:59.Barkley almost had that one but it has been knocked on, he thought he

:55:00. > :55:09.had intercepted, he read the past. -- he read the past. Both games

:55:10. > :55:18.suffered from lack of execution. It was a short line-out, they went to

:55:19. > :55:24.midfield, a little reverse play, Shigeno and Barclay on the inside.

:55:25. > :55:29.Both teams struggling for continuity. Just waiting for a team

:55:30. > :55:35.to build some phases, build some pressure, build some rhythm in their

:55:36. > :55:39.game. It was a break-out try by the Japanese, but the turnovers and

:55:40. > :55:46.conceded penalties by Japan, you can see a few turnovers. Both teams need

:55:47. > :55:55.to hold the ball for longer, it is so stop start at the moment. I

:55:56. > :56:01.wonder how concerned they will be for in the coaches box, McInally

:56:02. > :56:07.looked to have a hamstring injury. If you are in charge of Scotland,

:56:08. > :56:14.what would you tweak? I think their set piece is good. It is just in

:56:15. > :56:20.general play. The Japanese have got very fast line speeds. They are

:56:21. > :56:24.playing their runs very flats to the line. I would be playing the ball a

:56:25. > :56:31.little bit earlier to those forward runners, give them a chance, but a

:56:32. > :56:43.bit of that walk on, not put them -- put a bit of that work in, --

:56:44. > :56:44.footwork in. Remember at half-time, the Emperor of Japan will be

:56:45. > :57:05.arriving. And the Japanese art testing the

:57:06. > :57:12.Scots in every single facet of this match. We saw a glimpse of what Male

:57:13. > :57:20.Sa'u can bring. It is his first game starting on the wing, he is normally

:57:21. > :57:24.centre, a World Cup centre, a very good holder of the ball. The

:57:25. > :57:28.Japanese can hold ball and get some phases of play, you will see the

:57:29. > :57:40.likes of Male Sa'u get off the wing and look for some work. The centres

:57:41. > :58:00.of benefits and Hatakeyama can cause problems. Another important scrum.

:58:01. > :58:04.The refereed is not get involved in guesswork so there will be a Rees

:58:05. > :58:13.gram. It is gone to be a hard shift. Not

:58:14. > :58:19.too much in the scrums at the moment. It is funny as the teams are

:58:20. > :58:25.going down, both teams are looking at the referee with puppy dog eyes,

:58:26. > :58:31.it is not me, it is him. A very good Japanese front row, very

:58:32. > :58:42.experienced. Had a armour, his 74th cap. -- had take at

:58:43. > :58:51.are they beat the Springboks. That is right.

:58:52. > :59:02.He seemed to correct what he was doing there. He was getting hinged

:59:03. > :59:16.and pulled to the ground. You can see the sweat dripping off these

:59:17. > :59:25.players. The Scotland team are going backwards. The driver is not

:59:26. > :59:31.straight, says the referee. Henry Pyrgos thinks of the quick one. The

:59:32. > :59:39.crowd are not like it. It is the second penalty, Scotland probably

:59:40. > :59:44.lucky. The Japanese kept coming and kept coming and finally forced them

:59:45. > :59:48.backwards. Generally if you are seeing a pack going backwards as

:59:49. > :59:55.much as Scotland did, the Japanese were not doing too much wrong. As

:59:56. > :00:02.you can see it here, the ball works its way to the back. You can see the

:00:03. > :00:08.loosehead said coming through, I do not think they really went round the

:00:09. > :00:15.corner. I think the allegation is that heartache take a armour was

:00:16. > :00:17.boring in from the right. Anyway, good position, 67 metres from the

:00:18. > :00:40.Japanese line. Lots of basic errors being made here

:00:41. > :00:49.tonight. You could see the disappointment on his face. Seven

:00:50. > :00:54.metres out, the Japanese team was not contesting. Inexcusable mistake.

:00:55. > :01:03.He has only been laying hawker at two years for a professional level.

:01:04. > :01:12.He has made the transformation from the back row to hawker. We have had

:01:13. > :01:17.a glorious try from Shigeno, length of the field action from the

:01:18. > :01:23.Japanese. And now Marius Mitrea prefers the Japanese version of the

:01:24. > :01:32.story. Moray Low bides his time and walks back. Japan winning on their

:01:33. > :01:41.home turf -- bides his time. -- bites his tally.

:01:42. > :01:49.A wonderful kick down the halfway. Four minutes to go, Scotland with

:01:50. > :02:02.possession on halfway. They will go with a full line-out.

:02:03. > :02:09.It is a highly motivated Japanese team this evening. Playing a

:02:10. > :02:13.committed brand of rugby, better line-out, Henry Pyrgos. Josh

:02:14. > :02:22.Strauss, straight through Mafi. Hit high but no arms. Henry Pyrgos. He

:02:23. > :02:31.wants to make amends. He bundled back by Mafi. Henry Pyrgos has to

:02:32. > :02:40.dive on it. Scotland trying to keep session. Wilson, John Barclay. Moray

:02:41. > :02:46.Low. Henry Pyrgos. Japanese flying over the ruck, trying to make

:02:47. > :02:50.territory. It is a penalty. I think Peter Horne is adjudged to have been

:02:51. > :03:10.isolated on the Japanese side of the ruck.

:03:11. > :03:19.You can see in defence what the Japanese are trying to do. Sending

:03:20. > :03:21.someone up on the outside and cutting the second pass off. They

:03:22. > :03:27.are forcing those runners back inside. Those inside defenders are

:03:28. > :03:31.hunting hard on the inside and really pressing the tackle. Flooding

:03:32. > :03:36.the breakdown. Scotland have got to find a way to shift the ball quickly

:03:37. > :03:42.to a second receiver and stop those advancing defenders in their tracks.

:03:43. > :03:47.We thought the Scots would play more of a smash-up game. But they are

:03:48. > :03:52.going through their shape, as you say, the Japanese flying up wide,

:03:53. > :03:57.cutting out the long pass and they are coming in twos and threes to hit

:03:58. > :04:08.the likes of Peter Horne when he comes back inside. Tamura, it is a

:04:09. > :04:15.penalty. The crowd like it. Briefly, the myth or the truth of Japanese

:04:16. > :04:23.finding new rugby fans? Absolutely true. The World Cup, 25 million

:04:24. > :04:35.people watched the Samoa game after they had beaten South Africa. That

:04:36. > :04:40.is a lot of new fans. A little move, Mafi.

:04:41. > :04:56.The Scots looked as if they are not enjoying this. In a lackey. They go

:04:57. > :05:13.right then they come back inside. Japan ploughing this ball back. He

:05:14. > :05:16.came round like a steam train. Japan looking as if they want to make

:05:17. > :05:19.territory. It is good to be a penalty. Obstruction, running past

:05:20. > :05:39.the ball. We just heard now the clock is

:05:40. > :05:44.correct. What you see is time the Scots will have time to take this

:05:45. > :05:54.one last line-out and unless they score, the likes of Mafi and Shigeno

:05:55. > :06:11.have causal manner of havoc year. Not going to plan. Rory Sutherland

:06:12. > :06:18.barks the order. Stuart McInally thinks. Needs a pinpoint throw. Josh

:06:19. > :06:26.Strauss, Henry Pyrgos, Ruaridh Jackson. Peter Horne takes the

:06:27. > :06:31.simple rule. They are flying upon Ruaridh Jackson. He runs into some

:06:32. > :06:39.heavy traffic. The middle of the pitch. King making a nuisance of

:06:40. > :06:47.himself. The counter could be on. The

:06:48. > :06:49.Japanese, this is the big centre, tactic power. He makes a couple of

:06:50. > :07:07.metres. -- tactic power. Two Scottish players on the ground,

:07:08. > :07:13.John Barclay one of them. They look to go down the short side. It is all

:07:14. > :07:30.Japan. Mafi tries the kick. That was not in

:07:31. > :07:43.the script. Scotland at the moment looking at the big amused and the

:07:44. > :07:56.drug. -- looking a bit amused and bedraggled. -- the unused -- the

:07:57. > :08:03.boost. An interesting first from a Scotland point of view. Japan will

:08:04. > :08:10.be very happy. Vern Cotter will be having a stern word. Scotland have a

:08:11. > :08:16.lot of good play. But they let themselves down. Second-half, if

:08:17. > :08:24.they manage to hold onto the ball and build phases, they will score

:08:25. > :08:28.more points. Far too many dropped balls in that first half. The first

:08:29. > :08:38.15 minutes OK, but then Japan have dominated. Japan have got a lot

:08:39. > :08:44.better in the past week. Their passing is more accurate. More

:08:45. > :08:51.intensity. This is good to be a really tough second-half. Scotland

:08:52. > :08:56.need to turn this around. The emperor is arriving in the second

:08:57. > :09:02.half. The Japan team started well. They showed their intention quite

:09:03. > :09:06.early on. Yes and we saw this last week of the quick penalty. It is

:09:07. > :09:10.just injecting pace. It did not come to anything apart from a penalty but

:09:11. > :09:15.you just see the intent that they want to come out and bring some pace

:09:16. > :09:22.into it. Once you do that, it is difficult for the distant -- defence

:09:23. > :09:31.because it is not structured. He has tried to shut him down. They have

:09:32. > :09:34.identified that as a strength. It showed that Japan will willing to

:09:35. > :09:43.throw the ball about. They seem to be more comfortable with the ball.

:09:44. > :09:49.Japan were more willing... In the World Cup, there skill level was so

:09:50. > :09:54.good. Lastly, they were struggling but today it is much better.

:09:55. > :10:03.Tomorrow at stand-off and tactic power in the midfielder really good.

:10:04. > :10:06.Really giving the direction. A very good trial for Scottish defence?

:10:07. > :10:14.Leading is a very good try this is perfect, going to the gap, they just

:10:15. > :10:18.pick. They managed to get the ball of Darren Mafi does well to get

:10:19. > :10:26.outside in. The support ply is fantastic. From the own try line.

:10:27. > :10:32.Matthews has been outstanding. Great insight as to the number seven. Then

:10:33. > :10:38.in the scrum-half, the supporter is fantastic. That is as good a try as

:10:39. > :10:41.you will see ever. If that is the all that has won against Wales, you

:10:42. > :10:43.would be eulogising about it and rightly so. Mafi has had a great

:10:44. > :10:48.game. The battle between him and Strauss has been fantastic. Rates

:10:49. > :10:56.closer to the final man, Stuart Hogg, and a fantastic try. He has

:10:57. > :11:00.run about 20 yards to try and catch up. You do not want your props to be

:11:01. > :11:06.trying to catch them. It is a tough one. They have read it well and

:11:07. > :11:11.played well together ball out there. They have still got numbers outside.

:11:12. > :11:19.It is a great try and great work by Japan. Japan have learned from last

:11:20. > :11:24.week and Scotland appear not to have. As I said, they started quite

:11:25. > :11:28.well. There was some good interplay but it has just been, we said

:11:29. > :11:30.lastly, a lack of accuracy, it is not quite sharp. You would have

:11:31. > :11:35.accepted that will improve this week and it has not. The passing has been

:11:36. > :11:43.poor and the decision being as being poorer Thais. That should not be the

:11:44. > :11:47.reason why they make is mistakes. Six changes and we will not sure how

:11:48. > :11:50.the boys would settle in. It is a new nine and ten partnership today

:11:51. > :11:59.as well. Henry Pyrgos overplayed at much. We would go performances.

:12:00. > :12:02.Director Henry has? I think he has done OK and this is from a

:12:03. > :12:10.goalkeeping perspective, three from four is OK. It is just a bit

:12:11. > :12:13.laboured at the end there. There was a passage pages before half-time

:12:14. > :12:18.wages seem to labour the ball a wee bit and Ruaridh Jackson did not have

:12:19. > :12:21.any space to make any decisions. I think everyone needs to improve.

:12:22. > :12:24.This is not just Henry Pyrgos at nine Ruaridh Jackson ten. The whole

:12:25. > :12:33.team just has got to improve in the second half. We are seeing Peter

:12:34. > :12:43.Horne smashing it up and a wee guy, readily speaking. How we not

:12:44. > :12:53.thinking things through properly? Matt Scott is a direct runner but

:12:54. > :13:01.they have managed to use that well. You need to use those guys as well

:13:02. > :13:04.as you can. I think the first 20 minutes, they used that well and the

:13:05. > :13:07.God wide and they attacked with the backs. In the lasting, we do not use

:13:08. > :13:16.it as much. I think Scotland have had their out about and again, they

:13:17. > :13:22.have looked very dangerous. It is a deception, call-back for a high

:13:23. > :13:24.tackle. This was the high tackle, is that round the neck was your market

:13:25. > :13:30.is very marginal. The referee gives it straight. Knowing I think that

:13:31. > :13:33.Scotland have the advantage, I still don't think Ruaridh Jackson will be

:13:34. > :13:38.happy with that pass. It is anything pass. It is not going anywhere. Then

:13:39. > :13:47.thought he has scored but that could easily have been a try. I don't

:13:48. > :13:51.think Jackson knew, it was a pretty soft high tackle. We were bit

:13:52. > :13:57.concerned about point. Quite worrying. I think the space was

:13:58. > :14:02.there. It is on the outside. The Japan defence got a bit narrow. It

:14:03. > :14:09.could have been a different story. It is one of the things. If Jackson

:14:10. > :14:12.knows he has got the advantage coming he has taken a gamble with

:14:13. > :14:18.that pattern that is fine. From Scotland point of view, there were

:14:19. > :14:24.some good moments. Seymour had a nice wee run and it's an pretty

:14:25. > :14:27.decent work as well. They started strongly and they got into good

:14:28. > :14:30.positions. You can see here the defence is quite narrow and they

:14:31. > :14:33.take up again and it is not really widened their defence. And so he

:14:34. > :14:43.could pass behind thereto must look and the fact is going so, there was

:14:44. > :14:46.an opportunity'. Their passing was pretty good. It goes with the

:14:47. > :14:50.phases. You can see they are getting into the systems for sticking it up

:14:51. > :14:59.and try to off-load. You go but down there again, and I fiddled grabber

:15:00. > :15:09.kick through, that club us anywhere. Scotland are playing well you think,

:15:10. > :15:13.then you go down the short side again and yet again, you just think

:15:14. > :15:18.it is a bit slow. Ryan Wilson get smashed back. And again, they are

:15:19. > :15:21.keeping their composure, they're not worrying too much. Maybe a bit of

:15:22. > :15:26.crossing there. But now, once Josh Strauss gets the ball, he dated

:15:27. > :15:32.forward all the time, it is great, they go back down... This is good

:15:33. > :15:35.play. This is a great kick-off. Just conceded a penalty, Tommy Seymour,

:15:36. > :15:41.this almost sums up Scotland in the first half. Good play, and then back

:15:42. > :15:44.play. And that is the problem for the 40 minute. That sums it up.

:15:45. > :15:49.There have been flashes of good step too much poster. John Beattie

:15:50. > :15:54.mentioned that the pitches used as a football stadium as well. The dead

:15:55. > :16:03.ball earlier shorter as well. In the World Cup, visitors that having

:16:04. > :16:11.about the way you plan your game but consumer as positive as to an

:16:12. > :16:14.extent. It was really effective. Adding Scotland had the forwards

:16:15. > :16:18.running hard on above all options it has been really good. I think if

:16:19. > :16:26.they can keep doing that and get from football, the space will be

:16:27. > :16:33.there for the backs. But you need Stuart Hogg on the outside because

:16:34. > :16:36.his dangers outside. Adding a Scotland user for is a little bit

:16:37. > :16:47.more to build defences animate it to attack the backs after. Lastly, the

:16:48. > :16:50.discipline has not been good. As I said, they need to increase

:16:51. > :16:52.everything, the intensity from the accuracy, the pace that they playing

:16:53. > :16:56.at, they playing at, then it to spin, the set piece. The scrums,

:16:57. > :17:02.Leonard has clicked a little bit. I think it is the last 40 Ms of the

:17:03. > :17:07.season. They need a final improvement and we can win this

:17:08. > :17:10.series. They have got to improve. So Peter Horne tours the end of the

:17:11. > :17:15.first half getting a wee bit upset. He seems like a nice fellow. He was

:17:16. > :17:20.happy at all. What is going on there? I can imagine it is quite a

:17:21. > :17:24.frustrating game. There have been quite a few. Laws and not being as

:17:25. > :17:29.accurate as we would like. I can imagine evils are getting the street

:17:30. > :17:39.out there. That is lovely. It is good see the whole team getting

:17:40. > :17:44.involved and scholarly ditty the initiative and how they start the

:17:45. > :17:51.first half and go from there. Peter Horne is not much of a hothead but

:17:52. > :17:54.it must be frustrating out there. Scotland rushing things towards the

:17:55. > :17:59.end of the first half, they need to cool things down and go to the

:18:00. > :18:02.phases. They can be pristine, they have done so before. They have the

:18:03. > :18:10.players to make a difference in the second half. They are still only

:18:11. > :18:12.13-9 down. It could have been an interception trifles of the could

:18:13. > :18:23.have been a bigger deception to be pulling back. This do things better,

:18:24. > :18:27.every single has the play, then east to the improvement. There has been a

:18:28. > :18:29.drop from last week and terms of nearly every aspect of the game.

:18:30. > :18:36.Grief stricken as well because as you say, last Scotland have you

:18:37. > :18:40.pretty to get back in the industry frustrating. That is really

:18:41. > :18:50.frustrating. However before generally in the

:18:51. > :18:55.scrums and is as particular? From what I know it seems like this is it

:18:56. > :18:57.was always set pieces and was working well for Southern and

:18:58. > :19:00.there's been one line of Ms button bar from that comment has been

:19:01. > :19:06.working well. Scrums seems a 50-50 battle between the teams. - need is

:19:07. > :19:14.good we don't the intensity that Scotland can bring the seven are.

:19:15. > :19:18.Further got will be having a good word of the boys at half-time to be

:19:19. > :19:26.a distinct see how the card at the seminar. He has been stepping up to

:19:27. > :19:31.the plate. He hasn't really well. He does what he does. He gives you

:19:32. > :19:36.direction and get across the game I nearly every time. Mafi is

:19:37. > :19:39.fantastic. Two great players will stop and think they might go early

:19:40. > :19:44.to the bench. I think Willem Nel might come on early to give out as

:19:45. > :19:49.much on the losers in the scrum. And then Huw Jones could beginning off

:19:50. > :19:56.the bench to win his first cap. Not many people in Scotland know much

:19:57. > :20:01.about him. It'd be too easy to doing on Greig Laidlaw, Sean Lamont,

:20:02. > :20:05.immediately. I think this is a test. Societal is all about developing the

:20:06. > :20:13.squad and deepening the squad. Let's see how they cope without their

:20:14. > :20:15.leader, Greig Laidlaw. There has been a drop-off. Is that of the

:20:16. > :20:24.leadership question mark at things. It is more about performance. Would

:20:25. > :20:27.you reckon question mark is it a good idea to go early? I think that

:20:28. > :20:31.it deems you can go early on. I think further Cotto having a good

:20:32. > :20:37.word with them in the changing. We will give them ten and 15 minutes

:20:38. > :20:44.per could depend on how the boys, complain the seven are. Absolutely

:20:45. > :20:50.Debbie Xavi May. In the front row, we have a daily and from God looks

:20:51. > :20:59.be is fairly solid. Arbeloa Scotland have got to do to turn this around.

:21:00. > :21:05.Scotland tried to use a superior fitness last week and really close

:21:06. > :21:08.the game down. When you know it is your final game of the season you

:21:09. > :21:13.just want to make a big effort. But maybe some of you are thinking

:21:14. > :21:17.you're one step back on the plane. They have got to take that

:21:18. > :21:20.completely out of their minds. One final effort after a long, long

:21:21. > :21:25.season when they have done really well. Try and turn this around and

:21:26. > :21:28.finish the season on a high. 24 the moment. At the stadium, the Japanese

:21:29. > :21:35.team will be very happy and very infused because the Emperor has

:21:36. > :21:40.arrived for the second half. Back to our commentary team.

:21:41. > :21:50.Thank you. I think we have got a replacement. I think Gordon Reid...

:21:51. > :21:56.A couple of replacements. The whole front row, am being told, has been

:21:57. > :22:05.replaced. We have now got Reid, Brown and Willem Nel. The Emperor

:22:06. > :22:09.did indeed... There was a look of joy, a look of rapture on the faces

:22:10. > :22:17.of the Japanese people as they tipped to see Emperor Akihito and

:22:18. > :22:20.Empress Michiko. When they come to these games, they do come at

:22:21. > :22:24.half-time. He is the head of the Imperial family. The ceremonial head

:22:25. > :22:31.of state of Japan's system of monarchy. According to their 1947

:22:32. > :22:38.positive and, symbol of the state and the unity of the people. These

:22:39. > :22:44.players know they are playing in the second half in front of their

:22:45. > :22:47.Emperor. Mafi looks relaxed. It is going to be... You are just saying

:22:48. > :22:51.at half-time that this is a different kind of moisture on the

:22:52. > :22:59.ball. This is not something a Scottish player will have

:23:00. > :23:07.experience. It is actually a completely different feel on the

:23:08. > :23:11.football. You will see the ball in a players 's arm and the contact, it

:23:12. > :23:19.gets squirted out like a pet. Scotland need to concentrate. For

:23:20. > :23:25.the minister going their season. I just thought they looked tired

:23:26. > :23:28.towards the end of that first half. There has been some changes at

:23:29. > :23:31.half-time. The bench is gone to become very important for Scotland,

:23:32. > :23:37.I think. And when you have got the likes of Swinson to come on, Greig

:23:38. > :23:41.Laidlaw and Sean Lamont, that is an experienced bench. I think you will

:23:42. > :23:48.need those players to come on maybe for the back third quarter of the

:23:49. > :23:52.game and look to give the Scotland team kick along. The Japanese team

:23:53. > :23:58.of friendly finished the stronger of those two sides at half-time. The

:23:59. > :24:02.stadium is in the western suburbs, the Scottish team maybe just

:24:03. > :24:08.disrupted in their preparations. They were caught in traffic. 20

:24:09. > :24:11.minutes late. They almost missed the coin toss. They did miss the coin

:24:12. > :24:14.toss, it was delayed. They were asking if they could have delayed

:24:15. > :24:20.the kick-off. The answer was no. You have to arrive within half an hour

:24:21. > :24:26.of the kick-off for that to happen. An important 40 minutes for

:24:27. > :24:29.Scotland. Mafi juggled it. A penalty straightaway. A great bit of

:24:30. > :24:35.juggling, by Matt Scott, was it question not just out of shot. Mafi,

:24:36. > :24:39.you said his weakness... He has multi-talents. His weakness is he

:24:40. > :24:45.likes to carry the ball. He is a runaround a big guy. Lots of carries

:24:46. > :24:48.for the Japanese team that we saw last week he turned the ball over a

:24:49. > :25:02.couple of times. I would necessarily put that... I thought the support

:25:03. > :25:06.was just too slow occasion. Let me just remind you that the whole score

:25:07. > :25:10.is front row is been replaced. Savelio, McAnally and lower. On for

:25:11. > :25:15.them, big Gordon Reid, who was on the Beach when he got the phone call

:25:16. > :25:23.from the manager to get his body over year. A more for the Scots.

:25:24. > :25:31.That they go down at right-hand side. That could be very... Josh

:25:32. > :25:43.Strauss is claiming for it. Picked up I read, barged back by Mafi.

:25:44. > :25:49.Intercepted. That is Bennetts. Good play by the Japanese. Long

:25:50. > :25:57.downfield. Two Scottish players have to go back for it. Again, Mafia like

:25:58. > :26:05.a tin of bricks on Ruaridh Jackson. Look at these read any other

:26:06. > :26:10.jerseys. Scotland had the perfect attacking situation and a ponderous

:26:11. > :26:19.pass read by Bennetts. It was a really good setup. You can see Henry

:26:20. > :26:33.Pyrgos they're just looking to hit those backs, a little bit too wide.

:26:34. > :26:41.Easy taken the end. Jonny Gray, Henry Pyrgos. Chased by Tommy

:26:42. > :26:47.Seymour. Taken by Mafi. The crowd love him when he gets going.

:26:48. > :26:49.Shigeno. Big abrasive and six. He loves to run. A lovely flow to the

:26:50. > :27:06.centre. It is all Japan. Infamous side says Marius Mitrea,

:27:07. > :27:18.the referee. The Japanese are flying in the ceiling. We know they have

:27:19. > :27:20.the ability to play real tempo. Tamura talking about some of the

:27:21. > :27:30.lines, where the opportunity might be. The second man play. Turnover

:27:31. > :27:36.Scotland now. 35 metres out. Looks clear going for a short. UEC Tamora,

:27:37. > :27:46.just going through the same hole there as Bennetts. It is Bennetts,

:27:47. > :27:51.coming in and flying sideways. Scotland going to a short line-out

:27:52. > :27:58.here. Five-man line-out. Josh Strauss in midfield. Henry Pyrgos.

:27:59. > :28:04.Another mistake from set piece play. A lot of the first face plays have

:28:05. > :28:10.gone awry. The extra pass. Wilson is done in the process. And as we're

:28:11. > :28:15.been talking about. The Japanese, really good speed. A long pass. All

:28:16. > :28:18.in the air from long time. It allows the defenders to take a couple more

:28:19. > :28:26.metres forwards. Get right on top of Ryan Wilson. Just not able to

:28:27. > :28:31.control the ball at the defensive line there. I would like to see them

:28:32. > :28:35.pull back a little bit, maybe a short' inside runner, get the ball

:28:36. > :28:40.in his hands and accelerate in excel in conduct. We see this cost time

:28:41. > :28:42.and time again running and catching the ball and musty separate in. The

:28:43. > :28:53.Japanese advancing very quickly. Sometimes it is better to get the

:28:54. > :28:59.ball early, get your shoulders down, protects the slippery ball and get

:29:00. > :29:06.yourself into some rhythm. Get some phase play going. It is to stop

:29:07. > :29:14.start. This is Kin who is injured, we mentioned him in the second game,

:29:15. > :29:21.in the second game, he provided vital things. How did they view

:29:22. > :29:27.their Emperor? What does it mean to play in front of an Emperor? The

:29:28. > :29:36.Emperor is very important, all of their history is related to periods

:29:37. > :29:40.that emperors have been alive. Let's get back on the pitch, this is

:29:41. > :29:44.troubling from Ryan Wilson, not happy. John Hardie looks as though

:29:45. > :29:47.he is going to come on. It is going to be a recast back row, the whole

:29:48. > :29:57.front row has been with replaced, Wilson had a great first game, he is

:29:58. > :30:03.going off injured. John Hardie could be good for the Scots. Going back to

:30:04. > :30:06.the Emperor, it is a genuine love for the Emperor. If they manage to

:30:07. > :30:10.get the job done here, one of the things they will remember for the

:30:11. > :30:18.rest of their lives if they won a game in front of the Emperor. They

:30:19. > :30:23.hold the Emperor in greater stead than a lot of the Western players

:30:24. > :30:38.would hold their prime ministers. Says the Australian!

:30:39. > :30:46.The Japanese director is showing us the Japan front row. Gordon Reid

:30:47. > :30:49.must have found it difficult, we saw him in training, he was on the

:30:50. > :30:55.beach, got a phone call, was recording the game and then the next

:30:56. > :31:01.minute he was on a plane. Willem Nel on the tight head. Arguably one of

:31:02. > :31:07.Scotland's most important players in the Six Nations. The front row has

:31:08. > :31:15.been recast to get back in the good books of the referee. More forward

:31:16. > :31:22.fermented from the Scots this time. A penalty to the Japanese. -- more

:31:23. > :31:28.forward momentum. This time it is a penalty for not scrummaging

:31:29. > :31:31.straight. The referee has given a number of penalties tonight against

:31:32. > :31:48.the tight head, for angling in. Willem Nel last week, he had a

:31:49. > :31:50.really weak effect on the game, he scrummaged strongly. He scored the

:31:51. > :32:07.try. That's right. Great kick by Tamura, he stays calm

:32:08. > :32:11.and collected, we have seen him in the tunnel, he is a big guy and he

:32:12. > :32:18.has got real presence. He does, and the forwards love backs that can

:32:19. > :32:26.kick. It brings in the option to drive, a genuine scoring chance. We

:32:27. > :32:30.saw him or in the last 12 months, it has been a feature of the Japanese

:32:31. > :32:39.close to the line, they have scored against most teams. They saw the

:32:40. > :32:48.ball town over from Scotland. -- turnover. Let me just give you a

:32:49. > :32:52.statistic. This is the biggest crowd the Japanese have ever played in

:32:53. > :33:00.front of when it comes to full international status. Let me give

:33:01. > :33:02.you this number. 31,392 people. At home. The biggest crowd they have

:33:03. > :33:26.played in front at home. Japan. A choreographed attack, the big men

:33:27. > :33:33.coming round the corner. He sticks the kick through. Maitland has two

:33:34. > :33:46.fight off Male Sa'u but he is coming back. A penalty to the Japanese.

:33:47. > :33:51.Male Sa'u, look at him. Mafi as well, they have got some very

:33:52. > :33:59.abrasive players. Shigeno, the half-backs, he comes in just off the

:34:00. > :34:05.hip there. And then Mafi outside him. The units coming around the

:34:06. > :34:08.corner. They will generally come around to the 15 line and then come

:34:09. > :34:16.back, they like having support players around the ball-carrier,

:34:17. > :34:20.they will have two or three at every ruck. They will use the big men,

:34:21. > :34:26.they will use Tatekawa, they will use Male Sa'u of the big right-wing,

:34:27. > :34:35.they will use big players. They are used for that, to build momentum.

:34:36. > :34:39.Vern Cotter not happy with what is happening, Pyrgos is going off,

:34:40. > :34:45.Craig -- Greig Laidlaw coming on. They do not want the game to sneak

:34:46. > :35:06.away from them. 13-9, the Scots are losing.

:35:07. > :35:24.Perfect pitch. Japan moves into 816-9 win. That is the man on the

:35:25. > :35:25.left-hand side, a legend over here. And there is the Emperor and

:35:26. > :35:37.Empress. The Scots need to get into this,

:35:38. > :36:09.they need that bike that Laidlaw can bring. -- that bites.

:36:10. > :36:23.Peter Horne does what he does so well. The Scots do not needs to put

:36:24. > :36:27.so many forwards interrupts. -- into the rock. Strauss got the ball away

:36:28. > :36:54.quickly. Tim Bennetts has had a good game.

:36:55. > :36:56.Jackson has been much more dangerous, just that little break

:36:57. > :37:03.from him. Better play by the Scots, good

:37:04. > :37:31.defending by the Japanese. A better attack there from Scotland.

:37:32. > :37:35.Jackson is attacking. He went square of the line, you had a run on the

:37:36. > :37:40.inside, just checked the Japanese defence enough to get his shoulders

:37:41. > :37:44.through. That is better from the Scots, stringing some phases

:37:45. > :37:47.together. Position is going to be very important for both teams in the

:37:48. > :37:52.last half an hour of the game. The referee has shown that he is not

:37:53. > :37:58.afraid to penalised the defending team, most of the time defending

:37:59. > :38:02.teams give away an early penalty. In their own half. So I think field

:38:03. > :38:03.position is going to be very important. Certainly much better

:38:04. > :38:18.fluency in the Scottish attack now. Greig Laidlaw comes on for Pyrgos.

:38:19. > :38:26.First duties are setting up some attacks and now he needs to convert

:38:27. > :38:33.this penalty, which he does. The Scots are inching back. It is good

:38:34. > :38:43.to be able to bring someone on like Greig Laidlaw. Looking for a calm

:38:44. > :38:46.head, very experienced. There was a shot of these numbers on their

:38:47. > :38:54.jersey, everybody has a number, different colour systems depending

:38:55. > :38:59.on how many caps you have got. So if Sean Lamont if he comes on, I think

:39:00. > :39:07.he is in gold, it will be his 105th cap. Silver I think is over 50.

:39:08. > :39:16.At the moment they would swap all of that for a win.

:39:17. > :39:32.No defenders in the rocks for the Japanese. -- the ruck. They keep it

:39:33. > :39:55.in play, this is Matt Suda. Very nippy scrum-half, Shigeno.

:39:56. > :40:04.Tamura saved that ruck. The Japanese playing direct rugby.

:40:05. > :40:22.Very low rocking, the ball comes back. It is all Japan.

:40:23. > :40:32.The Scots are not getting the ball off them.

:40:33. > :40:44.Maybe a waste of the ball. Jackson crunched.

:40:45. > :40:49.Just if you heard some agricultural language, our apologies, we are not

:40:50. > :41:10.in control of what you hear. Laidlaw is eager and bringing some

:41:11. > :41:22.zip to the game. The Japanese tackling is tenacious. They are.

:41:23. > :41:28.Just trying to turn the Japanese across to their side, Barclay.

:41:29. > :41:44.A scrum to Japan. And the Japanese are playing with real pride. With

:41:45. > :41:56.real direction. Again, a frustrating situation, they can just see them

:41:57. > :41:59.come alive. Both sets of players look very tired, it is very humid

:42:00. > :42:07.outside. And very draining on the players. Tim Bennetts is going off.

:42:08. > :42:19.He is going to be replaced by Ono who was at school in Auckland. He

:42:20. > :42:25.played at ten in the World Cup. He went to school, graduated school. He

:42:26. > :42:41.hardly spoke any Japanese until 2007. Another placement, Hatakeyama

:42:42. > :42:50.is going off to be replaced by Kakinaga. There have been penalties

:42:51. > :42:57.both sides. Experienced big guy, experienced scrummager. Another

:42:58. > :43:08.injury. Wilson and now Barclay injured. Doctor James Robson, I

:43:09. > :43:15.think that is James on the right. I can recommend Tom English's article

:43:16. > :43:25.on the BBC website, it is is 199th Test match as a doctor, going back

:43:26. > :43:32.to 1993. The Japanese, everything I see about them is body language,

:43:33. > :43:37.eagerness, aggression, abrasion. They look to have a little bit more

:43:38. > :43:44.life. Scotland have had some good attacks. Five or so minutes ago,

:43:45. > :43:49.they got themselves a penalty. But the Japanese are a little more

:43:50. > :43:57.sprightly. With ball in hand. Their passes are a bit crisper at the

:43:58. > :44:01.moment. Scrum to Japan. It goes down, play, says the rest. -- says

:44:02. > :44:07.the referee. The wingers are in the action. Late

:44:08. > :44:24.pass through the gap. They are playing one pass rugby.

:44:25. > :44:30.Maitland has a long way to go and he decides to kick.

:44:31. > :44:39.A good piece of stripping by the Scots defence. It was, it was

:44:40. > :44:48.fortunate because they were coming of the Japanese, Shigeno. Terrific

:44:49. > :44:58.tackle by Jonny Gray. They could have played a pass there, and they

:44:59. > :45:02.could have attacked. This is quite a face and, this is Hugh Jones, his

:45:03. > :45:10.mum and dad were in Edinburgh, -- this is quite a replacement. His

:45:11. > :45:17.father played alongside Vinnie Poehler.

:45:18. > :45:27.Playing a storm for the storm is as well. It will be a scrum to

:45:28. > :45:35.Scotland. Peter Horne will split into ten, Jones will be in the

:45:36. > :45:41.midfield. Richie Gray not happy. Looks like a groin injury. On the

:45:42. > :45:52.right of the picture. He is beckoning. These conditions, Nick,

:45:53. > :45:56.they are having trouble. Well, let us not make excuses. Scottish

:45:57. > :46:05.players are going down injured. It is the end of a long season and they

:46:06. > :46:10.are tired, but 22 minutes to go. The Japanese have the lead, the next ten

:46:11. > :46:24.minutes is really important. They want to get some field position.

:46:25. > :46:34.The score is 16-12. I think you were just explaining that Scotland need

:46:35. > :46:40.field position. They do. They have had possession down there a couple

:46:41. > :46:43.of times. And they have actually held the ball, and maintain

:46:44. > :46:48.continuity a lot better than they did in the first half. The referee

:46:49. > :46:55.will not often penalised the defending team. We have all watched

:46:56. > :47:03.enough rugby to know that one try it can change momentum.

:47:04. > :47:09.The Scots are looking for the penalty. The Japanese are holding.

:47:10. > :47:19.Look at the Japanese feed, nobody is moving.

:47:20. > :47:29.Laidlaw looked at the referee and got the penalty. It is going

:47:30. > :47:37.backwards, that is how quickly the Japanese are on their feet. Strauss

:47:38. > :47:46.again, he is hit hard by Mafi. Let's listen to this. Back to penalties

:47:47. > :47:56.again. Be very careful. Too many penalties again. The referee just

:47:57. > :48:03.talking about the number of penalties are giving away. A bit too

:48:04. > :48:08.keen at the defensive ruck, they need to pick their battles wisely,

:48:09. > :48:15.they do not need to contest every single ruck. This pitch is shorter,

:48:16. > :48:21.remember. If you are looking at Greig Laidlaw and thinking, this is

:48:22. > :48:25.maybe a 47 metre kick, it is actually three metres less than

:48:26. > :48:29.that. This will be a 44 metre kick. If it is three metres inside their

:48:30. > :48:41.half, we think this is a short pitch. 94 metres instead of 100.

:48:42. > :48:52.Greig Laidlaw, various, 1019 in the list of Scottish players going back

:48:53. > :49:00.to JW Arthur in 1871. And here's kick sailed through the posts.

:49:01. > :49:06.Scotland back to within one point. He made the distance easily there.

:49:07. > :49:13.The value of bringing someone on who is regularly kicking 85%, 90% in

:49:14. > :49:26.Test match rugby. It brings the score back to one point. And on

:49:27. > :49:28.comes the player who came up to Japan on a trombone scholarship.

:49:29. > :49:45.They take off Shota Horie. He is one of them amen, Horie, that

:49:46. > :49:48.is surprising. He is, but he plays a lot of minutes for them. -- he is

:49:49. > :50:14.one of their main men. Again, this tactic of making the

:50:15. > :50:17.Japanese attack, tobacco forward? Mafi well. -- did that go forward?

:50:18. > :50:45.The Scots are getting back into it but there is a directness for the

:50:46. > :50:55.Japanese. The coach Ray frustrated. Scotland are back to appoint, then

:50:56. > :50:56.very quickly, give a penalty away to the Japanese. They are kick into

:50:57. > :51:15.touch. He came on last week as well,

:51:16. > :51:35.another taller player. Shigeno, slightly disbelieving in

:51:36. > :51:43.going off. He scored the try. And the Japanese coach is bringing the

:51:44. > :51:47.changes. A desperate game to the Scots, they have to win this one.

:51:48. > :52:02.They play a simple game plan. Again, that simple game plan of

:52:03. > :52:25.around the corner. One pass game. Japan have tried to play the simpler

:52:26. > :52:50.of the two game plan. Barclay tried to gain that one pass match.

:52:51. > :53:12.Pressure on Scotland. In the Scottish 22, desperate times.

:53:13. > :53:24.More pressure. Quick to the ball, the Japanese.

:53:25. > :53:40.A simple game, here. They come right and go left.

:53:41. > :53:48.Now they are trying to get the penalty.

:53:49. > :54:12.The Rockingham technique is full just by the Japanese. Deficits --

:54:13. > :54:18.the rocking technique is great by the Japanese.

:54:19. > :54:39.Ono has dropped it. It will be a turnover ball. They are not happy,

:54:40. > :54:45.something happening off the ball, charged down. Hugh Jones's first

:54:46. > :54:53.piece of action is to have his kick charged down by Ono, what an

:54:54. > :54:59.extraordinary passage of play. You can see to the right of your

:55:00. > :55:03.picture, the last defender had for Japanese attackers outside him. 26

:55:04. > :55:15.phases, really good patients shown by the Geoffrey -- Japanese and you

:55:16. > :55:17.can hear the Scots screaming to each other, discipline, discipline. The

:55:18. > :55:28.Japanese are coming knocking on the door. Fantastic defensive effort.

:55:29. > :55:36.The defensive coach will be very happy, defending the line, the

:55:37. > :55:44.Scots. The Scots are bent over looking tired and ragged. You never

:55:45. > :55:49.know who is fit and who is not fit. They think this has been a sapping

:55:50. > :55:59.game. They have got to start from five metres off their own line. It

:56:00. > :56:15.is a quality set piece here, clear their lines and start again.

:56:16. > :56:40.The Japanese have had most of the ball. A vital scrum.

:56:41. > :56:44.And Stuart Hogg lets his team in blue breathe a sigh of relief. Taken

:56:45. > :56:52.quickly. A little break this is by Uchida, it

:56:53. > :57:26.is all Japan. Uchida, his eagerness. There is a Japanese player lying

:57:27. > :57:32.injured. Tatekawa, he has had a great game.

:57:33. > :57:52.It was turned over, the Scots have the ball. Laid low looks up and he

:57:53. > :57:57.has got Jonny Gray but he has those men in when red and white right in

:57:58. > :58:22.front of him. There is a catalogue of injuries.

:58:23. > :58:28.You are watching Mafi. The coaching team must be inside glowing with

:58:29. > :58:33.pride. Mafi looks to have done the shoulder but it looks like there are

:58:34. > :58:41.injuries to Barclay, another car for hamstring. It has been torrid. There

:58:42. > :58:47.are a lot of tired players out there. Desperate defence again from

:58:48. > :58:53.Scotland. They exited from that scrum, along kicks, really good

:58:54. > :58:58.exit. Japan only had one man back, decided to run. Eventually ended up

:58:59. > :59:02.down in the 22, Scots having to clear their lines again. Really good

:59:03. > :59:06.kick from a tight angle from Laidlaw. Certainly taking its toll,

:59:07. > :59:13.there are guys down everywhere, cramps, doubled over, and in the

:59:14. > :59:23.last 12 minutes of the game. Barclay is back on his feet and rejoining

:59:24. > :59:27.the game. It is a 1-point game. In the history of the games between

:59:28. > :59:34.these two teams, this is the 12th game, going back to 1976. Five of

:59:35. > :59:48.them uncapped. The Japanese have won one. But the Scots art in a very,

:59:49. > :59:53.very difficult predicament. Mafi gets to his feet, the big aggressive

:59:54. > :00:03.ball-carrier. More substitutions for the Japanese.

:00:04. > :00:14.Just to remind you, the end of this game, both teams will remain on the

:00:15. > :00:21.pitch. Swinson is on the pitch. Many of these injuries taking their toll

:00:22. > :00:31.on the Scots. Line-out to the Japanese.

:00:32. > :00:32.on the Scots. Line-out to the Japanese. It is

:00:33. > :00:44.called back for not being straight. It will be a scrum to the Scots. A

:00:45. > :00:54.welcome turnover there from the Scots. An opportunity now

:00:55. > :01:16.to put some pressure and get into that Japanese half.

:01:17. > :01:28.Free kick to the better of this second half. Need to somehow get

:01:29. > :01:42.down the other end of the pitch. Which is exactly what you said stop

:01:43. > :01:43.it went forward from Mafi. It is good to be a scrum for the Scots.

:01:44. > :02:03.But his play. That is what the Japanese cannot

:02:04. > :02:18.afford to do is compound errors and as part of the game. Crooked

:02:19. > :02:22.line-out, compiler errors. Well, we are talking about a professional

:02:23. > :02:24.outfit. Vernon Cotter will want them to stick to their and move

:02:25. > :03:00.right-to-left as you see it. You can play all the fancy... It is

:03:01. > :03:03.really good game either from is known that they were going forward.

:03:04. > :03:11.To keep the ball in there. Keep pressure and then put her the

:03:12. > :03:23.freedom of the decision. Pat on the back. Ysgol y Strade lift

:03:24. > :03:30.themselves. Greig Laidlaw to get the lead. Good Japan, Sitka ball, get

:03:31. > :03:59.goal. The Packers were 40 metres. Greig Laidlaw has just turned this

:04:00. > :04:26.game. Gamers Ms theme. School in midfield made about it. A

:04:27. > :04:54.loose pass is going to be allowed the Japanese.

:04:55. > :05:08.He'll be very very frustrated. For line-out to the Japanese. Maritza,

:05:09. > :05:35.so the Centre. Again the Japanese have the ball. Not Don.

:05:36. > :05:47.Well, if few at to plan attacked it as it is a Japanese you to have a

:05:48. > :05:54.front row player go down. I'm surprised the Japanese at a loss of

:05:55. > :06:07.their established players? Well it is of minutes for them. For the bug

:06:08. > :06:17.is very well. Those are prizes of. I thought he providing a lot of spark.

:06:18. > :06:26.My Scottish rentals and is married to night as well. To was excrement

:06:27. > :06:27.was going better than to being a dominant scrum again and winning

:06:28. > :06:58.penalties. Nothing much in set piece. It is all

:06:59. > :07:07.about loose play. Laidlaw. Scots will be happy just to move this

:07:08. > :07:13.forward. Users says Marius Mitrea. Stuart Hogg has been used

:07:14. > :07:24.excessively and his kick King Offa Zola 's boot. Japanese you suspect.

:07:25. > :07:49.A couple more attacks to go. Mafi. He's been very effective this

:07:50. > :07:57.sales tactic, the one big kid then another decade from the centre. Mafi

:07:58. > :08:07.goes wrong tomorrow. Richie Gray size to get in. Al ani into Jones.

:08:08. > :08:13.Mafi. Fraser Brown taken off his feet. All, King and knocks the ball

:08:14. > :08:20.on. That'll be knocked back. The crowd like it is in the Japan

:08:21. > :08:28.playing the symbols of game plans that Scotland's defence holds firm.

:08:29. > :08:37.It is one Basra be there again you could see the ball squirting out.

:08:38. > :08:40.Not happy with himself. We're just been given some more information. To

:08:41. > :08:45.do that last week scheme which we thought was 24,000 which is the

:08:46. > :08:49.biggest home crowd for a Japanese home game and we're told it would

:08:50. > :08:54.have done this crowd was 31,003 and night to an official tennis now in

:08:55. > :09:07.front of the Embrun and press for the biggest ever in tenders of

:09:08. > :09:08.34,000 study three. The Scots have to hang in there for five more

:09:09. > :09:31.minutes. The Scots have had very few

:09:32. > :09:34.concerted attacking opportunities. It has all been about events in the

:09:35. > :09:40.second half. Earlier on the hubbub all in a Japanese half by the last

:09:41. > :09:47.time it is they have been defending. Really important scrum year. They

:09:48. > :09:58.bottom pressure on the Japanese line-out if they could get out.

:09:59. > :10:15.Swinson grimacing. Look at him on this. Laidlaw plays it. The long

:10:16. > :10:23.spiralling kick. Sending Matsuda. Dean:? It is a penalty. But as the

:10:24. > :10:30.pivot tactic. You're in your own danger area, your scrum goes well,

:10:31. > :10:39.you get the man kicking the leather pitch. You run back, they get about.

:10:40. > :10:45.Simple stuff. The torpedo kick from the Stuart Hogg split the Japanese

:10:46. > :10:52.backfield. Terrific work in the tackle. That has been the tactic

:10:53. > :11:00.today, hasn't it? Stuart Hogg, short of it, get the ball long, kick

:11:01. > :11:07.chase, turnover, though the. Stuart Hogg has such a long right boot. As

:11:08. > :11:13.we saw last week, the Japanese tried to run it back a couple of times,

:11:14. > :11:16.Mafi, Scotland came a good read chase life was over they do run,

:11:17. > :11:23.they are running it winnable defenders and you'll got guys like

:11:24. > :11:34.Matt Scott harassing move the ball. It has been a get game. Again it is

:11:35. > :11:38.a front row substation to get submitted of dominance, plus Greig

:11:39. > :11:50.Laidlaw is kicking and his leadership. It is just smart rugby.

:11:51. > :11:57.Good set piece. Preferably Japanese obviously to chase the scoreboard

:11:58. > :12:00.with Annika permits to go. I don't think there had to run committee

:12:01. > :12:09.ministers as early to bring the ball back, there was only bit time to

:12:10. > :12:16.consolidate. Try and get possession of heard on the field and played

:12:17. > :12:19.into the Scots hand-delivered there. Matsuda is congratulated for his

:12:20. > :12:25.mistake by being substituted. I think he is solicitors well. I

:12:26. > :12:36.wonder for these changes have taken some of the shape of the Japanese.

:12:37. > :12:44.They have had some possession. One of those attacking raids was 26

:12:45. > :12:52.phases long. The Scottish defence, especially their discipline, was

:12:53. > :13:09.fantastic. Greig Laidlaw then on his 53rd cap. Set the target line,

:13:10. > :13:16.border post. And Greig Laidlaw just assures Scotland into a little bit

:13:17. > :13:21.more of a comfortable lead. He has made a huge difference. No, there

:13:22. > :13:25.are some fans in the stadium... Mafi knocked it on. It'll be a scrum to

:13:26. > :13:38.the Scots. And the Japanese just taking risks. Two and a half minutes

:13:39. > :13:47.to go. They needed a short kick in the air or on the ground. Trying

:13:48. > :13:50.possession back. There are only five minutes with model points in it and

:13:51. > :14:01.we know how quickly the Japanese can strike. There will be an important

:14:02. > :14:11.strand. The Scots will be looking to make it clustered in a tank at the

:14:12. > :14:20.penalty. Peter Horne to the left, Hugh Jones, Maitland. Here's this is

:14:21. > :14:23.the advantage of bringing on a brand-new front row. They can

:14:24. > :14:31.dominate the opposition and that has been the key to this second-half.

:14:32. > :14:40.Yes, smart rugby again and from Scotland. Just ball in, that was

:14:41. > :14:45.never coming out of a scrum, earning themselves another penalty. Stuart

:14:46. > :14:53.Hogg kicking in outlaws the 22. You would accept that all, looking for

:14:54. > :14:56.another penalty. You have to say, this has been professional because

:14:57. > :15:00.this is a game they could have lost. Terrible conditions. Players

:15:01. > :15:06.dropping like flies and they have used what we knew they could use.

:15:07. > :15:15.They have used Stuart Hogg 's boot. And they use that scrum. And now

:15:16. > :15:29.Sean Lamont I think is coming onto pitch. Well, just of pet chair, Sean

:15:30. > :15:38.Maitland is being uttered -- ushered off the field. He has scored 15

:15:39. > :15:45.tries, the big Glasgow Warriors. Their years, Sean Lamont. A real

:15:46. > :15:57.enthusiast. Scotland then just have to see this line-out through. Taken

:15:58. > :16:00.by Richie Gray. It is a case of in this clock down. 20 seconds flat.

:16:01. > :16:16.There is the clock, top left-hand corner. Penalty advantage. Fraser

:16:17. > :16:20.Brown. Look at Peter Horne shouting through the phases. Laidlaw saying

:16:21. > :16:25.no, keep it calm. There is the full-time alarm. And it is a penalty

:16:26. > :16:31.anyway. It is another high tackle from Mafi. Here we are in Tokyo,

:16:32. > :16:36.Doctor Weil is of the Japanese were going to poll off one of the great

:16:37. > :16:44.wins in their history but this kid to such means that Scotland forward

:16:45. > :16:47.from this tour with two victories. It was not perfect, maybe not that

:16:48. > :16:58.beautiful but my goodness me, it was effective. The Japanese players are

:16:59. > :17:02.destroyed. Yes, they gave themselves every opportunity but really the

:17:03. > :17:14.Scottish defence, think that won them the game. As it from Tokyo. We

:17:15. > :17:24.have seen a game of contrasts. Just the one try. A great win for

:17:25. > :17:29.Scotland. Well, that was not the way it was

:17:30. > :17:34.supposed to happen. Scotland won the match but by their fingertips. That

:17:35. > :17:38.is the only good thing to take out the game which is a good thing. They

:17:39. > :17:43.have really had to cut that out in the second half. They hardly had the

:17:44. > :17:47.ball. The determination and effort. They have had a long season. And

:17:48. > :17:52.they have put in probably one of the biggest shift in that second half.

:17:53. > :17:58.There was a ten minute period where Japan were just battering away. It

:17:59. > :18:02.is a great win. It is not a good performers. But we will take it and

:18:03. > :18:07.we have one. If you're winning when you're not playing well, it is

:18:08. > :18:12.picking up the wins when you are not playing welcome about as impressive

:18:13. > :18:15.and important. Let's not kid ourselves, that was not a great

:18:16. > :18:24.performance. You get games like that and you have to grind it out. In the

:18:25. > :18:33.first half, they played more expansive. They made a few line

:18:34. > :18:38.breaks in the second half. Great defence and great workrate by the

:18:39. > :18:44.boys. The defence truly was sensational. I Japanese team with

:18:45. > :18:54.the Emperor in the stadium, the highest ever home crowd for a

:18:55. > :18:59.Japanese game, that defence was really desperate attacks. It was a

:19:00. > :19:02.system that stayed intact. They all working from each other. The

:19:03. > :19:05.intensity there. We did not see that in the first half actually. A big

:19:06. > :19:10.difference happened with the changes. They went at half-time. The

:19:11. > :19:17.whole front row changed and made a huge difference just with the energy

:19:18. > :19:24.levels. That is just a gutsy, Getty performers. They deserved to win. An

:19:25. > :19:29.attack wise, there was the thing there. But sometimes your defences

:19:30. > :19:34.can win you the matches. The only try of the game was from Japan. It

:19:35. > :19:40.is fairly early on in a match. Yet have a look at it. It was

:19:41. > :19:43.sensational. This started from their own line. They have gone through

:19:44. > :19:46.many phases. Mafi was outstanding throughout, maybe the best player on

:19:47. > :19:52.the park. Great support from the openside. It is good skill

:19:53. > :20:00.execution. The scrum-half goes in for the tricolour she gamely, you

:20:01. > :20:03.played well. I think the girls as always Japan do not have the

:20:04. > :20:08.strength in death. When they made the changes, there was a real

:20:09. > :20:16.drop-off. They have a good first team. Clearly they do not have a

:20:17. > :20:19.strength in depth. It's a chance for these trips away to Japan, playing

:20:20. > :20:23.two matches, for the Carter to try out this squad. You are injured at

:20:24. > :20:27.the moment. What will he have learned from last couple of games

:20:28. > :20:34.question marquee knows he needs you back. I think Scotland are times

:20:35. > :20:42.were bit panicky, and a bit of pressure. They stay composed and

:20:43. > :20:45.Laidlaw to control really well and kicked his kicks. It is important

:20:46. > :20:56.for Scotland to grind out a win like that. Japan were putting pressure on

:20:57. > :21:01.them but they stayed in shape and stuff. I think in attack, they could

:21:02. > :21:07.quite easily have forced it but they kept a cool head. End of the season,

:21:08. > :21:16.two wins, go to the Beach and have they been allowed. Absolutely. We

:21:17. > :21:19.troubled world ranking points. Getting these two wins is good.

:21:20. > :21:24.Performance is not fantastic but it will take it. He Scottish team under

:21:25. > :21:33.the Carter going the right decision -- right direction. A great win for

:21:34. > :21:44.New Zealand. Australia is denied, look at that, a whitewash. Amazing.

:21:45. > :21:47.History Natalie fantastic. My thanks to you both for joining me. It has

:21:48. > :21:52.been a wonderful couple result of our performances. The season is over

:21:53. > :21:53.on a high. We'll now join our network colleagues in Eastbourne for

:21:54. > :22:02.the tennis. tennis player as well. How much

:22:03. > :22:10.rivalry has there been between you? We are the same age, we are both

:22:11. > :22:11.twins. She is a little bit down in the rankings now,