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the final games in the pool stage should be quite interesting ; ) ...  

I’m hoping they do one of those, it’d be a big achievement and fantastic on home soil. ...  

There is even a Japanese expression for enthusiastic newcomers... "Niwaka fans" are 'bandwagon fans' or 'weekend fans' Another match to watch will be England vs. France... ...  

Don’t forget the whole “bonus point” thing, win=4, win and score 4 tries=5. So Scotland could end up on 15 points with two bonus point wins. However if Japan lose to Scotland by 7 points or less they too get a losing “bonus point”, so also 15 points. ... 

looking forward to the final games of the pool stage this weekend... it may come down to coaching for the Blossoms... Casey

The permutations explained... ( BBC Link )

Hoping for Blossoms v Boks and Blacks v Ireland! C'mon Nippon! Banzai! Woohoo!

All times are local Japan time... ...  

It's currently building in strength and might be upgraded to a "super typhoon". Matches canceled due to the typhoon will be considered as a "draw"

Nobody likes a sporting result to be decided off the field so let’s hope it goes ahead. And I’m shouting for the Brave Blossoms.

A decision on Japan vs. Scotland will be made on Sunday morning local time... at the moment it looks like it will be a go.

That's my prediction. I know the All Blacks are always the favorites. Hoping for a Welsh surprise. Anybody else filled out the Bloomberg bracket (RUGB GO). I got the Scotland - Ireland, Japan - Ireland, Uruguay - Fiji and Uruguay - Georgia games wrong.