Japan toil to beat Korea
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Their focus firmly on this year's World Cup, Japan struggled to beat South Korea 56-30 on Saturday in the opening game of the inaugural Asian Championship.
The Brave Blossoms, forced into several changes through injury and Super Rugby commitments, made a string of handling errors in Incheon in a display that will hardly have struck terror into World Cup opponents South Africa, Scotland, Samoa and the United States.
"We were a bit rusty and sloppy for most parts of the game," Japan coach Eddie Jones told local media.
"Korea played well for the first 30 minutes and we gave them some …
The Brave Blossoms, forced into several changes through injury and Super Rugby commitments, made a string of handling errors in Incheon in a display that will hardly have struck terror into World Cup opponents South Africa, Scotland, Samoa and the United States.
"We were a bit rusty and sloppy for most parts of the game," Japan coach Eddie Jones told local media.
"Korea played well for the first 30 minutes and we gave them some …
