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Scotland rally from half-time deficit to defeat 14-woman Japan
By Ian Cameron
Scotland Women beat Japan 36-12 to record a third consecutive victory but only after overturning a half-time deficit against their 14-woman opponents.
The home side notched six tries in front of 2,346 fans at the DAM Health Stadium in Edinburgh on Sunday afternoon.
Bryan Easson’s side followed up wins against Spain and Ireland thanks to a double from Rhona Lloyd and tries from Lana Skeldon, Megan Gaffney, Chloe Rollie and Lisa Thomson. Helen Nelson converted three times.
The visitors lost lock Yuna Sato to a red card in the 19th minute with Scotland 5-0 ahead, following a direct contact with Lloyd’s head.
Skeldon touched down but the visitors scored two tries through Nijiho Nagata and Sachiko Kato to take an unlikely 12-10 half-time lead.
Gaffney crossed within three minutes of the restart and Scotland went on to dominate and set themselves up for the Rugby World Cup final qualifying tournament in Dubai in February.
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HAHAHAHA typical.. there is no where near 90% of the top players in Europe Nick. Those playing in Brazil and Argentina still are probably better that 90% of the none top 5 european leagues.
Even just because these australians are in Europe, does not make them better than those at home. And that goes for nearly all the nations with heavy representation in europe.
What you're trying to say is europe is were 90% of the money in football is, that would get your point across better.
Go to commentsScott Robertson wants his men to push through and sight their targets to help minimise errors from rushed and frustrating brain explosions.
This test match will highlight if the entire coaching staff can select from the All Blacks sqaud, a team capable of producing the necessary and silencing their critics.
Go the All Blacks...looking to have the rub of green again vs Ireland... onwards and upwards.
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