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<blockquote data-quote="polonius" data-source="post: 148791">I was fortunate enough to be in the stadium in Bordeaux for the game and for sheer intensity, determination and excitement this has to be one of the greatest matches I have seen. Full on stuff with heroic attacking and even more heroic defending from both sides.A few questions, however ...The second Canada try. The Canadians were attacking and then threw the ball wide, it went loose, a Japanese fly hacked it away, it hit a Canadian, went forward was collected by a Japanese player who was tackled and then penalised for not releasing. Were the Canadian tacklers offside? They appeared to be in front of the Canadian player off whom the ball cannoned.When the Canadian put the ball into touch around 80 minutes and 15 seconds, we stood up to applaud both teams assuming it was time up. Delighted Kaplan played more time and after all, he&#039;s the man with the whistle and if he thinks a bit more time should be added, so be it.Silly play by Williams to slap the bal into touch thus giving Japan one last chance for an attack. No doubt at all it was the correct decision by the officials, the only debate was why it took them so long.I&#039;m sure there will be other great games from the big guns but we were royally entertained by both teams.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="polonius, post: 148791"] I was fortunate enough to be in the stadium in Bordeaux for the game and for sheer intensity, determination and excitement this has to be one of the greatest matches I have seen. Full on stuff with heroic attacking and even more heroic defending from both sides. A few questions, however ... The second Canada try. The Canadians were attacking and then threw the ball wide, it went loose, a Japanese fly hacked it away, it hit a Canadian, went forward was collected by a Japanese player who was tackled and then penalised for not releasing. Were the Canadian tacklers offside? They appeared to be in front of the Canadian player off whom the ball cannoned. When the Canadian put the ball into touch around 80 minutes and 15 seconds, we stood up to applaud both teams assuming it was time up. Delighted Kaplan played more time and after all, he's the man with the whistle and if he thinks a bit more time should be added, so be it. Silly play by Williams to slap the bal into touch thus giving Japan one last chance for an attack. No doubt at all it was the correct decision by the officials, the only debate was why it took them so long. I'm sure there will be other great games from the big guns but we were royally entertained by both teams. [/QUOTE]

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