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Scrum V

RWC Daily 3: A hat trick for the hosts

Scrum V

BBC

Sports, Rugby

4.6961 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Gareth Rhys Owen and Nicky Robinson review the opening World Cup game between Japan and Russia from the tunnel under the Tokyo Stadium.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Boxer turned bouncer Viv Graham was one of the northeast most notorious hard men.

0:06.5

It was huge, you were strong, we could take anybody out.

0:09.0

Not many men on earth could match Viv Graham.

0:11.6

But his life of violence led to his downfall.

0:15.0

Why did it happen?

0:16.0

Why did they do that?

0:17.3

How did Viv Graham build an empire?

0:19.8

It was the power, the presence, the aura. And who was he, really?

0:24.4

Gangster, the story of Viv Graham.

0:27.4

Listen first on BBC Sounds.

0:30.4

You're listening to BBC Sounds. Hello from Tokyo

0:47.0

Tokyo from the barrels of the Tokyo stadium.

0:51.0

Mickey Robinson and I have just come off there.

0:54.0

Post-match of the opening match of the 2019 Rugby World Cup and a victory by 30 points to 10 for Japan and Nicki a game that had a sense of inevitability

1:08.2

because it slightly overwhelmed didn't it? Like it did and you sometimes get these games start of a World Cup or start of any

1:16.5

tournament where the opening game is a nervous affair against the team with

1:20.6

lots to lose and the other one with nothing really to lose and that was a bit

1:24.4

with Japan today. We talked to our analysts who just be at the Cardiff Blues and he was

1:29.6

quite nervous before the game and we thought what about losing? said, well, it's basically we lose this and that's it.

1:35.6

We've got to pack our bags because obviously we're with Ireland Scotland the group that this is the game you'd have to win and that's exactly how we show that first 20 minutes obviously from the kickoff

1:44.7

Osna we spoke pre-match for saying look that Japan don't want to make any errors don't give Russia anything to feed off to get the energy from and is exactly what they did.

1:54.0

Nearly conceded off the kickoff and then did concede a couple of minutes later.

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