"This is the best Japanese team that there’s ever been put together"
Nov 25, 2022“I think the ‘upset’ word is something we’ve got to change”, Leitch told Sports Gazette.
“We are genuine contenders; we belong at the top in the Tier 1 category. We’re going to do some pretty special things in the next twelve months or so.
“This is the best Japanese team that there’s ever been put together. It’s pretty exciting what we can do”
“That [All Blacks] performance goes to show that Japanese rugby is continuing to improve. It’s a game we could have won. We’ve had a few of those this year”, he said.
“They are pretty much the benchmark of world rugby. Psychologically, they are the team, you know. When you think about the All Blacks, you think about this awesome teams that’s undefeatable. But we’re in a genuine position at the moment to beat them.”
“Our trajectory is pretty exciting at the moment, and it’s only a matter of time before Japan beats the All Blacks.”
