Eye on Japan: How small stones became one big rock

‘The Shock of Shizuoka’, as it became known around the world, was alluded to by a number of Japanese media outlets in the build up to last Saturday.

This is the kind of victory Japan rugby had been dreaming of, echoing the famed South Africa game of 2015. The result is not only the talk of the commuters, it has spread like a swarm to outposts well beyond the major cities.