{"id":256114,"date":"2025-11-11T03:43:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T03:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/256114\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T03:43:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T03:43:14","slug":"pool-of-death-awaits-loser-of-wales-vs-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/256114\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Pool of Death’ awaits loser of Wales vs Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Josh Adams says Wales<\/a> recognise the \u201cjeopardy\u201d of their Test match with Japan<\/a> given its potential bearing on the 2027 World Cup draw.<\/p>\n

Wales are 12th in the official Test rankings<\/a> and will want to avoid falling out of the second band of teams and facing an even tougher World Cup draw.<\/p>\n

Japan sit one place below in 13th and victory for Eddie Jones\u2019 Brave Blossoms in Cardiff on Saturday could have a major impact ahead of the December draw in Sydney.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something we haven\u2019t spoken about (World Cup draw) but we are aware of it,\u201d winger Adams said after Wales fell to a 52-28 defeat to Argentina<\/a> in Steve Tandy\u2019s first match in charge.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt adds to the importance of the Japan game with the World Cup draw in December. That adds a little more jeopardy to that match.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Head-to-Head <\/p>\n

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Last 3 Meetings<\/p>\n

Average Points scored<\/p>\n

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Skipper Jac Morgan<\/a> will miss the rest of Wales\u2019 autumn campaign against Japan, New Zealand<\/a> and South Africa.<\/p>\n

The British and Irish Lions<\/a> flanker suffered a suspected dislocated shoulder in the act of scoring a try against the Pumas<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Adams said: \u201cIt\u2019s clearly a blow. British Lion, captain, inspirational leader for us, but it creates an opportunity for other people.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got to find ways to get motivated from a different voice and that\u2019s a challenge for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tandy said there were \u201cloads of areas to grow\u201d after Wales conceded seven tries and suffered a record defeat to Argentina.<\/p>\n

But Wales showed plenty of positive signs in attack, scoring four tries and welcoming back winger Louis Rees-Zammit<\/a> following his 18-month spell in the NFL.<\/p>\n

\"Team Match Summary \"Team <\/p>\n

Outside-half Dan Edwards said: \u201cWe\u2019ve had two weeks together if you really think about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve only had eight sessions and we\u2019ve produced a lot of good stuff out there.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully over the coming weeks we can get better and click a lot better as an attacking unit.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were little lapses in concentration and discipline cost us a little bit, but apart from that it was pretty positive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Off the field, Welsh Rugby Union chief executive Abi Tierney will begin a phased return-to-work this week after taking leave in August to undergo cancer treatment.<\/p>\n

Chair Richard Collier-Keywood said: \u201cThis is a very welcome moment for all of us.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbi\u2019s return brings strength and continuity at a time of change and we\u2019re delighted to have her back.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Josh Adams says Wales recognise the \u201cjeopardy\u201d of their Test match with Japan given its potential bearing on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-256114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}