Hachiko
Mar 23, 2004, 06:12
Sir Clive Woodward famously said during England's successful Rugby World Cup campaign, "We're not here to be Torville and Dean, we're here to win."
And so it was for Toshiba Brave Lupus, which won the 41st Japan Rugby Football Championship at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday, beating the Kobe Kobelco Steelers 22-10.
"It's been a long season," said Toshiba captain Teppei Tomioka after the game, poignantly wearing a T-shirt bearing the slogan "Never surrender."
"But after finishing runnerup in the Top League and the Microsoft Cup we were still motivated and believed we could win today."
Japan Times (http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getsp.pl5?sp20040322a1.htm)
And so it was for Toshiba Brave Lupus, which won the 41st Japan Rugby Football Championship at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday, beating the Kobe Kobelco Steelers 22-10.
"It's been a long season," said Toshiba captain Teppei Tomioka after the game, poignantly wearing a T-shirt bearing the slogan "Never surrender."
"But after finishing runnerup in the Top League and the Microsoft Cup we were still motivated and believed we could win today."
Japan Times (http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getsp.pl5?sp20040322a1.htm)