Half the odds off Japan beating South Africa.
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Was USA beating England as big a shock at the time?
What odds were North Korea?
That was a very big shock as well. So was Cameroon beating Argentina in 1990
I remember it like it was only 20 years ago.
I remember it well. Philip Greene was literally speechless on the radio.
Japan beating South Africa is one of the greatest shocks in team sport.
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It was a big shock.
Were Germany reigning world champions?
They were ranked no 2 in the world at the time 
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Gosh that was a big shock
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Not as big as Japan beating South Africa.
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Sure Japan would have been in the top 12 teams in the World and South Africa would have been around 5th or 6th I’d say. That wouldn’t be remotely near a shock in soccer. Teams ranked 30th or below have beaten teams in the top ten regularly enough in the soccer World Cup. It’s just not as much of a shock because soccer is actually a competitive sport played seriously in more than a handful of countries
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He was brought on a tour as an assistant coach for Ireland at one stage I believe so would have some bit of insight. Can’t see it being all that much to use against us tho
Senegal beating France in 2002 was a big shock. Reigning World Champions didn’t make it out of their group. Would never happen in rubby
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South Africa were 7th and Japan were 10 
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I got slaughtered for saying that the other day - Fagan nearly killed me.
South Africa had lost all of their games in the 2015 Rugby Championship including a first ever loss to Argentina. It would only have been a huge shock to people who don’t really follow rugby closely. Me, I was mildly surprised.
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He’s just off doing a bit of googling - he’ll be back to you in ten minutes