Coach of Japan (1989-91)
On May 28, 1989 his team beat a weakened Scotland team shorn of nine British Lions then on tour in Australia (Gary Armstrong, Finlay Calder, Craig Chalmers, Peter Dods, John Jeffrey, Gavin Hastings, Scott Hastings, David Sole and Derek White) by 28-24 at Chichibunomiya Stadium in Tokyo. It was the first time Japan had beaten a top-tier IRB nation.
Then in the 1991 Rugby Union World Cup his team convincingly defeated Zimbabwe 52-8 in Belfast. This remains Japan's only Rugby World Cup victory out of a total of twenty games from all six World Cups between 1987-2007.
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