There's an old saying in rugby that you take the points whenever they are offered to you. And it's a lesson that the World Fighting Bull players will do well to remember after Saturday's 33-31 loss to the NEC Green Rockets at Tokyo's Chichibunomiya.
Nataniela Oto of Toshiba Brave Lupus scores a try during the second half of Saturday's Top League match against the Ricoh Black Rams at Tokyo's Chichibunomiya. Toshiba won 51-3.
Having edged 31-30 ahead through Masanori Taksukawa's second try in the 65th minute, it looked as if it could be their day as Jaco van der Westhuyzen missed two long-range kicks at goal.
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