19-09-2015 23:48 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Leitch lauded for courageous match-winning gamble

By Mark Gleeson BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) - A gamble by captain Michael Leitch to go for broke when a last-minute penalty would have handed Japan a more than credible draw against fancied South Africa will go down as one of the most audacious decisions in Rugby World Cup history. Trailing by three points and with the end of the game only seconds away, Leitch opted for a scrum rather than the straightforward shot at goal that would surely have levelled the score at 32-32 and was rewarded with t
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