Japan’s 2019 World Cup organisers have chance to lift rugby from sport shadows

After a year dominated by talk of Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Japan can be reminded – at the draw for the next tournament – how it fell in love with rugby union in 2015A little over 18 months have passed since Karne Hesketh’s last-gasp try gave Japan a shock victory over South Africa at the last World Cup and sealed the country’s place in rugby history.As Japan prepares to become the first Asian country to host the tournament, in 2019, the Brave Blossoms’ heroics on England’s south coast could not have come at a better moment for the game’s development in the region. Related: Rugby union heads for Ja…