Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup 2019 - Quarter Final - Japan v South Africa - Fans watch the match in Oita - Oita, Japan - October 20, 2019 A Japan fan watches the match in a fan zone REUTERS/Peter Cziborra
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese captivated by their Brave Blossoms rugby team's historic run to the World Cup quarter finals are now suffering a new form of bereavement - "rugby loss" - after their home team was bundled out of the tournament by South Africa.
Fans were still feeling bereft days after cheering the Blossoms into the quarter-finals of the first World Cup to be held outside the heartlands of the game, a match Japan lost to South Africa 26-3 on Sunday.
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