Kirill Golosnitskiy takes full advantage of a mistake to put Russia ahead against Japan with the first try of the Rugby World Cup.
There's your first try of #RWC2019. Kirill Golosnitskiy the party pooper as Russia silence the Tokyo crowd#JPNvRUS on Spark Sport pic.twitter.com/W99ZgETCdJ
— sparknzsport (@sparknzsport) September 20, 2019
SOCIAL REACTION:
Japan finally exit from the scrum but a spill and TRY TIME!!! Russia !!!! Kirill Golosnitskiy getting his hands on the ball and OVER!! #JAPvRUS
— Ruggaworld 🇯🇵🏆 (@Ruggaworld) September 20, 2019
— Sam Munnery (@SamMunnery) September 20, 2019
You can't write this #RWC2019 what a start for @RugbyRussia #JAPvRUS #Rugby
— Jason Clark (@jayclark0106) September 20, 2019
TRY! Russia draw first blood!
— The Rugby Paper (@TheRugbyPaper) September 20, 2019
A dreadful start by the hosts. Tupou misjudges the high ball and Golosnitsky pounces on the loose ball.
7-0, 6 mins #JPNvRUS
Russia! How good is that first try… puts the Japanese under the pump for 5 minutes on their line and Kirill Golosnitskiy scores. Awesome. #RWC2019 #JAPvRUS
— Jake O'Flaherty (@jakoboflaherty) September 20, 2019
Great try by Russia!
— Jason Robinson OBE (@Jason15Robinson) September 20, 2019
Nervy start from the Japanese 🏉#RWC2019