One man stuck his neck out there and called Japan’s World Cup win over South Africa

This guy knows his rugby.

We were all thrilled with Japan's win, we all love hindsight too and we love to convince ourselves that we would've got it right. You never do when you're on the spot though. Not the big calls anyway. One man did though. Stephen Jones, rugby correspondent with The Sunday Times, can pat himself on the back because he was the only one to come out before the game and say that South Africa will not beat Japan. A ridiculous suggestion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sroa6sFO50Y Jones called it though. And he stuck to his guns. https://twitter.com/stephenjones9/status/645259585549389824 And some - actually, all of us - thought he was mad. https://twitter.com/colonelstewart/status/645260441992736768 And his own belief started to grow. https://twitter.com/stephenjones9/status/645265308299698176 What we think started as a half joke, started to escalate. https://twitter.com/stephenjones9/status/645266215674449920 https://twitter.com/stephenjones9/status/645271741351247873 And escalate. https://twitter.com/stephenjones9/status/645272140766425089 And suddenly everyone started to believe. Sort of. Even Stephen. https://twitter.com/stephenjones9/status/645279155752316928 Is that you, Jones? https://twitter.com/Sonjamclaughlan/status/645293242540552192 Alright, don't get smug. https://twitter.com/stephenjones9/status/645310215483695105 But tell us the lotto numbers please. UPDATE: Make that two men because someone did actually win big with a nice little bet on the game. Paul McCluskey sent us this cast iron bit of proof which is probably even better than the money. Probably. Well, it's not, but it's still nice to have.