Sky Sports' Stuart Barnes reflects on a thrilling weekend of World Cup rugby, including that famous victory in Brighton...
1. In last week's World Cup 10-point list I wrote, "Just read a headline saying Japan intend to scare South Africa this coming weekend. Before you scoff, it's worth remembering mice can scare the trunks off an elephant so who knows, maybe rugby's big African beast should take the warning seriously." I was only joking.
2. Japan have ensured that, in the event of an early departure by the hosts, the 2015 World Cup will not collapse into a damp squib. Eddie Jones and his team's performance gave the sport what it has rarely produced, a genuine moment of giant killing.
Tonga against France in 2011 came close but France were so poor at pool stages that it cannot be categorised with the Brighton epic, while Wales have been caught out three times by Pacific nations but never were Wales one of the competition's fancied teams.
3. So why doesn't rugby have shocks at World Cup level, why no Cameroon equivalents? Here's my guess. In football one team can outplay the other but if the strikers are off key and the underdog's goalkeeper is having an inspired day, there is a chance. The goal is a relatively small area to defend whereas the try line is not.
Also, in football cynical attempts to slow the better team down can work because, bar in the penalty area, there is no direct route to turn others' offences into your points. In rugby, cynicism is punished with penalties (for that reason the trial to upgrade the try to six and downgrade penalties to two is an absolutely idiotic idea).
4. Can I mention the mood of the event? Yes, the Sun God smiled on rugby but even so, the general good nature and unstuffy atmosphere at Twickenham on Friday was really refreshing. I don't like using the word, it makes me sound like a politician with a cliché rather than a man with a vocabulary, but it was inclusive.
5. Anyone who wants to knock rugby's right to call itself a major sport can think again. Nearly 90,000 at Wembley for a game without England (ye Gods but the All Blacks are a draw card), nearly 70,000 in Cardiff on Saturday for Ireland's match with lowly Canada and then over 70,000 with Uruguay the opposition for Wales the next day. It matched all the hype to which the build-up has subjected us.
6. Mamuka Gorgodze gets a special mention. The Georgian colossus is the Rugby World Cup player of the tournament after the first weekend. Toulon do not start the man but wearing his nation's shirt, the pride and power of his performance reminded you why international events can be so special - and dare I say why Scotland's recruitment policy flies in the face of the traditions of international sport.
7. Wayne Barnes was excellent against New Zealand. He policed the breakdown with real accuracy and wasn't afraid to give the less-than-great-on-the-day Richie McCaw what was unfeasibly only the third yellow card in his august Test career.
I love McCaw and what he has done for the sport as much as most men of the South Island but that trip of his was cheating in one of its uglier guises. Cheating is an emotive word but what are we meant to say when he flicks his foot out to bring Juan Fernandez Lobbe down and acts as if he has done nothing?
The crowd were right to treat one of the world's greatest players like a pantomime villain. No one has rights in this life and on Sunday, one of the world's greatest ever players forsook his. It's done now folks, so don't hold it against him, let's move on, to borrow from the rambling rubbish of New Labour's lexicon.
8. England are a bit of a worry to the home fans. Apart from the scrum, the line-out, the breakdown and an absence of leadership it is nothing to get too worried about; the inclusion of Dylan Hartley and Steffon Armitage could fix a few of the problems... ah.
9. But luckily for England, bad luck continues to dog Wales who were given a decent work out by a Uruguay team who kept their shape well and the scoreboard below all expectations. Another tranche of injuries will only hamper Wales in the build up to a game that might have to be the best England versus Wales game ever to budge Japan versus South Africa off the top of the 2015 Great Game List.
10. Hope to see my near and dear Gloucester friends resplendent in your Cherry and White on Wednesday. Scotland versus Japan at Kingsholm is the match of the midweek. Japan have to overcome a four-day turnaround and the emotional comedown after beating the Springboks but Eddie Jones will be telling them that if they miss their chance for a quarter-final slot they might as well not have beaten South Africa.
Their bodies will be screaming in pain but their spirits will be soaring. The ban on the bagpipes also merits some consideration - come on World Rugby, it's only an offensive weapon on the ears. See you there Shed Heads, have a great World Cup to the rest of you..