Ewan seems to bring a lot of it on himself. Hard to understand the mentality of an Irishman who wants Ireland to lose. Or maybe Ewan is just looking for attention.
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Says the lad that supports the Irish rugby team and the English soccer team
@Little_Lord_Fauntleroy, @Chucks_Nwoko, Matty Williams was saying in the Paper of Record today that 45,000 Australian fans have travelled to Japan for the World Cup. Apparently the biggest traveling support. Qantas Wallabies are box office again.
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Canada qualified in 91 too Iâm pretty sure
Rory Best is a done deal. He should never have gone to Japan.
Two matches in six days is certainly a bridge too far for the Best Captain in the type of hot and humid conditions of Shizuoka this morning. Iâd be loathe to criticize Irelandâs most successful ever coach but Coach Schmidt really should rotated some of the starting pack this morning rather than going with the same 8 that started against Scotland.
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Doesnât matter now anyways. Quarter final exit looms again.
South Africa apologised when losing to Japan in the World Cup, when will this Schmidt Cunt apologise?
Smith had 4 excuses listed off in less than a minute on Radio 1 post match. Typical Kiwi
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I demand an apology
Itâs a mathematical equation. The bookies rarely get it wrong. cc bumbles
Itâs sport, it happens. Your team loses sometimes. Thatâs a fine Japan team as well.
So fine a team that the bookies, who you admitted rarely get it wrong, had the handicap at -22âŚ
Iâm not a gambling man. Anybody who had a -22 handicap on this though is poorly informed on the strength of this Japanese side and the punishing heat and humidity of Shizuoka.
@gilgamboa, the shrewdest and most knowledgeable rugby man on this forum had this down beforehand as a one score match. He was right about that but unfortunately it wasnât Ireland who were the right side of that score.
I hope you didnât listen to the likes of Paddy Power or Leon Blanche from Boylesports and lose your shirt on it.
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What do you make of the weakest pool of all time now glas?
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You couldnât tell the once every four years crew. They wouldnât listen
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That was cool thinking from Carbery to take the bonus point under pressure!
I donât believe that. But weâll never know either way.
Just got around to watching it there. After the first 20 mins we were so predictable and Japan looked far more dangerous. If Japan can do that to us running at us, imagine what NZ could do? We are absolute rubbish from 9 -15.
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Jonathan Bradley at the Ecopa Stadium
September 28 2019 11:16 AM
Here is how the Irish players rated in todayâs 19-12 defeat to World Cup hosts Japan.
Rob Kearney - Scored Irelandâs second try, incredible to think that they wouldnât register thereafter. Claimed a few kicks but knocked backwards. 6
Jacob Stockdale - Had to be alert to stop one early Japanese dart in behind but made little or no attacking impact after one break outside. 5
Garry Ringrose - Irelandâs best player early on but faded from the contest as the hosts starved Ireland of ball. 7
Chris Farrell - Looked set to have a real role for Ireland in a strong opening quarter but was confined to defence from there on. 7
Keith Earls - His first game back, decent in the first-half and saved Luke McGrathsâs blushes but knocked on in the process. Fitting. 6
Jack Carty - Summed up Ireland, everything looked to be going fine but accuracy deserted him over the final portion of his day. 6
Conor Murray - Lacked anything like the control of a week ago as Ireland looked rushed in their possession. Gave up three penalties. 5
Cian Healy - Having been the most talked about player in the build-up, was the first called ashore. Japanese scrum much, much better than advertised. 5
Rory Best - The best play on the field was a hooker, but not Rory Best. Two lost lineouts key points in the game. 5
Tadhg Furlong - Coughed up possession and couldnât get purchase at scrum time where he unusually was seen to give away a penalty. 5
Iain Henderson - Not the day heâll have been expecting as he quickly found himself into a defensive battle in a flagging battle. 6
James Ryan - Still Irelandâs best player over the 80 mintues, even on a day when that carried little weight. 8
Peter OâMahony - Tested the patience of referee Angus Gardner throughout, managing only one turnover to compensate. 5
Josh van der Flier - Saved a try before things really began to unravel but Ireland were blown out of it at the breakdown. 6
CJ Stander - Ireland generated no momentum, and itâs not fair to put that on all his shoulders, but made only an average impact. 5
REPLACEMENTS : On a day when Ireland visibly tired early into the game, the relied upon impact from the bench never game. There was some physicality added from the likes of Tadhg Beirne and Dave Kilcoyne but plenty of mistakes too. The sight of Joey Carbery booting the ball out of play after the hooter either in error or to protect a losing bonus point summed up the muddle of the final hour. 4