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Wales winger Owen Lane is set to make his World Cup debut in the third-place play-off against New Zealand on Friday. The Cardiff Blues player was a late call-up to the squad last week in place of the injured Josh Navidi. He is one of nine changes and is named to start in the backline alongside Hallam Amos at full-back …

South Africa star Cheslin Kolbe insists that his side will not be getting caught up in their shock defeat to Japan at the 2015 World Cup when the teams meet again on Sunday. Four years ago, a late try by Karne Hesketh saw Japan stun the Springboks with a 34-32 victory but given their performances so far, and their finish …

The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) are questioning whether the misconduct charges issued by World Rugby this week are “appropriate”.  On Tuesday, World Rugby confirmed that it would refer the SRU to a disputes committee following comments made by chief executive Mark Dodson when he threatened legal action if Scotland’s game against Japan did not go ahead. Last week, Dodson warned …

World Rugby are due to hold a press conference tomorrow as the impending Typhoon Hagibis threatens to cause havoc to a number of fixtures. While it initially appeared that Ireland’s clash with Samoa on Saturday in Fukuoka was the only game in the firing line, the danger has now spread to the England v France and Japan v Scotland fixtures …

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend is remaining cautious about his sides’ chances of qualifying from Pool A following today’s 34-0 win over Samoa.  Scotland currently lie in third position in the pool table following today’s bonus point victory and the result piles even more pressure on their final group game against Japan on October 13. As it stands, the host …

Ireland back-rower CJ Stander has ranked the side’s loss to Japan on Saturday as one of the worst disappointments of his career.  Joe Schmidt’s side walked away from the Ecopa Stadium in Shizuoka with only a losing bonus point following the 19-12 result, leaving them second in Pool A behind the hosts while Scotland and Samoa do battle today. While …

Steve Hansen has weighed in on the possibility of current Japan coach Jamie Joseph succeeding him as the next head coach of New Zealand.  Joseph masterminded a famous victory for the host nation over Ireland on Saturday placing him in the spotlight for the top job in his native country. While Hansen admits that Joseph is “a great coach”, he …

February 2019: Ireland 20 – 32 England March 2019: Wales 25-17 Ireland August 2019: England 57-15 Ireland September 2019: Japan 19-12 Ireland England at home, Wales away, England away. And now Japan. It’s not a full-on catastrophe just yet, but if we have any prospects of winning this World Cup, issues need to be addressed. In a year where Ireland …

Ireland fell to a bruising 19-12 defeat to Japan on Saturday at the Rugby World Cup. The hosts blitzed Joe Schmidt’s team in a relentless, breathless performance. At one stage of the match, Ireland were ahead 12-3. They scored two tries in the opening 22 minutes. However, at full-time, when it mattered, Japan had raced into a 19-12 lead. The …

Japan have defeated Ireland 19-12 after a heroic performance in the Rugby World Cup. Ireland went into the game as heavy favourites after a dominant display over Scotland last weekend that saw them come away with a bonus-point win. However, despite two tries in the opening twenty minutes, Joe Schmidt’s side were second best for large parts of the game. …

It was a long time coming and Japan deservedly took the lead against Ireland in the 59th minute of their Pool A clash, much to the delight of their fans.  Two early tries from Garry Ringrose and Rob Kearney saw Ireland take an early commanding lead, however, it has been all Japan since. From their ferocious work at the breakdown …

Jack Conan’s future involvement in the Rugby World Cup is under serious threat as the back-rower arrived at the Shizuoka Stadium with his foot in a moon boot.  During the week, the Irish camp confirmed that Conan picked up a foot injury during training and Ireland assistant coach Greg Feek said that more information would be available following today’s clash …

Following World Rugby’s extraordinary statement about the standard of refereeing in the Rugby World Cup earlier this week, all eyes will be on Angus Gardner during today’s meeting of Ireland and Japan. The Australian referee was highly criticised following his performance during the opening round clash between France and Argentina as the Northern Hemisphere side were penalised 12 times, including …

Japan head coach Jamie Joseph has said he is surprised by the inclusion of Jack Carty in Ireland’s starting XV to face the hosts in their second World Cup game on Saturday. Johnny Sexton picked up a quad injury against Scotland and so Carty will make only his second Test start while the fully-recovered Joey Carbery takes his place on …

Japan lock Uwe Helu believes all the pressure will be on Ireland as they prepare to face off in Pool A of the Rugby World Cup next weekend.  Joe Schmidt’s side will be full of confidence heading into the clash given their impressive 27-3 win over Scotland last Sunday. Despite losing Peter O’Mahony and Bundee Aki to injury early on …

Hosts Japan scored their first try of the 2019 Rugby World Cup in style as a beautiful offload from Timothy Lafaele set up Kotaro Matsushima to cross the line. Japan had found themselves behind against Russia early in the game when their full-back William Tupuo failed to take a high ball and Kirill Golosnitskiy followed in to score the tournament’s …

The IRFU have confirmed that Keith Earls will travel to Japan as part of the World Cup squad despite injury concerns following Saturday’s win over Wales in the Aviva Stadium. The Munster winger was accompanied off the pitch by a member of the medical staff in the second half of the 19-10 victory. Earls took his place on the bench …

With the final countdown to this year’s Rugby World Cup in Japan well underway, organisers are focusing their efforts on contingency planning in the notoriously earthquake and typhoon-prone country, said the tournament director, Alan Gilpin. On the pitch, Gilpin predicted the 2019 edition of rugby’s showpiece would be the “most competitive ever” with a narrowing gap between the top 15 …