RWC 2019 Ireland v Japan Match Thread: Group A - Sat 28th Sep 08:15 Shizuoka

BoJack Horseman

el Fenomeno wrote: »

What's the context behind it? I obviously know what Éire means, but why are people using it to (presumably) wind-up others, and why does it wind-up others?

Genuine question, I'm only a casual fan.

Personally I've only ever seen "Eire" used as a slur by English people.

Larbre34

What. The. Fcuk.

Stheno

This is disappointing

pjohnson

Can the ref be blamed for Earls knock on?

Clegg

Sigh.

Fair play Japan. Caught us in the long grass Nd obvious prepped for this game like we did for Scotland.

Nerdlingr

Brilliant by earls

the.red.baron

Bravo Japan

Joe out ðŸ˜

This is it

We're shyte, absolute shyte. I don't care how bad the ref is.

VeryOwl

Ruined.

CptMackey

We are playing terrible. Be lucky to leave the group really . Japan have been the better team

A-Train

Ireland deserve to lose. A shambles of a performance. Completely clueless

fullstop

Shambles. World Cup meltdown in full swing again.

Mantis Toboggan

Some disaster

gmisk

el Fenomeno wrote: »

What the **** RTE?

Perfect time to feck up as well....sums this match up from an Ireland pov

Soups123

We really are just World Cup bottlers doesn’t matter who the players are or who the coach is we just bottle every time.

kal7

We are not good enough.

Lacked intensity

Losing BP could be important

MadYaker

I can’t wait to watch this Japanese team play a few other tier one nations

That's the game. Not going to hang around for the trolls, enjoy the weekend folks!

Ash.J.Williams

MadYaker wrote: »

We are poor but the ref is a contributing factor

Buck stops with Ireland

Diabhal Beag

We deserve nothing from this. Absolutely gutless attack and no creativity.

Japan have been fantastic and their line speed has been immense.

BattleCorp

Not looking like a bonus point even.

ScissorPaperRock

This is just awful.

It's gonna be a long few days till the next game.

ScrubsfanChris

NZ quarter final and an early trip home so it is now.

shane.

Shocking performance but it's not a surprise really, this has been coming for a while

troyzer

Eire actually means burden.

Éire is the Irish word for the 26 counties. It's deliberately being used to exclude fans and players from the north.

leakyboots

No backplay from us, one out runners is all we have in their 22. Japanese backplay is stuff we can only dream of

munsterlegend

We are so slow and static. This is definitely the worst performance by an Irish rugby team.

Vinnie222

Clegg wrote: »

Sigh.

Fair play Japan. Caught us in the long grass Nd obvious prepped for this game like we did for Scotland.

Totally different conditions , we are no where near our last yr form .

gmisk

BattleCorp wrote: »

Can't blame the ref. Ireland are very poor.

Ireland have been poor.
The referee has been horrendous....how many things has he let Japan away with?!

BBDBB

Credit to Japan, increasing the pressure and forcing Ireland to take risks and make errors
Very disappointing the way we’ve crumbled

VinLieger

None of them deserve to wear that jersey today and joe has shown hes simply out of touch with the current game.

Again the simplest word to use is arrogance

Macdarack

I'd say Toner is only happy irish man in the world, and maybe Marmion

ionadnapokot

In hindsight we got the selection wrong here. Too much of an ask for the Pack in this atmosphere

eclipsechaser

pjohnson wrote: »

Can the ref be blamed for Earls knock on?

The Japanese guy held onto the ball when Earl's got his hands on it, causing the knock-on.

fullstop

Schmidt looks like he’s gonna tear them a new one.

AbusesToilets

Earls saving the LBP could be huge for getting out of the group

shootermacg

Wake me up in four years.

Blanco100

this is the time you judge teams not during friendly matches in Chicago and the like.

Pure scutter.

lord quackinton

This game I think shows a real weakness with the Irish team. We struggle to chase a lead.

leakyboots

Bigger shock than when they beat South Africa if they win this

tayto lover

The cookies have really crumbled here.

Mantis Toboggan

Absolute disgrace Joe

SteelyDanJalapeno

Eire useless

MadYaker

VinLieger wrote: »

None of them deserve to wear that jersey today and joe has shown hes simply out of touch with the current game.

Again the simplest word to use is arrogance

You realize it’s not the knockout stages yet right?

Irish_rat

Nice reality check for Irish fans and team. They've never been good enough

Larbre34

fullstop wrote: »

Schmidt looks like he’s gonna tear them a new one.

He can tear himself one while he's at it. You have to respond tactically. We didn't.

Squidgy Black

Some scalping from Japan all the same. The Scotland game will be massive, there's a good chance Japan fan go on to top the group.

Wheety

el Fenomeno wrote: »

What the **** RTE?

It was horrible timing but I don't think it's RTE's fault. Be a bit silly for every country to have their own cameras broadcasting live.

MadYaker

Forward there???

kingshankly

Ireland haven’t scored for an hour🙈possibly the greatest embarrassment for Irish sport Ireland were 1/20 to win the match