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

Rezident

gmisk wrote: »

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

We were poor but yes the ref did everything in his power to help the home team minnows. Great for everyone in the world except Ireland.

Thelonious Monk

As a casual rugby fan, this is brilliant, Ireland aren't gonna win anything anyway

Nerdlingr

Lucky to get the losing bonus point!

leakyboots

Did Carberry not hear THE GIANT GONG for 80 mins

Car99

Why did he kick that ?

Exclamation Marc

Jesus fücking christ.

Biggest world cup upset of all time.

Happy4all

What was carberry doing?

A-Train

A shambles, heads should roll

alswearengen

Sure kick it out I suppose

razorblunt

What was Carberry doing?

Gbear

The ref has been the difference between two teams of similar quality.

But Ireland should be good enough that it shouldn't matter.

It should be the difference between 0-40 and 16-25.

PhlegmyMoses

What an embarrassment.

Salary Negotiator

Congratulations to Japan, hell of an achievement from them.

Exclamation Marc

Car99 wrote: »

Why did he kick that ?

Keep the losing bonus point

VinLieger

fullstop wrote: »

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

Hes as much to blame as anyone, they didnt prepare which is his fault and his arrogance

Slattsy

Well done Japan thoroughly deserved. Ireland need more foreigners to succeed. Embarrassing stuff. Shame on them all.

That poll is hilarious lol

Lots of goys puking into their Heinos now.

kal7

Well done Japan. They gave us so little ball and territory

Faugheen

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

Faugheen wrote: »

Lads there only so much you can blame the ref for.

Ireland have been piss poor. That team should be doing a hell of a lot better than it is.

You have no concept of the benefits of momentum and field position I'd say

And Ireland have had no concept of the offside line or the practice of supporting your own body weight.

We’ve been getting away with dark arts for years and Gardner has caught us. We’ve had no answer to it and we can’t have any complaints. It was an awful performance

razorblunt

Well done Japan. Fully deserved. Don’t let it slip vs Scotland now.

thomond2006

Rotten performance. The ref was one eyed but Ireland should win a game like this regardless.

Good job from Japan.

Anyway I'm out of this thread. Toodles.

Irish_rat

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

Jesus fücking christ.

Biggest world cup upset of all time.

No the Japan SA game was much bigger

fullstop

Not even the guts to try to get a score there.

KH25

Shocking. Absolutely shocking.

Selection and tactics all wrong. Carty was terrible. Bench offered nothing.

Squidgy Black

Says it all that we kicked it out on the full to save the losing bonus point rather than keep playing.

Akrasia

Great result. We would have taken a LBP against the mighty Japanese

boggerman1

Where's the bullsh*t hype now.there won't be a cow milked in Yokohama for a week

BBDBB

Well done Japan

That kick out after the gong typified the game for Ireland, poor decision making, just not up to the usual standard

MadYaker

Fair play to them they are a savage team. I thought we looked pretty flustered for a lot of the game but the World Cup isn’t over yet. The ref gave us nothing but we didn’t deserve to win anyway.

gmisk

Hanging on for a losing bonus point against Japan says it all

Ireland were genuinely awful but that referee should never be allowed anywhere near another match.

Gbear

razorblunt wrote: »

What was Carberry doing?

A smart decision honestly. We were only going to lose a point. There was zero chance of us scoring a try.