Follow all the action as earlier Ireland beat South Africa 10-5
Easy win for Ireland, no real problems. That’s two wins from two today. But the hardest test is coming tomorrow against New Zealand.Comerford only on about 25 seconds and he scores easily after Kelly stole the ball. Lennox hits the post with the conversion.Unforced error by Mullin as he drops the ball in front of his own posts. Then it’s a scrum to Japan. Poor pass from the scrum though and it goes over Fukushi and out.
More qualified than me, or than just about anyone else, to talk about rugby is John O’Sullivan and he has a handyteam, against South Africa in Paris. It kicks off at 4.30pm. Later Ireland will play Japan at 8pm. Lasting just 14 minutes, it is a quick-fire way to play rugby.is a part of the squad as a familiar face. Ireland need to finish in the top two or as one of the two third-placed teams with the most points to qualify for the quarter-finals.
The biggest differences from the 15-a-side team is that conversions are drop-goal attempts, no kicking from the tee, scrums contested by three forwards and yellow cards mean two minutes in the sinbin. In a tricky group, Ireland are playing New Zealand tomorrow. There are three pools of four teams. Each team plays the other countries in their pool over the first two days of the tournament. The top two teams in each pool qualify for the quarter-final along with the two best third-placed teams. The teams are ranked one to eight for the quarter-final draw. The four teams eliminated at the pool stage go into a consolation tournament where they are joined by the four quarter-final losers.
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