537 : Japan v Ireland wrap

Pat Foley

Scrappy game from Ireland v Japan, but a win for Ireland 36 -20

Craig Grehan

A win is a win

Joe Lyons

Casey is just not at the standard needed Doak needs to be in asap

Frawley showed what Leo Stu and Faz have said for past 8 years he’s NOT A 10 he’s a good utility player

Jansen looks like a good option at 6/8

Illo was impressive both in open play and set piece

Gavin Little

Post World Cup I can see a big shake up in Farrells assistant coaches. Scrum, Lineout and Attack all going backwards.

Jackie McEachern

Great to get the BP win but lots and lots and lots to work on.

David Keyes

If WC was on now and we had to use that team versus the minnos we are due to play we’d struggle and as no 3 in the world its not good enough. We produced so many schoolboy errors today I lost count.

Christy O’Connor

The coaching staff have had 3 years to get the set pieces sorted out and it’s only gotten worse. Something drastic needs to change. We have so many Irish coaches that are plying their trade with top teams in Europe and SA, but yet we have a bunch of lads that have never coached ever at any level and are now coaching the Irish team. It’s bonkers

Richard Farrell

Line out has gone from stable to a mess

Greg Kelly

Casey doesn’t have the pass selection, quality or variety for this level and it hurt our attack. Never a game you felt we would lose and Japan actually brought very little to the table.

A serious worry going forward is our reputation at the scrum. All the 50/50s go against us now and it’s hurting us.

Wednesday

80+ column

Thursday

New Zealand v Ireland preview