Ireland tame Japan 36-20 to stretch win streak to six
A new-look Ireland ground out a 36-20 victory over an energetic Japan in the Nations Championship on Saturday to stretch their win streak to six. Five Irish players shared the try-scoring spoils on neutral territory at Newcastle, north of Sydney, to ruin Japan coach Eddie Jones’s return from a four-match ban for abusing match officials. […] The post Ireland tame Japan 36-20 to stretch win streak to six appeared first on The Namibian .
A new-look Ireland ground out a 36-20 victory over an energetic Japan in the Nations Championship on Saturday to stretch their win streak to six.
Five Irish players shared the try-scoring spoils on neutral territory at Newcastle, north of Sydney, to ruin Japan coach Eddie Jones’s return from a four-match ban for abusing match officials.
After their thrilling 33-31 victory over Australia in Sydney last week, where they rallied from behind four times, Ireland tightened up their defence and dominated possession.
But they were still guilty of some silly errors and their set-piece struggled to fire.
They went to the break with a 19-13 lead after a scrappy first-half and stayed focused to complete the job with coach Andy Farrell handing four players — Sean Jansen, Billy Bohan, Sam Illo and Bryn Ward — their debut.
