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He has a leg injury.Zebo got what? 65 mins this summer? Looks ominous for him.
Zebo got what? 65 mins this summer? Looks ominous for him.
More he was nursing an injury since start of tour as was evident by strapping vs USA and replaced last week with it.Zebo got what? 65 mins this summer? Looks ominous for him.
Agreed with most here Snoop.Strong selection.
Slightly surprised that Andrew Porter is on the bench ahead of Finlay Bealham for the second time this summer. Bealham has become a very good player and is still quite young for a tighthead so Porter must be massively rated.
Also a little surprised that Niall Scannell doesn't start again. He should be pushing Rory Best hard next year and could do with as many starts as possible.
Really happy with the decision at second row to start Kieran Treadwell and give James Ryan another shot off the bench. It's not beyond the realms of possibility that Treadwell, Ryan, Iain Henderson and Ultan Dillane will all have pushed ahead of Devin Toner before the end of next season. That said, I'd delighted for Toner in winning his 50th cap. It's a hell of an achievement in a position where Ireland were so strong for most of his pro career.
Hope Luke Marshall goes well alongside his Ulster teammate Paddy Jackson. He's massively talented but his Ireland career has never really taken off.
Le XV de départ japonais:
1-Shintaro Ishihara (Suntory Sungoliath, 5 caps) 2-Yusuke Niwai (Sunwolves, 2 caps) 3-Takuma Asahara (Sunwolves, 7 caps) 4-Luke Thompson (Kintetsu Liners, 63 caps) 5-Uwe Helu (Sunwolves, 5 caps) 6-(c) Michael Leitch (Chiefs, 49 caps) 7-Shuhei Matsuhashi (Sunwolves, 7 caps) 8-Amanaki Lelei Mafi (Rebels, 15 caps) 9-Yutaka Nagare (Sunwolves, 5 caps) 10-Jumpei Ogura (Sunwolves, 3 caps) 11-Kenki Fukuoka (Sunwolves, 21 caps) 12-Yu Tamura (Sunwolves, 44 caps) 13-Kotaro Matsushima (Sunwolves, 24 caps) 14-Akihito Yamada (Panasonic Wild Knights, 22 caps) 15-Ryuji Noguchi (Tokai Univ., 10 caps)
Remplaçants:
16-Shota Horie (Sunwolves, 51 caps) 17-Keita Inagaki (Sunwolves, 15 caps) 18-Takayuki Watanabe (Kobelco Steelers, 9 caps) 19-Kotaro Yatabe (Sunwolves, 14 caps) 20-Yoshitaka Tokunaga (Sunwolves, 6 caps) 21-Fumiaki Tanaka (Sunwolves, 60 caps) 22-Rikiya Matsuda (Panasonic Wild Knights, 8 caps) 23-Ryohei Yamanaka (Sunwolves, 10 caps)
He wasn't bad. Back three is the area Ireland could do with a shake up and in my opinion, Jacob Stockdale forwarded his position more than Tiernan O'Halloran and Andrew Conway. I thought O'Halloran offered more of a spark in attack than Conway but Conway was more productive in defence. Stockdale was more imposing than both of them.I'd add Conway to list too Snoop. Was impressed by him
True but key is hitting form at right time as competition is crazy there and at 6 7 8.He wasn't bad. Back three is the area Ireland could do with a shake up and in my opinion, Jacob Stockdale forwarded his position more than Tiernan O'Halloran and Andrew Conway. I thought O'Halloran offered more of a spark in attack than Conway but Conway was more productive in defence. Stockdale was more imposing than both of them.