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Japan face off against Ireland in Rugby World Cup on Sat 28th September 2019 at . Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 08:15. In South Africa it’s at 09:15 SAST, 19:15 NZST in New Zealand, 17:15 AEST in Australia and 00:15 EST in the US.
Ireland won the last encounter but Ireland are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture, Ireland sits at 3 in the World Rugby Rankings, while Japan holds 12.
The two sides are separated by 9 places in the rankings with Japan in position 12 and Ireland in position 3 as such Ireland are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Japan vs Ireland will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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