Bad news for James Ryan August 3, 2020 1 By Neil Out for 3 months after injury sustained in training. Source: Leinster lock Ryan out for up to three months Share this:TwitterFacebookWhatsAppEmailLike this:Like Loading...
Joe Schmidt’s big thing is precision and when Ireland needed some it just wasn’t there. Because of that controlled possession was beyond Ireland’s reach. A few examples came late in the game as Ireland pressed for a try 16-12 down. After eight phases with Ireland aggressively pushing forward and under the Japanese posts Irish lock James Ryan becomes isolated with at least three Japanese bodies over him and no green shirts. Penalty Japan. After 77 minutes Ireland are again desperately pressing forward and go through 15 phases. The ball is again recycled through Carbey to Jordan Larmour. His pass is intercepted by Kenki Fukuoka and had Ireland not had the pace of Keith Earls to chase him down it was a converted try to Japan under the posts.