CHIBA – Ireland wants to take it one match at a time in its Rugby World Cup group stage but has already singled out host Japan as a tough opponent in Pool A, head coach Joe Schmidt said.
The current world No. 1 opens its campaign on Sept. 22 in Yokohama against familiar foe Scotland before taking on Japan less than a week later.
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