Tony Brown
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It’ll be all black for a while but New Zealand will rise again
- International
- October 28, 2019, 06:00
Some get to pen their own exits, be it Brian O’Driscoll to Derek Pender in our neck of the woods, or in Rugby World Cups most recently there was the A(...)

The Offload: Ireland’s Joe Schmidt rattled rugby’s true elite
- International
- October 21, 2019, 10:00
Schmidt Happens He shook up the world order. Altered the way Irish rugby is perceived from Samoa to Bloemfontein. He gifted the most important people(...)

Gerry Thornley: Japan v Scotland was a magnificent irrelevance
- International
- October 15, 2019, 07:00
Only a game, but what a game. Japan and Scotland served up the best of the 37 pool matches in the last of them. After Typhoon Hagibis, which wreaked s(...)

Rassie Erasmus: ‘Japan are the enemy for one week’
- International
- October 15, 2019, 06:00
“For one week only, Japan is the enemy,” Rassie Erasmus tells the room while outside, the rain drums the footpaths and the leaves fall. The Springboks(...)

Rugby World Cup: Preparation drives Japan’s perfect coup
- International
- October 1, 2019, 06:00
Japan are now a serious factor at their own 2019 World Cup. The conditions and the scheduling already in their favour, now, thanks to a brilliantly pl(...)

Rugby World Cup: Jamie Joseph knows Japan must pile pressure on Jack Carty
- International
- September 26, 2019, 12:32
“Arigato gozaimasu.” Joe Schmidt speaks more Japanese than his opposite number Jamie Joseph. After Schmidt’s media masterclass in Yumeria almost spinn(...)

Rugby World Cup: Jack Carty replaces Johnny Sexton for Japan clash
- Rugby
- September 26, 2019, 05:00
Rugby World Cup Pool A: Japan v Ireland Kick-off: 8.15am, Saturday (Irish time). Venue: Shizuoka Stadium. How to follow: The Irish Times liveblog wil(...)

Tony Brown stresses Japan’s need for speed against Ireland
- Rugby
- September 25, 2019, 16:37
The presumption, after Fiji failed to finish off Australia, was that there would be no alarms and no surprises at this World Cup. That was punctured (...)

Yamanaka and Japan eager to grasp once in a lifetime opportunity
- International
- September 25, 2019, 01:00
Ryohei Yamanaka’s journey to his first World Cup at the age of 31 has been circuitous to say the least. Eight years ago he was a promising outhalf w(...)

Rugby World Cup: Ireland enjoy splendid isolation as they prepare for Japan test
- International
- September 24, 2019, 01:00
Away from the madding crowds, the Irish squad have based themselves in a quaintly Japanese version of Carton House. Set in Fukuroi, 34km from Shizu(...)