World Rugby has cleared Ireland of accusations levelled by a Sunday newspaper that the IRFU applied pressure on the World Cup organisers to stop the Japan v Scotland match being rearranged in the wake of Typhoon Hagibis.

In his daily dispatch Donal reflects on the possible impact of typhoon Hagibis and looks forward to Ireland's crunch clash with Samoa in light fo Scotland's demolition of Russia.

There may be an ill wind blowing his way this weekend but as far as Andrew Porter is concerned the only storm that matters is the one Ireland can produce against Samoa.