Defensive coach Mark McCall has called on Ireland to take tomorrow’s second Test with Japan by the scruff of the neck.

Stand-in Ireland coach Niall O’Donovan does not want his squad to get lost in transition as their season comes to a close in Tokyo.

The Irish team trained today in Osaka University just as Japan named their team for Sunday's first Test prior to the IRB deadline.

French coach Bernard Laporte extended his congratulations to Japan after the Cherry Blossoms put up a heroic show in Townsville tonight.