Ireland Sevens side hoping to make it third time lucky

Anthony Eddy’s side lost convincingly to South Africa in their opening game on Monday morning and they followed it up with a 19-17 defeat to the USA at the same venue half-a-dozen hours later.

Ireland's Hugo Lennox and Martin Iosefo of USA

Ireland’s men’s sevens side will have to see off Kenya in their last pool game at the Tokyo Stadium in the early hours of Tuesday morning (kick-off 3am Irish time) if they are to make it into the tournament semi-finals.

Anthony Eddy’s side had already lost convincingly to South Africa in their opening game on Monday morning and they followed it up with a 19-17 defeat to the USA at the same venue half-a-dozen hours later.