You just have to move on, says Rob Kearney

As deflating as it was to lose key players and leaders from their group, Rob Kearney believes Ireland’s reconfigured World Cup squad can still deliver over the tournament’s knockout stages.

The Irish full-back helped his side to a 24-9 victory over France Sunday, scoring the opening try early in the second half that broke the game open as Joe Schmidt’s squad bounced back in style following the losses to injury of captain O’Connell and fly-half Johnny Sexton with replacements Iain Henderson and Ian Madigan at the forefront of the team effort.

A day after centre Jared Payne was ruled out for the rest of the World Cup with a foot fracture, O’Mahony’s tournament was ended three minutes after Kearney’s try when he injured knee ligaments but Kearney said Ireland have no choice but to move on quickly and focus on beating Argentina in this Sunday’s quarter-final back at the Millennium Stadium.