Schmidt confident Carty will have Ireland on front foot to face Japan threat

Joe Schmidt backed a cool and calm Jack Carty to run the Ireland show in Johnny Sexton’s absence as part of the head coach’s plan to ruin Japan’s World Cup party at Stadium Ecopa tomorrow (8.15am Irish time).

Schmidt waxed lyrical about the Connacht playmaker as he announced his team to face the hosts on home turf, his selection of Joey Carbery as replacement fly-half a further endorsement of his faith in Ireland’s increasing ability to make do without their first-choice number 10.