#RWC Newsletter: From ROG to Lenihan to Con Houlihan...and media in the buff

Not that Ireland haven’t enough to be getting on with, but there was little evidence in Scotland’s 34-0 defeat of Samoa in Kobe today that Gregor Townsend’s men are ready to rain on Japan’s World Cup parade come their decisive Pool A clash at the World Cup on Sunday October 13th.

That eventuality, of course, appears the only route possible for Ireland to avoid New Zealand in a World Cup quarter-final - presuming there’s no more slip-ups from Joe Schmidt’s men against Russia this Thursday or Samoa on Saturday week.