Typhoon Hagibis not knocking Irish plans

Ireland are carrying on regardless as they wait for guidance from World Rugby on whether Typhoon Hagibis will affect their final pool game against Samoa on Saturday in Fukuoka.

A statement from the Rugby World Cup organisers yesterday said the latest reports from meteorologists indicated the storm classified as a super typhoon and described as one of the most explosive on record was now tracking away from Fukuoka on Japan’s southern Kyushu Island and was heading north and east towards Tokyo and Yokohama on Sunday.