World Rugby clears Ireland of accusations levelled by Sunday newspaper

World Rugby has cleared Ireland of accusations levelled by a Sunday newspaper that the IRFU applied pressure on the World Cup organisers to stop the Japan v Scotland match being rearranged in the wake of Typhoon Hagibis.

The IRFU moved on Sunday to describe the claims made in the Sunday Times referring to it being ‘vehemently opposed’ to any rearrangement of the Scotland v Japan World Cup fixture as “completely false”.