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FUKUROI, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 28: Kotaro Matsushima of Japan is tackled during the Rugby World Cup 2019 Group A game between Japan and Ireland at Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa on September 28, 2019 in Fukuroi, Shizuoka, Japan. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
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Japan fans celebrate after Japan won the 2019 Rugby World Cup Pool A match between Japan and Ireland, at a "fanzone" area in Tokyo on September 28, 2019. (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / AFP) (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Shizuoka , Japan - 28 September 2019; An Ireland supporter reacts after the 2019 Rugby World Cup Pool A match between Japan and Ireland at the Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa in Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. (Photo By Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
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La Rochelle's Irish head coach Ronan O'Gara (C) looks on during the French Top 14 rugby union match between La Rochelle and Stade Francais Paris at the Marcel Deflandre Stadium in La Rochelle, western France, on August 31, 2019. (Photo by XAVIER LEOTY / AFP) (Photo credit should read XAVIER LEOTY/AFP/Getty Images)
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