How the game went. Ireland earned an early lineout from the kickoff. If you wanted to see an upset then the start by Japan was needed. Confident handling and a rapid tempo from the Brave Blossoms created the first chance as a little dink rolled towards the Irish line and Ryoto Nakamura was desperately unlucky as he did not get the bounce of the ball. A big opportunity was missed by Japan to take an early lead as Yu Tamura hooked a straightforward penalty from in front of the posts left. Jack Carty tried a spectacular with a flat cross kick from a penalty trying to pick out Keith Earls. The winger could not quite pull off the spectacular finish and Japan breathed again. A muscular run from Stockdale saw Ireland work it right to left, offloading to Ringrose who almost beat his man around the outside. Japan held firm but their attempt to run it out did not get far and Ireland continued to pile on the pressure. On 14 minutes Carty knew he had a penalty in his pocket and from 15 metres in the front of the posts, the fly-half dinked a lovely cross-kick towards the right-wing, where Ringrose got above his…