Ireland coach Joe Schmidt has received confirmation from World Rugby that three penalties awarded to Japan during Saturday's shock 19-12 defeat to the host nation in Shizuoka were “incorrect calls” by Australian referee Angus Gardner and his match officials. Schmidt revealed that feedback from the sport’s governing body showed three of the four offside calls were made in error. “We were penalised for offside four times and we’ve now got the feedback that three of those were incorrect calls,” said Schmidt. It’s pretty hard to keep getting off the line and onto the front foot when you are getting those calls. “I know that, to a degree, they were happy with how Wayne went in the first game [against Scotland] as well.

Source: Irish Examiner October 01, 2019 16:18 UTC