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SPAIN & GAIN
Irish Daily Mirror
|September 01, 2025
Win earns Ireland place in the quarters & coach Scott says there is more to come
IRELAND coach Scott Bemand insisted his team are ready for tougher tests after reaching the World Cup quarterfinals with a 43-27 victory over Spain at Franklin's Gardens.
Hard-fought bonus-point wins against Japan and a determined Las Leonas have secured a spot in the knockout phase, but first tournament heavyweights New Zealand must be faced in Brighton.
“To get a bonus-point win - at the start of the day I would have bit your hand off for that,’ Bemand said.
“Getting into a World Cup quarterfinal was something ‘we wanted to achieve and we wanted to achieve it at the first possible chance, so two games in.
This story is from the September 01, 2025 edition of Irish Daily Mirror.
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