Ireland didn't train at the Tokyo Stadium today, the match venue for tomorrow's Rugby World Cup quarter final against New Zealand.
The squad trained locally instead, with Johnny Sexton kicking on his own at the matchday stadium.
Ireland go into the match having won two of the past three tests between the sides.
The fans, the Fields, the craic, the passion, the cheers, the pride, the green, the best supporters!
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Everyone In on Saturday. We’ll hear you in Tokyo & around the 🌍
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Ireland head coach, Joe Schmidt, is backing his players to deliver a performance.
"I think this team know how to get up for big games," he said.
"I think they have a confidence in each other that they can trust each other, that as long as they do their own jobs other people will get their jobs done.
"That's that's how you build a system and how you build a defence and an attacking kind of platform.
"Do we have to be better? We always have to be better."
