Ireland 42-14 Japan: Irish dominate Pool C opener in Women’s World Cup

Ireland: Flood; Parsons, Dalton, Higgins, Costigan; O’Brien, Reilly; O’Dowd, Jones, Djougang, Campbell, Monaghan (co-capt), Tuite, McMahon (co-capt), Hogan.

Replacements: Moloney-MacDonald, Perry, McGrath, Corri-Fallon, Moore, Lane, Breen, McGann.

Japan: Nishimura; Matsumura, Furuta, Hirotsu, Imakugi; Otsuka, Tsukui; Kato, Kuge, Kitano, Sato, Yoshimura, Kawamura, I Nagata (capt), Saito.

Replacements: Taniguchi, Mine, N Nagata, Sakurai, Hosokawa, Abe, Yamamoto, Hatada.

Referee: Clara Munarini (Ita)