Planes, trains and an ageing car: Irish fans push the boat out to make World Cup

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It’s a long way to go for a local derby, but even so, thousands of Irish rugby fans have taken planes, trains, and in one case an ageing car to be in Yokohama for the team’s opening game of theIn the competition for doing it the hard way, first prize is already assured to Clifden restauranteur PJ Heffernan and his wife Maureen, who left Connemara a month ago in a ‘03 registered Chrysler, planning to cover the distance by road.

“Lots of Irish here,” a man with a New Zealand accent noted quietly to his friend, both also sipping coffee. If Joe Schmidt’s team are as well prepared for the tournament as Aoife O’Brien, meanwhile, they should do well. Aoife and her travelling companions Dean Perry and Conor Heaphy, all from Celbridge, have been in Tokyo since Tuesday because, as she put it, “if you’re going to travel half-way around the world to see a game, you might as well enjoy it”.

 

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