Ireland ‘heartbroken’ after another WCup knockout loss

TOKYO (AP) — Ireland has failed again at the knockout stage of the Rugby World Cup.
But Saturday’s 46-14 loss to New Zealand in the quarterfinals seemed to cut more deeply than previous failures — with Ireland now 0-8 in World Cup knockout games.
“We wanted to set a bar that no Irish team had done before,” said Ireland captain Rory Best, who played his last World Cup match.
“There were big men in tears,” Best said when describing the Irish locker room. &