I was really disappointed in that. I'd been looking forward to a good contest between the two. Ireland have been so up and down since hitting no. 1 late last year I suppose that it was to be expected.
Honestly I was okay with Scotland going out in the pools. It was nice to see Japan go through as group winners and I really didn't fancy the absolute roasting we'd get from the All Blacks.
League actually looks a bit closer to American Football with it's set number of tackles instead of downs. Of course it's a lot faster than NFL which is more explosive than league or union.