You awake bleary-eyed to another Irish win on the summer tour of 2017: the first test in Japan has ended with a comprehensive 50-22 Irish victory.
The game began at 6am Irish time, so if you haven't seen it, catch all of the Ireland Japan tries below.
Ireland Japan tries
Keith Earls was the star of the show once again, and it was he who made a mockery of his Lions exclusion to score the opening try after 14 minutes. Dan Leavy followed suit with a brace of tries 11 and 14 minutes later respectively, with a fourth try from Jack Conan giving Ireland a commanding 31-3 half-time lead.
Here is the best of action from the first half, courtesy of Eir Sport.
It's been the Keith Earls show at the Ecopa Stadium in the first half. Here's a re-cap of the @IrishRugby scores in the opening 40! #JPNvIRE pic.twitter.com/Rubncsln46
— eirSport (@eirSport) June 17, 2017
Ireland then ran in another couple of tries in the second-half: Conan touched down a second time five minutes after the break, before Japan scored their first try:
TRY @JRFURugby!
60: Japan 10-38 Ireland. Is that just a consolation for the hosts? The final 20 minutes is LIVE now on eir Sport 2! #JPNvIRE pic.twitter.com/zSQsj9pYqb— eirSport (@eirSport) June 17, 2017
Ireland responded quickly with a Garry Ringrose try, before Keith Earls scored his ninth international try of the season five minutes later.
Congratulations to @KEITHEARLS87 on a record number of tries in a season for an Irish player (9). What a season he has had! #JPNvIRE pic.twitter.com/TrHInkRMbb
— eirSport (@eirSport) June 17, 2017
Japan burnished the scoreboard somewhat with a brace of tries, but it was a fine afternoon's work from Ireland.
How's that as a Saturday morning wake-up call?
