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10th May 2017

Ireland fans are very, VERY happy with the World Cup draw

We'll take that!

Darragh Culhane

It could have been a lot worse for Ireland.

On Wednesday morning, the draw for the 2019 Rugby World Cup took place, and it couldn’t have shaped up much better for Ireland.

After a final day win in the Six Nations, Joe Schmidt’s side was guaranteed to be a top seed for the competition but with the second seeds containing serious competition – South Africa and Wales to name but two – the draw could have gone against the Irish team.

Then this happened…

By any reckoning it was the best possible draw Ireland could have got, and Twitter became a happy place for supporters.

https://twitter.com/Bernard9129/status/862228302672658432

https://twitter.com/SteKeatinge/status/862228379621351424

https://twitter.com/domgetxo/status/862224709961879552

https://twitter.com/TheSeanKeyes/status/862223786720075776

https://twitter.com/JimboBohan/status/862222414285025281

The Scotland fans were also very pleased with their lot.

https://twitter.com/DougallChops/status/862228957286064128

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