Ireland's women's team have drawn their summer series 1-all against Japan.
Rinka Matsuda scored two tries to help Japan beat the tourists by 29-points to 10 in Toyko.
Natasja Behan and Katie O'Dwyer crossed the whitewash in either half for Ireland,
Not the result we wanted tonight, as we draw the two-match Test Series with Japan 1-1.
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As reported by RTÉ Sport, Ireland failed to hit the heights of last week's demolition of Japan.
While the tourists briefly held the lead from an early Natasja Behan try, they were second-best throughout, badly missing the injured Sam Monaghan and Dorothy Wall in particular, and struggling at the breakdown, where they were guilty of conceding several costly penalties.
The hosts ran in for five tries to cap off their final home game before the World Cup in New Zealand, the first two of which saw Ireland sliced open off first-phase possession.
Discipline cost Ireland throughout, and they were lucky to keep 15 players on the field with captain Nichola Fryday given two 'final' warnings by referee Lauren Jenner.
A tour that gave debuts to several players and much has been learned by head coach, Greg McWilliams.
