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Guiness or not Guiness to follow the matches of the World Cup in the morning in Ireland? GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP

Ireland this Sunday entered the Rugby World Cup. The XV of Trefoil faces Scotland at 9:45 (Paris time), an hour less in Dublin. A schedule too early to support the national team in pubs, beer in hand, according to custom. Most of the pool matches will take place before noon for Ireland: 8:15 against Japan next Saturday, and 11:15 against Russia on 3 October. A real problem for Irish pubs?

With our correspondent in Dublin , Emeline Vin

The Connollys airs all the matches of the teams of Ireland, all sports confused. To take advantage of this Rugby World Cup and its morning games, owner Peter Connolly traded Guinness for coffee. " We were wondering what we could do, with matches so early. The grocery store next door will make sausage sandwiches for breakfast. Those who come have to pay € 10, and they will have a sandwich, a coffee, and a token to take a pint, later in the day. We have thirty reservations, I think about twenty people will be added. With a match at the normal time, the pub is packed, you have to be 150. "

Strongly the quarter-finals ...

Open, without selling alcohol, is a gray area of ​​legislation. Guinness or not Guinness, Collin, a regular at home, is looking forward to attending the games of his team. " It's true that alcohol makes everything fun, but a coffee, a sandwich, it will be very good. I usually get up early so it suits me! Here, there will necessarily be a world, an atmosphere. Whereas if you watch the game at home, you have no one to talk to .

Come to read the sports newspaper in the pub, Simon will not have the same courage. " Oh no, I stay at home. The match is way too early to go to the pub. I wake up at 8 am, watch the game, then go back to bed, it will be just fine. "

His hope is that Ireland reach the quarter-finals. The meetings are scheduled late morning, an acceptable time to afford a pint.