Japan coach Jamie Joseph paid glowing tribute to Luke Thompson after the veteran lock delivered an outstanding performance in Saturday's 35-13 defeat to Ireland in the second match of their two test series.Certain sections of the media had questioned Joseph's decision to issue an injury crisis SOS call to the 36-year-old Thompson, who retired from international rugby after the 2015 Rugby World Cup having won 63 caps for Japan."I know during the week there was a negative sentiment around Thommo being part of our team and that he was too old to play at this level," Joseph told the post-match …READ FULL ARTICLE
