By Damien McCartney and AP
Lebanon manager Michael Cheika was near "disappointed" by the officiating aft an Ireland guardant was allowed to stay connected the tract aft a precocious changeable connected his prima prop, which took him retired of the Rugby League World Cup clash.
Lebanese prop Kayne Kalache was taken to infirmary aft the lucifer and is successful uncertainty for their last excavation crippled against Jamaica aft helium was deed precocious by Titans and Ireland guardant Jaimin Jollife successful the 27th infinitesimal of the Cedar's 32-14 win.
Kalache took nary further portion successful the clash, portion Jollife was penalised and enactment connected report.
READ MORE: Indigenous prima 'devastated' by netball's $15m fiasco
READ MORE: Cricket fable fumes astatine arguable World Cup call
READ MORE: Kohli moved to tears aft insane World Cup rescue act
Post match, Cheika took contented with the information a punishment was the grade of the in-game punishment.
He highlighted the information that 2 players were misdeed binned successful the lucifer for an incidental that was considerably little dangerous.
"I was a small spot disappointed astir that full thing," helium said.
"We had a subordinate sent disconnected for saying thing to the referee. (Kalache) takes a enarthrosis just and quadrate to the caput and thing happens, and our subordinate ends up going to hospital. Go figure.
"He's OK – it was mostly precautionary, (but) he'll person to spell done truly strict protocols to get him backmost up."
The triumph has enactment Lebanon successful the container spot to publication their spot successful the quarter-finals.
It was a lucifer played with a batch of niggle - some sides mislaid a subordinate to the sin-bin aft a scuffle broke retired connected half-time, portion Ireland's Liam Byrne besides spent 10 minutes watching from the sidelines aft helium enactment a precocious changeable connected Mitchell Moses.
Lebanon and Ireland present person a triumph and a loss, but the Cedars volition commencement their past excavation crippled adjacent play arsenic a dense favourite to bushed tourney debutant Jamaica. Ireland meantime indispensable topple unbeaten New Zealand to person a chance.
Moses kicked 10 points and teed up 2 of their 5 tries arsenic helium led the Cedars successful the lack of Adam Doueihi.
He opened the scoring with an aboriginal punishment goal, earlier centre Reece Robinson crossed successful the corner. Moses past sent fullback Jacob Kiraz implicit and the Cedars grabbed a 3rd effort successful 10 minutes erstwhile winger Josh Mansour picked retired centre Brandon Morkos.
Winger Louis Senior went implicit successful the country either broadside of halftime arsenic the Wolfhounds reduced the shortage to 20-10 but Lebanon surged wide again arsenic a fantastic one-handed reverse walk from Moses led to 2nd enactment Elie El-Zakhem touching down.
Winger Abbas Miski efficaciously settled the contention with a effort soon earlier the hr mark, past Irish centre Ed Chamberlain grabbed a consolation score.
Cheika, pulling treble work arsenic the manager of rugby union's Argentina, wasn't getting excessively excited until the Cedars suffice for the quarters, arsenic they did successful 2017.
“I'm a spot of a dampener unluckily - it's not done until it's done,” Cheika said.
Elsewhere, Samoa rebounded from a thrashing from England by thumping Greece, the different newcomer, by 72-4 and 13 tries successful Doncaster.
In the contention to qualify, apt with England from Group A, Samoa leapfrogged France to 2nd place. They conscionable successful a quarterfinal decider connected Monday (AEDT) successful Warrington. Greece finishes against England connected Sunday (AEDT).
Hooker Danny Levi, scrumhalf Chanel Harris-Tavita and centre Tim Lafai each crossed doubly for Samoa, with centre Stephen Crichton besides among the try-scorers and kicking 10 conversions.
For a regular dose of the champion of the breaking quality and exclusive contented from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!