Ireland v Australia

Date:

Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)

Attendance: 51,000

Ireland v Australia Match Reports

Ireland closed their autumn series with a 13-10 victory over Australia in a scrappy encounter at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. The hosts suffered a blow prior to kick-off when Johnny Sexton was ruled out through injury with Jack Crowley taking his place. The replacement fly-half struck a penalty kick in the 10th minute to give Ireland the lead and calm any nerves. Despite Australia having the majority of possession, the first half ended 3-0 to Ireland. Bernard Foley levelled the score for the Wallabies with a penalty kick in the 55th minute. Bundee Aki crashed over from short range to score Ireland's only try in the 67th minute. The Wallabies immediately replied with a try from Jordan Petaia, which Foley converted to level the game again. With just four minutes remaining, Ross Byrne stepped up and kicked a difficult penalty to put Ireland on course for victory. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Ireland v Australia - Match Highlights

Ireland v Australia - Match Stats

Ireland (3) 13
Try: Aki (67')
Conversion: Crowley (68')
Penalty: Crowley (10'), Byrne (76')

Australia (0) 10
Try: Petaia (70')
Conversion: Foley (72')
Penalty: Foley (55')

Man of the match: Caelan Doris (Ireland)


Ireland v Australia - Team Line-ups

Ireland Team

Forwards

  • 1 Andrew Porter
  • 2 Dan Sheehan
  • 3 Tadhg Furlong
  • 4 Tadhg Beirne
  • 5 James Ryan
  • 6 Peter O'Mahony (Captain)
  • 7 Josh van der Flier
  • 8 Caelan Doris

Backs

  • 9 Jamison Gibson Park
  • 10 Jack Crowley
  • 11 Jimmy O'Brien
  • 12 Stuart McCloskey
  • 13 Garry Ringrose
  • 14 Mack Hansen
  • 15 Hugo Keenan

Replacements

  • 16 Rob Herring
  • 17 Cian Healy
  • 18 Finlay Bealham
  • 19 Joe McCarthy
  • 20 Jack Conan
  • 21 Craig Casey
  • 22 Ross Byrne
  • 23 Bundee Aki

Australia Team

Forwards

  • 1 James Slipper (Captain)
  • 2 David Porecki
  • 3 Allan Alaalatoa
  • 4 Nick Frost
  • 5 Cadeyrn Neville
  • 6 Jed Holloway
  • 7 Michael Hooper
  • 8 Rob Valetini

Backs

  • 9 Nic White
  • 10 Bernard Foley
  • 11 Tom Wright
  • 12 Hunter Paisami
  • 13 Len Ikitau
  • 14 Mark Nawaqanitawase
  • 15 Andrew Kellaway

Replacements

  • 16 Folau Fainga'a
  • 17 Tom Robertson
  • 18 Taniela Tupou
  • 19 Will Skelton
  • 20 Pete Samu
  • 21 Jake Gordon
  • 22 Noah Lolesio
  • 23 Jordan Petaia