Ireland rugby coach Andy Farrell will head into his secondment with the British and Irish Lions on the back of a narrow win over Australia, the team he intends to bring down on next year’s tour. Replacement hooker Gus McCarthy crashed over at the back of a rolling maul for the clinching try in a 22-19 victory in Dublin on Saturday,

Ireland 22 Australia 19 It was a game that Ireland dared not lose as the Irish Rugby Football Union celebrated its 150th anniversary, but Australia came agonisingly close to spoiling the party. In the end it took a late try by replacement hooker Gus McCarthy from a line-out drive to clinch the victory for Andy Farrell’s side,

IRELAND scored a late try to nudge past Australia this afternoon in Dublin. Andy Farrell’s men came back in the second half after a disjointed opening period that saw them trail at the

Ireland fought back from a halftime deficit to mark a 150th anniversary with a scruffy 22-19 victory over Australia on Saturday, sealing the victory in the last eight minutes and denying their former coach Joe Schmidt a winning return.

Ireland beat Australia by 22 points to 19 victory in the Autumn Nations Series finale in Dublin. 30/11/2024. International Rugby.

Ireland had to come from 10-0 down to beat the Wallabies 22-19 in a tense Autumn Nations Series clash at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday.