Ireland 26-23 Australia
Date:
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Glen Jackson (NZR)
Attendance: 51,100
Ireland v Australia Match Reports
Ireland held off an Australian fight-back to record a 26-23 victory at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. The win saw Ireland make it a clean sweep – with three wins from three in the Guinness Autumn International series. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- BBC: Schmidt's side complete autumn clean sweep
- Guardian: Ireland’s Paul O’Connell stands firm to squeeze out Australia
- Telegraph: Simon Zebo and Tommy Bowe tries help hosts to another Southern Hempisphere scalp
- Daily Mail: Joe Schmidt's men survive Wallabies fightback to prevail at the Aviva Stadium
- Sky Sports: Ireland hold off Australia in a thriller
- ESPN: Ireland hold in Wallabies thriller
- RTE: Ireland hang on for thrilling win over Australia
- Irish Independent: Brilliant Ireland see off Australia in epic battle
- Sydney Morning Herald: Wallabies lose to Ireland as pressure mounts
Ireland 26-23 Australia - Post-Match Press Conference
Ireland v Australia Match Stats
Ireland (20) 26
Tries: Zebo, Bowe
Conversion: Sexton (2)
Penalties: Sexton (4)
Australia (20) 23
Tries: Phipps (2), Foley
Conversion: Foley
Penalties: Foley (2)
Man of the Match: Paul O'Connell (Ireland)
Ireland Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Jack McGrath
- 2 Rory Best
- 3 Mike Ross
- 4 Devin Toner
- 5 Paul O'Connell (Captain)
- 6 Peter O'Mahony
- 7 Rhys Ruddock
- 8 Jamie Heaslip
Backs
- 9 Conor Murray
- 10 Johnny Sexton
- 11 Simon Zebo
- 12 Gordon D'Arcy
- 13 Robbie Henshaw
- 14 Tommy Bowe
- 15 Rob Kearney
Replacements
- 16 Sean Cronin
- 17 Dave Kilcoyne
- 18 Rodney Ah You
- 19 Dave Foley
- 20 Tommy O'Donnell
- 21 Eoin Reddan
- 22 Ian Madigan
- 23 Felix Jones
Australia Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 James Slipper
- 2 Saia Fainga'a
- 3 Sekope Kepu
- 4 Sam Carter
- 5 Rob Simmons
- 6 Luke Jones
- 7 Michael Hooper (Captain)
- 8 Ben McCalman
Backs
- 9 Nick Phipps
- 10 Bernard Foley
- 11 Henry Speight
- 12 Matt Toomua
- 13 Tevita Kuridrani
- 14 Adam Ashley-Cooper
- 15 Israel Folau
Replacements
- 16 James Hanson
- 17 Tetera Faulkner
- 18 Benn Robinson
- 19 Will Skelton
- 20 Jake Schatz
- 21 Will Genia
- 22 Quade Cooper
- 23 Kurtley Beale