The Wallabies have been left devastated in Dublin after dropping a nail-biter to Eire 22-19 to finish their 2024 marketing campaign.
After taking a 13-5 lead into half-time, Joe Schmidt’s Wallabies weren’t capable of hold on as Eire, with a bought out crowd behind them at Lansdowne Highway filled with Guinness and celebrating 150 years of Irish rugby, slowly crept their approach again into the competition and finally took the lead thanks to 2 second-half tries.
The Wallabies had a few late alternatives to discover a late winner, however couldn’t ice the second as Eire held on.
“We had loads of alternatives there that we didn’t take,” Wallabies skipper Harry Wilson mentioned.
“I believed we performed some actually good footy in opposition to a high quality outfit, however that hurts.”
Cian Healy celebrates Eire’s late win over Australia on the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. (Photograph By Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile through Getty Photographs)
Irish skipper Caelan Doris, who acquired the house facet going within the second half with the primary attempt underneath the sticks, was naturally jubilant following the hard-fought win.
“There’s aid, however there’s undoubtedly enjoyment too,” mentioned Doris, the favorite to put on the No.8 jersey in opposition to the Wallabies in subsequent yr’s Lions collection in Australia.
“They’re a high quality facet, Joe Schmidt-coached, they’re at all times going to be a troublesome process. Their assault was proper up there, it was a problem for our defence. It was a correct forwards and backwards all through and I’m delighted with the end result.”
The three-point win was Eire’s second straight on the venue, having held on in opposition to Dave Rennie’s coached Wallabies in 2022.
