- Autumn Nations Series: Ireland 22-19 Australia
- Irish tough it out after trailing by eight points at half-time
At the finish it wasn’t readily apparent who was at the end of another enervating season and who was not even at the halfway point. It can get like that when the margins are tight and the mind takes over.
For Australia, they were trying to get beyond break-even in their season, another brick in the defensive wall against the Lions next summer. Ireland were in much the same business: two from four this month would not have been a good look. They managed to avoid that stat.
