Lack of physical power a major concern for O’Keeffe

IT’S clear Irish manager John O’Keeffe is worried about the size of the task facing his team over the next two Fridays here in Australia.

He readily admits that they are short in physical power and that in key aspects of play they have been found wanting in the past. In brief, he is telling his players avoid a repetition of 'silly mistakes,' which he feels cost them victory in the home series twelve months ago.

O'Keeffe quoted one interesting statistic that the Australians tackled three times more than his team in the two tests in Croke Park and said that he wasn't surprised by that.