Australia can improve, warns Crawford

SHANE CRAWFORD, captain of the Australian team which is close to making history against Ireland in the second test in the International Rules Series in Melbourne tomorrow, is almost afraid to think of what it will be like to win.

And manager Gary Lyon doesn't want to think of losing.

The one thing Crawford is reasonably confident about is that the home team can better their form from the first Test: "Like the Irish, we feel there is a bit of improvement in us. We will be hopeful of being able to use the ball a little bit better and not give the Irish such a big early start," he said.