McDonnell and Tohill claim lessons learned as ‘soccer’ tactics backfire badly

IRELAND captain Steve McDonnell believes his side will learn from Saturday’s defeat to Australia in Saturday’s unimpressive opening test of the International Rules Series.

The tackle, or more specifically getting caught in possession, has been a huge problem for the Ireland teams over the years.

As a result the hosts opted to play the ball along the ground in an effort to negate one to the biggest assets the Australians bring to the concept.