Aussies braced for second coming as Irish ‘stung’

AUSTRALIA assistant coach Matthew Lappin has forecast an improved display from Ireland in Saturday night’s International Rules Second Test in Croke Park after being stung by media criticism of their display in last Saturday night’s clash in the Gaelic Grounds.

Lappin also expects Anthony Tohill’s side to adopt different tactics after their defensive approach lead to a poor showing in the first test.

“They’ve been stung a little bit by their local media and they’re giving them a little bit. We’d expect those players to fire up. They’ll do some things differently and we’ll sit down as coaches and work out what we think they’ll be and we’ll plan for those. If we were coaching them we would definitely change things up. I thought they started defensively with a spare man and that brought a negative message to them and their players, so I think they won’t do that again this week.”