Easy for Ireland as Aussies throw in towel

IRELAND series victories are usually greeted with more fanfare but sadly their excellence has to share the billing with just how wretched their opponents were.

This second Test saw an improvement from the hosts on what they mustered in Melbourne but then anything would have been better than that turgid display.

But then, following on from last week, more records were smashed yesterday, and for all the wrong reasons on Australia’s part.