Ireland not ready for ‘onslaught’

INTERNATIONAL RULES WARM-UP:

Colm O’Neill shone with four goals at the Sandringham Football Ground just south of the city. They struck nine in total in a game that became more of an exhibition than a challenge after the first quarter when they led by 25 points. O’Neill and Michael Murphy looked extremely dangerous in the inside line but Earley didn’t see enough to be convinced that his side are yet right to meet the fancied Australians.

“I think we’ve got a little bit of work to do this week. That’s part of the purpose of this game, to identify things that we need to work on and so we’ll review it.