Fighting Irish leave us wanting more

Australia 56 (0-17-5) Ireland 46 (2-9-7)

International Rules has had its fair share of pillorying. A lot of the times, justifiable criticism too. But on this occasion it earned its garlands. This left us wanting more.

Both teams seemed dissatisfied too the contest had to end on a balmy evening in Subiaco’s Patersons Stadium: Ireland because they had left it too late to discover playing their natural game was best practice; Australia for the fact they wanted to see what would be thrown at them in a second test.