Heaslip: Ireland can dent Wallaby World Cup hopes

MONDAY’S draw for the 2011 Rugby World Cup may have been met with delight in Australia but Jamie Heaslip is adamant that Ireland will have something to say about the Wallabies’ tournament hopes when they meet in Pool C.

Italy will join Australia and Ireland in the third of the four pools in three years’ time while further qualifiers from the Americas and Europe will join them in the months to come once the final raft of qualifiers are complete.

The Melbourne Age has described it as the “dream draw” while the Sydney Morning Herald labelled it the “best draw imaginable”.