Players believe they can be greatest ever

A clean sweep from the November Internationals and all looks rosy in the Irish rugby garden.

The big difference between Saturday’s stunning victory and the win over South Africa was Australia played extremely well whereas I think at least 10 of the Springbok players had poor matches while collectively they were unable to react to the tactics and physicality Ireland brought on the day.

Australia, who had been bullied by France the weekend previously, looked like a side determined to settle some wrongs and if they continue to develop under Michael Cheika they will be major World Cup contenders.