Ireland will need season-best effort to make history in Australia

High stakes, high tempo, and an even higher intensity to what has gone before. Joe Schmidt has told his Ireland team of Grand Slam winners they will need to deliver their best performance of the season tomorrow if they are to end the campaign with a series victory over Australia.

The grand finale, at a sold-out Allianz Stadium, will undoubtedly see both sides take the physicality and intensity to a greater level again.

After naming a much-altered team for the job of securing that rare feat, a series win in the southern hemisphere, the Ireland head coach agreed it is going to take something special from his side to beat the Wallabies for a second time this month on home soil.