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That gave Nathan Grey's side a 7-3 lead after 24 minutes – and also served as a wake-up call for a quality Ireland team.<\/p>\n
The favourites knuckled down to take a 11-10 lead into half time before Australian winger \ufeffTim Ryan made a costly error, dropping the ball cold with the try-line beckoning.\ufeff<\/p>\n
James Nicholson, Brian Gleeson, Gus McCarthy and Diarmuid Mangan scored Ireland's tries to complete a bonus point win.<\/p>\n
READ MORE:<\/strong> Coach's savage move after 'diabolical' Dragons flop<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> English great torches 'shambolic' bowling efforts<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Every wicket from Australia v England second Test<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n "Obviously a pretty disappointing result," Australia captain Teddy Wilson said.<\/p>\n "Ireland was strong in that second half. Our first half was a solid performance from the boys, but you've got to be solid for the 80 minutes, not just 40.<\/p>\n "We'll have to look back at it and I'm sure there's a few positives.<\/p>\n NEW PODCAST! Sean Maloney, Morgan Turinui and Stephen Hoiles look at the winners and losers from the Wallabies squad announcement and pay tribute to the Crusaders after a seventh straight Super Rugby title<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/between-two-posts-1\/wallabies-squad-victorious-crusaders\/embed<\/a><\/p>\n "But right now I'm not sure … discipline is definitely a big part of the game and we let too many in our second half and gave them too much ball down our end."<\/p>\n Australia won their opening game against Fiji<\/a> while Ireland drew with England.\ufeff<\/p>\n Australia's next game is against England on Tuesday (10pm AEST).<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"David](\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/35711208-3dde-40be-be59-32411229036d-scaled.jpg\")
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