Ireland may have scrapped their way to a 22-19 victory over Australia, but head coach Andy Farrell said he was "proud" of the manner in which his side had triumphed "in adversity". A sloppy first-half with many handling errors left Ireland trailing 13-5 to an Australia side coached by their former handler Joe Schmidt.

Ireland rugby coach Andy Farrell will head into his secondment with the British and Irish Lions on the back of a narrow win over Australia, the team he intends to bring down on next year’s tour. Replacement hooker Gus McCarthy crashed over at the back of a rolling maul for the clinching try in a 22-19 victory in Dublin on Saturday,

IRELAND scored a late try to nudge past Australia this afternoon in Dublin. Andy Farrell’s men came back in the second half after a disjointed opening period that saw them trail at the