Ross Byrne's late penalty sees Ireland scrape past Wallabies in Dublin:
ROSS BYRNE HAS watched out-halves go in and out of the Ireland squad over the last year and a bit. His brother Harry, Ciarán Frawley, and Jack Crowley. He has had to bide his time on the outside looking in.
Impressive facts, but this wasn’t a particularly impressive performance. There were moments when it felt like Ireland might let it slip away and end what has been a brilliant year on a deflating note. They needed a big moment of maul defence in the final minute to see this one out. Ireland’s attack stuttered and they even had two attacking chances against 13 defenders in the Australian 22 at one stage in the second half but those spurned opportunities were part of a scrappy display.
Furlong led the defensive effort with his thunderous tackling, Hugo Keenan covered the backfield bravely, but the visitors had a chance to level the game heading into the second quarter after Caelan Doris was caught offside. The Aussie out-half missed to the right. The Wallabies’ injury toll was mounting, however, as Rob Valetini joined Porecki and Paisami in being forced off – Valetini departing after a high tackle on Sheehan that was deemed a penalty only.
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