Recent results: 2009: Ireland drew 20-20 in Dublin 2008: Australia won 18-12 in Melbourne 2006: Ireland won 21-16 in Dublin 2006: Australia won 37-15 in Perth 2005: Australia won 30-14 in Dublin 2003: Australia won 17-16 in Melbourne 2003: Australia won 45-16 in Perth 2002: Ireland won 18-9 in Dublin
The teams:
Australia: 15 James O'Connor, 14 Drew Mitchell, 13 Rob Horne, 12 Matt Giteau, 11 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Luke Burgess, 8 Richard Brown, 7 David Pocock, 6 Rocky Elsom (c), 5 Mark Chisholm, 4 Dean Mumm, 3 Salesi Ma'afu, 2 Saia Faingaa, 1 Ben Daley. Replacements: 16 Huia Edmonds, 17 James Slipper, 18 Mitchell Chapman, 19 Matt Hodgson, 20 Josh Valentine, 21 Berrick Barnes, 22 Kurtley Beale.
Ireland: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Brian O'Driscoll (c), 12 Paddy Wallace, 11 Andrew Trimble, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Tomas O'Leary, 8 Chris Henry, 7 Shane Jennings, 6 Niall Ronan, 5 Mick O'Driscoll, 4 Donncha O'Callaghan, 3 Tony Buckley, 2 Sean Cronin, 1 Cian Healy. Replacements: 16 Damien Varley, 17 Tom Court, 18 Dan Tuohy, 19 Rhys Ruddock, 20 Eoin Reddan, 21 Ronan O'Gara, 22 Geordan Murphy.
Date: Saturday, June 26 Venue: Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Kick-off: 20.05 AEST (10.05 GMT) Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand) Assistant referees: Wayne Barnes (England), Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
11:00 TV Australia (5/18) v (25) Ireland (4)handicap between 10/12
Without the likes of D'Arcy, Wallace, Heaslip, Ferris, O Connell i can only see one result here and thats a convincing Aussie win even though they were poor v England but Giteau missed a shocker or 2 near the end
If they lose this it'll be 5/6 defeats in a row i think wont it
think they'll get taken apart up front alright BJG, Have to agree the -10 looks the bet
reckon Ireland will see a backlash from last weeks lose to england as well
think they'll get taken apart up front alright BJG, Have to agree the -10 looks the betreckon Ireland will see a backlash from last weeks lose to england as well