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Post-match: Australia 6 Ireland 15
Irish fans in party mode, they're dancing in the stands
as a glum group of Australian fans shuffle out.
Post-match: Australia 6 Ireland 15
Ireland's players clap their fans as they spend some time
walking around the field. Anyone would thing they'd just won the
World Cup, what a game!
FT: Australia 6 Ireland 15
A famous win for Ireland and a beaming Irish captain
O'Driscoll pays tribute to the fantastic support his side has
enjoyed tonight. He says it was defence which was critical in the
final 10 minutes, and they know how important their remaining two
pool games will be.
80min: Australia 6 Ireland 15
All over and what an upset! Humongous roar from god knows
how many Irish inside Eden Park, as Bryce Lawrence blows the
whistle.
78min: Australia 6 Ireland 15
Oh it's all happening! Bowe latches on to a Cooper ball
and goes streaking down and is stopped just inside the Aust 22 and
into touch. The Aussie lineout goes astray and the Irish think
they're in for a try but it's a penalty.
75min: Australia 6 Ireland 15
Outstanding Irish defence on their on line as Genia and
Aust hammer away but they're held out. Five minutes to go for Irish
glory.
73min: Australia 6 Ireland 15
Irish scrum has been excellent and has gotten better.
Danger as Aust attack down the left and catch Ireland short in
numbers but Faingaa throws the ball into the third row instead of
finding his winger.
69min: Australia 6 Ireland 15
Aussie scrum under enormous pressure, Ross and Healy getting the
upper hand and Irish penalty right in front, which O'Gara easily
smacks over.
66min: Australia 6 Ireland 12
And the Irish are 5m from the line as big Mike Ross is
held up just short of the line.
63min: Australia 6 Ireland 12
Just as Aust head into the Irish 22, they're pinged and
O'Gara clears.
61min: Australia 6 Ireland 12
Just under 20 minutes out and the crowd can smell the
upset. 'Ireland! Ireland!' chant goes up as the Aussies feel the
pressure at scrum time once more, and penalty. Ronan O'Gara is on
and he's taking this one after Sexton hit the post last time. No
mistake from out in front!
55min: Australia 6 Ireland 9
Cooper shows his brilliance as he nearly sets up the
first try, if not for a forward pass. He moves out to the right and
throws the ball to Ashley-Cooper who is nearly there in the corner
but the ball was forward anyway.
51min: Australia 6 Ireland 9
Aust scrum under more pressure and they're penalised for
going straight down. Right out in front but Sexton has cracked it
off the left upright!
47min: Australia 6 Ireland 9
The pressure is put on Aust and they're caught off-side
at the breakdown. Huge roar as Sexton adds the first points of the
half.
44min: Australia 6 Ireland 6
Sexton drills a low one into the Aussie 22, to keep the
'away side' on their haunches. Aussie lineout has been good
tonight, unlike Ireland's with Best throwing in a couple of
misdirected ones in the first 40.
42min: Australia 6 Ireland 6
Beale goes for a dart down the left hand touch, he's had
a wicked game so far, a big threat.
HT: Australia 6 Ireland 6
An absolutely cracking first half, the crowd have had
their full money's worth. No tries, and all even at six-all with
O'Connor slotting two penalties and Sexton one penalty and a drop
goal. But the forward battle and particularly the scrum was
terrific, with the Irish really starting to put the Aussie forwards
under the pump later in the half.
40min: Australia 6 Ireland 6
Aussie scrum falling to pieces, as Ireland turn it nearly
180, before the ball is out and knocked on by the Aussies. Ireland
have a quick opportunity but the ball is lost forward. Half
time.
36min: Australia 6 Ireland 6
Ireland push the Aussies' scrum back and are penalised,
but from the ensuing lineout, Best throws in a wobbly one.
34min: Australia 6 Ireland 6
The boos ring out as the ref deems Aust have turned the
ball over at the ruck. More numbers at the breakdown but the crowd
can't believe it.
29min: Australia 6 Ireland 6
Cooper shells a high one and it's scrum time, which has
been a fascinating battle so far. Aust are penalised on a
technicality. Sexton can't add any more points from a difficult
spot wide out to the left.
26min: Australia 6 Ireland 6
Ireland struggling to get their hands on the ball and
Aust are keeping it tight in the forwards and Ireland pinged for
fiddling with the ball on the ground. O'Connor misses much to the
delight of the Irish supporters.
23min: Australia 6 Ireland 6
So fast in fact the Irish can't keep up and are caught
offside. O'Connor bangs it over from a handy angle just out to the
left.
20min: Australia 3 Ireland 6
The game's moving at a terrific pace. Aust back down
Ireland's in 22 but the Irish clear away.
17min: Australia 3 Ireland 6
It's deafening as the crowd chant 'Ireland! Ireland!'
O'Driscoll is managing his backs marvellously. Ireland move back
inside the Aussie 22 where Sexton slots an excellent drop
goal.
15min: Australia 3 Ireland 3
Aussies are offside while Ireland are hot on attack and
are penalised. Sexton doesn't miss a second time and it's all
even.
13min: Australia 3 Ireland 0
Sexton has a chance to level but pushes the ball out to
the right, he was quite a distance away around the 40m line.
10min: Australia 3 Ireland 0
Australia have camped down in the Irish 22, and are
putting the hammer down on the scrum. Ireland's scrum looks a bit
shaky and they're penalised. O'Connor doesn't miss from just off to
the right.
7min: Australia 0 Ireland 0
Ireland's fullback Rob Kearney has hammered his opposite
Kurtley Beale in a high tackle - the heat is on! O'Connor has
pulled the penalty shot to the left.
2min: Australia 0 Ireland 0
Electric atmosphere and we're under way and already some
push and shove!
The crowd stands for the anthems, as a massive swell of Irish
supporters belt out a raucous rendition of 'Amhrán na
bhFiann.'
The two teams have gone through their warm-ups and we're eight
minutes from kick-off. Ireland received a huge cheer from this
packed house at Eden Park when they came out to have a
kick-around.
Pre-match:Welcme to tvnz.co.nz's live updates of
this Pool C match between Australia and Ireland from Eden Park in
Auckland.
Ireland: Geordan Murphy, Tommy Bowe, Brian
O'Driscoll, Gordon D'Arcy, Keith Earls, Jonathan Sexton, Conor
Murray, Jamie Heaslip, Shane Jennings, Stephen Ferris, Paul
O'Connell, Donncha O'Callaghan, Mike Ross, Rory Best, Tom
Court.
Reserves: Jerry Flannery, Tony Buckley, Donnacha Ryan, Denis Leamy,
Eoin Reddan, , Jonathan Sexton, Andrew Trimble
Australia: 15 Kurtley Beale, 14 James O'Connor,
13 Anthony Fainga'a, 12 Pat McCabe, 11 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 10 Quade
Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Radike Samo, 7 David Pocock, 6 Rocky Elsom,
5 James Horwill (capt), 4 Dan Vickerman, 3 Ben Alexander, 2 Stephen
Moore, 1 Sekope Kepu.
Replacements:16 Tatafu Polota Nau, 17 James Slipper, 18 Rob
Simmons, 19 Ben McCalman, 20 Scott Higginbotham, 21 Luke Burgess,
22 Drew Mitchell.
