Andy Farrell admits Ireland have “a lot to do” ahead of next year’s World Cup after ending a stellar 2022 with an unconvincing 13-10 win from a disjointed “dogfight” against Australia. Replacement fly-half Ross Byrne marked his late elevation to the bench by landing a tricky 77th-minute penalty to earn the below-par Irish a record-equalling 12th successive home victory. “We can pull it apart and we will do and we will learn from all sorts of aspects of the game. Ross Byrne celebrates after kicking a late penalty to win the game (Brian Lawless/PA)“It’s awesome for him,” Farrell said of Byrne. We played a lot of good footy tonight but not a lot of reward.”

Source: The Herald November 19, 2022 23:55 UTC