Fucking hell what a game that was. End to end stuff. Both sides made a hell of a lot of errors, this game could easily of ended up a lot different.
This Aus team looks like its becoming the real deal with injuries to come back. Kuridrani by far the stand out 13 in world rugby. When he went off Aus's chances significantly dropped, Beale cost you guys a fair few times. I think come the RWC Aus will be there. The last 10 minutes weren't clinical but your guy Kiss has made Irelands defence rock solid, don't be disconsolate there especially when Cheiks only had three games to have a crack at this team. I reckon an Aussie team in about 12 months time could easily have gotten over the line.
Did significantly better than the Bok's anyway, and thats with your injury depleted squad and a new coach. Things are much brighter than the pessimists make out.