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Ireland shock Australia with six-try victory in Belfast

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Maya Stewart (R) of Australia reacts following the Women's international test match between Ireland and Australia Wallaroos at Kingspan Stadium on September 14, 2024 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Ireland made light of the women’s world rugby rankings to overpower Australia 36-10 in Belfast.

Scott Bemand’s side, ranked ninth and four places below Australia, scored six tries to kick off the Irish Rugby Football Union’s 150th anniversary celebrations in style.

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Ireland – warming up for the forthcoming WXV1 series – led 17-5 at the break through tries from Aoife Dalton, Aoife Wafer and Eimear Considine.

Australia remained second best after the interval as player of the match Wafer touched down again, either side of tries from Eve Higgins and Cliodhna Moloney.

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Dannah O’Brien and Enya Breen (2) added conversions as Maya Stewart crossed twice for Australia.

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Terry24 26 days ago

Previous 3 matches, Australia had been thumped by NZ and had been beaten convincingly by Canada, and lost to the USA who are also below them in the standings.

Compared with Ireland's steady improvement in recent years and as it was a home match this result or its scale was not a suprise. Irish women are on the up and are getting decent systems in place.

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CN 23 days ago

No doubt the Wallaroos are in a slump, symptomatic of Australian rugby as a whole. WXV2 will tell us exactly where Australia are at, if we don't already know

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EV 5 hours ago
Is this why Ireland and England struggle to win World Cups?

Rassie is an extremely shrewd PR operator but the hype and melodrama is a sideshow to take the attention from the real reason for the Boks dominance.


Utimately the Boks dominate because Rassie and his team are so scientific and so driven. His attention to detail and obsessive analysis smacks of Tom Brady's approach.


He has engineered a system to find and nurture talent from the best schools to the most desolate backwaters. That system has a culture and doctrine very similar to elite military units, it does not tolerate individuals at the expense of the collective.


That machine also churns out three to five world class players in every position. They are encouraged to play in Ireland, England, France and Japan where their performance continues to be monitored according to metrics that is well guarded IP.


Older players are begged to play in the less physical Japanese league as it extends their careers. No Saffa really wants to see Etzebeth or Peter Steph or Pollard play in France or British Isles. And especially not in South Africa, where you just have these big, physical young guns coming out of hyper competitive schools looking for blood.


Last but but no means the least is the rugby public's alignment with the Springbok agenda. We love it when they win between World Cups but there is zero drama if they lose a game or a string of games for the sake of squad depth.


It's taken time to put it together but it has just matured into a relentless machine.

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