Ireland coach Andy Farrell will head into his secondment with the British and Irish Lions on the back of a narrow win over Australia, the team he intends to bring down on next year’s tour.

Ireland boss Andy Farrell had no time for sentiment after signing off his side's Autumn Nations Series campaign with a 22-19 win over Australia.

Ireland concluded their Autumn Nations Series campaign with a hard-fought 22-19 win over Australia at Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

Ireland fought back from a halftime deficit to mark a 150th anniversary with a scruffy 22-19 victory over Australia on Saturday, sealing the victory in the last eight minutes and denying their former coach Joe Schmidt a winning return.

Ireland head coach Andy Farrell has detailed his pride at how his side ground out a tough 22-19 win over the Wallabies, despite claiming his side “felt sorry for themselves” at the Aviva Stadium. Farrell’s men had to come back from a 13-5 deficit at half-time,

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Ireland showed character to deny former coach Joe Schmidt a winning return to Lansdowne Road on Saturday by edging Australia 22-19 in a scrappy encounter in their one-off rugby Test. "It's a quality side,