World No.1's surprise take on beaten Wallabies

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World No.1 Ireland are expecting the Wallabies to travel "all guns blazing" successful Dublin connected Sunday (7am AEDT) aft the daze of their historical nonaccomplishment to Italy successful Florence.

The 28-27 decision has seen Australia driblet from seventh to eighth successful the satellite rankings.

On paper, it is simply a mismatch against a good drilled Ireland broadside that created its ain portion of past this twelvemonth by beating the All Blacks successful New Zealand successful a bid for the archetypal time.

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But the Irish are good alert of the imaginable wrong Dave Rennie's squad, having watched them bushed Scotland and propulsion satellite No.2 France to the brink successful Paris.

"I'm definite they'll beryllium coming retired each guns blazing," Ireland skipper Tadhg Furlong said.

"They're a precise arrogant rugby nation."

Ireland volition beryllium without centre Robbie Henshaw and five-eighth Joey Carbery for the Aviva Stadium lucifer aft some picked up injuries successful the 35-17 triumph implicit Fiji.

Centre Bundee Aki - who played nether Rennie astatine the Chiefs - is disposable for enactment aft serving a suspension portion determination are a fig of cardinal men nether clouds.

"The players who picked up knocks against South Africa (on November 5) - Johnny Sexton, James Ryan, Andrew Porter, Josh van der Flier and Hugo Keenan - volition beryllium monitored crossed the aboriginal portion of the week and re-integrated into grooming according to their idiosyncratic absorption plans," Ireland said successful a statement.

Sean Maloney and Morgan Turinui are backmost for the Autumn Nations Series arsenic they effort to digest the Wallabies decision to Italy, reappraisal each the different planetary clashes implicit the play and look backmost connected an epic RWC last from Eden Park

Ireland manager Andy Farrell wasn't thrilled with his side's show against Fiji and said a pugnacious reappraisal would "focus the mind" against Australia.

"We cognize what's coming. Looking astatine the show with a akin broadside that is astir apt going to beryllium enactment retired against america successful Paris past week, was astir apt much similar it," Farrell said.

"They were precise strong, particularly set-piece-wise they went aft the French and astir got the large 'W' implicit there. That's the benignant of crippled we're expecting."

Sunday's Test volition beryllium peculiarly poignant for Ireland winger Mack Hansen, who was calved and raised successful Australia.

Hansen played intermittently for the Brumbies successful Super Rugby earlier moving to Ireland and ne'er got adjacent to nationalist honours.

The 24-year-old has thrived successful the bluish hemisphere and connected Monday was shortlisted for World Rugby's breakthrough subordinate of the twelvemonth award.

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