Wallabies coach predicts strong Irish team
Wallabies assistant coach Jim Williams, a man with intimate knowledge of Irish rugby, believes Australia will face the strongest available Ireland team in the two-Test series later this month.
Williams has joined the Wallabies coaching staff after holding a similar position at Irish club Munster, who recently won the Heineken Cup, the major trophy in European club and inter-provincial rugby.
Ireland finished only fourth in the Six Nations and didn't progress beyond the pool stage of last year's World Cup, but Williams and fellow assistant Michael Foley expect them to provide stern opposition in the coming Test.
While some northern hemisphere nations have dispatched woefully understrength teams to Australia in recent years, Williams stressed that wasn't the case with the current Ireland squad....
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