Captained by James Hird, however, the Australian side scored a memorable win in the first Test match, coming from 9 points down at half time and 6 points down at three quarter time, despite the fact the only goal of the match came from the home side's Graham Geraghty in the second quarter.

To their credit, Ireland clawed back to 14 points down eight minutes into the last quarter, through two overs to Dermot Earley and one to Seamus Moynihan.

Source: Footy Stats[1] Cormac Sullivan, Finbar Cullen, Darren Fay, Sean Marty Lockhart Sean Og de Paor, Eoin Sexton, Anthony Rainbow, Seamus Moynihan Anthony Tohill, Paidraig Joyce, Trevor Giles (C), Dermot Earley, Larry Reilly Graham Geraghty, Peter Canavan, Gerard Cavlan, Mark Crossan Eoin Gormley, Kieran McGeeney, Paul McGrane, Ciaran McManus, Brian Stynes Jason Akermanis, Justin Blumfield, Craig Bradley, Nathan Brown, Wayne Campbell,

Blake Caracella, Trent Croad, Simon Goodwin, Damien Hardwick, Brent Harvey,

Chris Heffernan, James Hird (C), Brad Johnson, Andrew Kellaway (GK), David King,