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11th June 2018
04:04pm BST

"I'll tell you why it was like a way I had never seen Australia before. It was Kurtley Beale's tackle on Conor Murray early in the game. "This is a guy who is known for foot-work, ceativity and heads-up rugby. He is a solid defender but he is not generally known for crunching tackles like the one that he made on Murray. "That was when I was like, 'Ah, these guys have all drank the Kool-Aid and it's really happening'."Beale's leveller on Murray as he attempted a wrap-around, and received a pass back from Jordi Murphy, definitely sent a message to his teammates, Ireland and the home crowd that the Wallabies were dialled in. [caption id="attachment_163334" align="aligncenter" width="681"]
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"Australians really love that," Robinson added.
"They love seeing a team like that. We're used to running rugby and really attacking play... what the fans really want to see is a team that is prepared to muscle up and put on some big, but legal, hits."
Beale the enforcer. It was one of five walloping hits that Murray and Joey Carbery had to eat in that opening, 15-minute spell.
Can the Aussies repeat the dose again in Melbourne? If they can carry on with this level of intensity and thunder, there will be a lot of sore Irish bodies come June 23, at tour's end.Explore more on these topics: