Australia v Ireland – Match Stats:

All-time record: 29; Ireland won 8, Australia won 20, one match drawn

Biggest winning margin: Aus: 36, 46-10 at Brisbane, 1999; Ire: 15, 27-12 at Brisbane, 1979

Highest score: Aus: 36, 46-10 at Brisbane, 1999; Ire: 15, 27-12at Brisbane, 1979

Most tries: Aus: 6, 46-10 at Brisbane, 1999, 45-16 at Perth, 2003, 33-13 at Brisbane 1994; Ire: 3, 26-32 at Perth, 1999

Most points (individual): Aus: 64 Michael Lynagh; Ire: 68 Ronan O’Gara

Most tries (individual): Aus: 4 David Campese, Chris Latham; Ire: 3 Brian O’Driscoll

Most points in a Test: Aus: 20 Elton Flatley, Perth 2003; Ire: 19 Ollie Campbell, Brisbane 1979

Previous World Cup meetings: Four (Aus 33-15, Sydney, 1987; Aus 19-18 Ire, Dublin, 1991; Aus 23-3 Ire, Dublin, 1999; Aus 17-16 Ire, Melbourne, 2003)

Aus-Ire Match Stats (ESPN)

The OECD says a “near negligible amount” of time is devoted to modern foreign languages in the Republic, compared to other EU states where it accounts for 9 per cent of instruction time.

By contrast, 10 per cent of compulsory teaching time was devoted to religion in the Republic, the second highest (after Israel) among the countries surveyed.

 

Teachers’ Pay in Republic Among Highest In World (Sean Flynn, Irish Times)

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Brandon Wright was riding east on U.S. Highway 89 about 11:40 a.m., when a driver steered his BMW 530XI into the motorcycle’s path from a parking lot across the street from the Utah State University campus, said Assistant Logan Police Chief Jeff Curtis. The driver of the BMW did not see Wright, who laid down his bike and slid into the car.

The motorcycle and Wright were pulled under the car, where the motorcycle’s gas line was severed, causing the bike and the car to catch fire while he was trapped underneath, Curtis said.

At which point, several fearless bystanders sprang into action.

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Bystanders lift burning car to rescue injured motorcyclist in Logan (The Salt Lake Tribune)

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