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The Wallabies turned the corner with their best win of the year on Saturday, a dominant 32-15 triumph over Ireland at a packed Aviva Stadium in Dublin.
It was Australia's first back-to-back win of a forgettable 2013 as they produced a four-try shutout where their much-maligned forwards were powerful and their backline outclassed their Irish rivals.
Skipper Ben Mowen rated it the "most complete performance" under Ewen McKenzie, who now holds a 4-6 Test record.
The only downside was a late red card to outside centre Tevita Kuridrani for a tip tackle on Peter O'Mahony which jeopardises his place on tour with Tests against Scotland and Wales to come.
Energetic flanker Michael Hooper scored two tries, either side of being sin-binned, to be awarded man-of-the-match honours while enigmatic playmaker Quade Cooper continued his return to form in a 17-point display.
Ahead 15-12 at halftime, Cooper scored the try which turned the tussle the Wallabies way when he dummied and stepped through to highlight his team's growing maturity and improvement.
It came after a controversial no-try decision by television match official Geoff Warren who denied Nick Cummins a five-pointer by adjudicating the winger had failed to ground the ball properly.
Australia's much-maligned scrum then took matters into their own hands by wheeling the Irish pack to gain their own 5m feed before setting a perfect platform for Cooper to work his magic.
The Wallabies forwards were also rewarded for their combined efforts with a powerful 10-man driving maul try to Hooper which sealed the result with 12 minutes left.
Stout goalline defence also kept Ireland, not as slick or skilful with the ball as the Australians, tryless in the closing stages when they enjoyed a one-man advantage.
"I think that's our most complete performance to date," No.8 Mowen said. "It was really well balanced in attack and defence.
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