O’Mahony believes Ireland will bounce back against All Blacks

Peter O’Mahony has warned his Ireland team-mates they cannot afford to dwell on the mistakes they made in the defeat to New Zealand if they are to make it a closer contest next weekend.

Debutant winger Julian Savea scored a hat-trick for the All Blacks as Ireland had no answer for the pace and power of the world champions’ backline.

O’Mahony, 22, making making his first international start at blindside flanker, acquitted himself well, winning two crucial turnovers as New Zealand swarmed forward, but admitted the tourists contributed to their own downfall. “We’re disappointed,” said O’Mahony. “It was a different pace. The speed of the game was a lot quicker but we did ourselves no favours with the amount of turnovers we gave them.

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“They are too good a team to be turning over ball to them that much.

“We don’t have enough time to keep our heads down or beat ourselves up about everything. We have another Test Saturday and another opportunity. We go back to work.

“It was intense game and hugely physical throughout. We’ve got to cut down the amount of errors and look at our breakdown work. We’ll have a look at it during the week and come up with a few things. They’re a good side, but we’ll be all right. We’ll come back from it.”

Jamie Heaslip also admitted costly turnovers and the All Blacks’ impressive line speed were the two deciding factors.

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“The goal, the thing that everyone is chasing, is quick ball,” said Heaslip. “Their forwards provided a great launching platform with quick ball. With Dan (Carter) pulling the strings, they have really good guys that can hit it up in the middle as well as really good finishers.”

Felipe Contepomi scored a try and added 17 points with his boot as Argentina beat Italy 37-22 in their one-off Test in San Juan.

Delve gets the call as Wales wait for verdict on key winger North

Toby Faletau has been ruled out of Wales’ Australia tour after breaking his hand during yesterday’s first Test defeat in Brisbane.

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The Newport Gwent Dragons No 8 will fly home to have his injury further assessed, with Wales caretaker coach Rob Howley calling up Melbourne Rebels’ Gareth Delve from outside his original 34-man squad.

Former Gloucester captain Delve won the last of his 11 caps in 2010, and he was at the game in a radio commentary capacity.

Wing George North, meanwhile, will undergo intensive treatment on a haematoma to his thigh in a bid to get him fit for the second Test in Melbourne next Saturday.

North was forced off during the first half of yesterday’s encounter, and he is crucial to Wales’ hopes of squaring the series.

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Wales prop Gethin Jenkins has warned his side will need to up the ante.

After being defeated 9-6 by Scotland, the Wallabies hit back against the Six Nations champions at Suncorp Stadium.

“We have to stay tight this week, put in some good training and hit back in Melbourne,” said Wales’ most capped player Jenkins after winning his 88th cap.

“You saw how skilful their players are and we simply can’t afford to give them any chances.

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“They are a very good attacking team and we need to be stronger around the contact area and put more pressure on them at the breakdown. We got our second wind as we got used to the intensity and we have got a chance to build on this.

“The game showed how well you have to play in the Southern Hemisphere where they play at that intensity every week and we have to match that.”

Jenkins called on his team-mates to re-connect with the drive that took them to the grand slam earlier this year.

“We won’t win if we play like that again. It was a fast game, and it suited them, but we went away from our strengths,” he said.