Timoney: Beaten Aussies will have a point to prove

It will be a case of moving on swiftly for Ireland ahead of their final Test of the year against Australia next week, according to Nick Timoney after his Man of the Match perfomance in Saturday's 35-17 win over Fiji at Lansdowne Road.

Two tries from Timoney off driving mauls along with touchdowns from Robert Baloucoune, Mack Hansen and Cian Healy handed Ireland victory over a visiting side that were reduced to 14 men in the second period.

In a team that showed nine changes from the one that beat World Champions South Africa last week, Ireland were at times disjointed and illdisciplined in their play - something Timoney reckons they will need to correct before taking on an Australia side who lost by a point to Italy in sensational fashion on Saturday.

"It's about sort of taking the enjoyment from today but then you've got to be back ready to go on Monday so it's a pretty quick turnaround," the Ulster flanker told RTÉ Radio One's Saturday Sport.

"In international rugby, the standards are high so you can't afford to be down a peg or two.

"I'm sure we'll review this Monday morning. We'll probably all have watched it before we get back into camp Sunday evening and then we'll start focusing on Australia to see how much they're improving and if they lost today I'm sure they'll have a point to prove next week."

Despite the uneven performance against Fiji, Timoney insisted Ireland were not taken by surprise by the visitors' energy.

"We knew it was going to be tough. We saw what they brought last week, we know a lot of their players are world class in what they can be bring," he said. "We expected nothing less. In fairness they gave it to us. We came away with the result in the end.

"There's obviously loads we could work on, some of our