DUBLIN :Australia face the prospect of a winless tour for the first time in almost 70 years after Saturday’s loss to Ireland made it three in a row and with a tough test against France to come next weekend.

The Wallabies were handed a 46-19 hiding by Ireland in Dublin on Saturday to add to losses earlier in the month against England at Twickenham and Italy in Udine.

They now face four straight northern hemisphere defeats, the first time since 1958 this will have befallen any Wallabies team, when they take on France in Paris next Saturday.

It has been an attritional year for the Wallabies who have lost nine of 14 tests since July, and their performances over the last three tests in Europe have looked to have an element of fatigue, although coach Joe Schmidt was having none of that.

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