Mercurial first five Quade Cooper admits the Wallabies are in a state of shock after an inspired Ireland turned the Rugby World Cup draw upside down with a famous victory over the Wallabies last night at Eden Park.
Ireland dominated Australia at the set piece to stun the Wallabies 15-6 in Auckland and leave the Tri Nations champions facing a horror draw in the knockout stages.
Second-ranked Australia will likely need to conquer defending champions South Africa in the quarter-finals and then tournament favourites New Zealand in the semis just to make the championship decider on October 23.
Cooper says the road that the Wallabies have from here on in is a tough road but one that everyone's up for.
He adds that the game last night makes you realise this tournament only comes around every four years and losing one game can be detrimental to the rest of the tournament but they're in in a good position that this one game isn't the end of the road for them
