Horgan: 'We've still got a lot to 証明する'

Shane Horgan has brought jubilant Ireland 衝突，墜落ing 支援する 負かす／撃墜する to earth by 警告: "We're not the finished article." The Irish opened their November international run with a 32-15 mauling of shambolic South Africa, 示唆するing they may at last be realising their 広大な 可能性のある.

Victory over Australia at Lansdowne Road on Sunday would give them another prized - and rare -southern 半球 scalp as the countdown to next year's World Cup continues.

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And powerful Leinster winger Horgan, who was in 難破させるing-ball form against the Springboks, 主張するs 期待 需要・要求するs their scintillating form is 持続するd. He said: "Our 業績／成果 against South Africa was up there but we're certainly not the finished article. There's a long way to go for this team.

"We gave away points in the second half that we shouldn't have done. On very few occasions did they 提起する／ポーズをとる a 脅し to us. For that 推論する／理由, it was

disappointing that we gave away the points we did.

"We had 適切な時期s to 得点する／非難する／２０ more tries. It was a good 勝利，勝つ but it's only the starting 封鎖する. There's more to work on. We're not patting each other on the 支援する just yet.

"勝利，勝つs like this over the southern 半球 have been rare for us. When I first started playing for Ireland, they just didn't happen. But there's an 期待 on this team that's developed over the past couple of years.

"We were favourites to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 South Africa and I don't know the last time Ireland were favourites against the southern 半球. It's a healthy position for us to be in.

"But with that comes 責任／義務. We have to 成し遂げる and get results against these teams. We have to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 them a s it's no longer good enough to lose 辛うじて."

Australia 労働d to a 25-18 victory over Italy on Saturday, a 業績／成果 that has hardly sent shockwaves around Dublin. Ireland's dynamic 陳列する，発揮する against the Springboks might see them 任命する／導入するd as favourites against a Tri-Nations team for the second week in succession, even though the Wallabies are at の近くに to 十分な strength.

Horgan 追加するd: "We'll know a little bit more about where we are after we've played Australia. It's still 早期に in the season and it's a 抱擁する season and a big year. There will be highs and lows but we just need to keep the 不平等 between those as low as possible. We need to 持続する as high a 基準 as possible.

"Australia will be a 抱擁する 実験（する） for us. They play a very different game to South Africa. They give you いっそう少なく chances of making line breaks. They're very solid in defence and they defend 異なって from South Africa. They're very smart and are very 井戸／弁護士席 用意が出来ている. They know what you're going to throw at them."

One of the 批評s frequently levelled at Ireland was their 無（不）能 to compete with 競争相手s ーに関して／ーの点でs of size, but they 取り去る／解体するd the bigger South Africa pack on Saturday. Horgan is delighted his 味方する are no longer いじめ（る）d but 主張するs there is still more work to be done in the gym between now and the World Cup.

He said: "There's still a gap there. We've taken 抱擁する strides 今後 in the last few years. That's a credit to our fitness staff, both in the 州s and with Ireland. We're developing and are no longer playing with the 恐れる of 存在 いじめ（る）d by 対抗者s. But we're still not やめる up there but we 計画（する） to be up there for the World Cup."