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Dominant victory tells Schmidt nothing

Ireland coasted to a six-try, 49-7 victory over Georgia yesterday in a Dublin clash marred by an unpunished stamp to debutant Dominic Ryan’s face.

The hosts were left incensed by flanker Viktor Kolelishvili bringing his boot down on back-rower Ryan’s face but captain Eoin Reddan’s complaints went unheeded by referee JP Doyle.

Ryan somehow escaped serious injury in a scrappy first-half, before Felix Jones claimed a brace and Dave Kilcoyne, Richardt Strauss, Simon Zebo and Stuart Olding all crossed, with Giorgi Nemsadze responding for Georgia.

Leinster scrum-half Reddan was waved away despite telling referee Doyle “I have a very serious question” after Ryan received the boot to the face.

Doyle responded by claiming “I can’t listen to that,” effectively rejecting Reddan’s request for a Television Match Official review.

Ireland will learn little from their routine victory in truth, with boss Joe Schmidt having made 13 changes from the side that saw off South Africa 29-15 a week earlier.

Schmidt’s men host Australia next weekend, with a raft of senior stars all expected to return.

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