Getting a handle on the result of Ireland v Australia is a very tough call but there is some value to be had in the tryscorer/anytime lists.

Gut instinct says that Ireland are capable of a medium margin victory – between five and 10 points – but Australia have played much more rugby together in recent months and that could skew things their way.

It’s hard to back a result either way with much confidence.

Looking at those try-scorer/anytime lists, Brian O’Driscoll on the Irish side and Adam Ashley-Cooper, Matt Giteau and Will Genia for the Aussies are the names worthy of closer examination.

O’Driscoll’s price looks slightly on the tight side but the match is set up for him with a good distributor in Paddy Wallace at 12 and an inexperienced Australian centre pairing directly opposite. Add in the fact that he can score from a huge variety of situations and despite the fact that the Aussies will no doubt look to focus on shutting him down, he is value. Keeping him quiet is easier said than done and the 7/2 is the best price by far of any of those at the head of the market.

Leading the next rank in price terms, Ashley-Cooper is also an eye-catcher at 5/1 as his sheer running power makes him a serious try-scoring threat in any game. He is simply a very difficult man to bring down and generally gets a few big yardage gains in every game. One of those could well take him over the Irish line. Should Australia start getting on top, the prices about the half-back pair of Will Genia and Matt Giteau will also look very generous as they play with their heads up – Giteau is small and nimble enough to lie nice and flat – and always have one eye on a gap.

On the other hand, Ireland boast a superb defensive system that  looked very solid through the Grand Slam. They may not find suffocating Australia quite as easy as the Northern Hemisphere sides but neither will the Wallabies find it as easy to penetrate as they did last week against England.

On balance, a small wager on Ireland’s captain to take responsibility is the best value.

Recommended: Two points on Brian O’Driscoll to score a try at any time at 7/2.