GETTY Justin Tipuric put in a man of the match performance in the victory over Ireland

Two penalties in the final quarter from Leigh Halfpenny earned Wales an excellent win in Dublin on Saturday which will move them up to No5 in the world rankings when they are released today, one above England. With Australia sitting at No3 on the back of their Rugby Championship title this season it leaves the hosts as the outsiders - in rankings terms at least - to progress as one of the two qualifiers from the nightmare group. "Talk about pressure of a home World Cup - well, no one has ever, ever played in a pool like that before," said Carling, who led England to the final in 1991 when they were last main World Cup hosts. "I'd like to think we'd win the pool, but I just have this feeling the Aussies have got themselves in very good shape at the right time. They will do very well. "It will be all about who gets it right in those games and deals with that pressure. A huge amount of it will be mental, not physical, and that's where the Aussies are quite smart.

"It's my heart that says us, but then I look at Wales and think they're a very good team. They looked ominously strong against Ireland." Wales led 10-0 inside 26 minutes after two kicks from Halfpenny either side of a pushover try from Justin Tipuric. Ireland, who lost Keith Earls on a stretcher with a cheekbone injury, were level by the interval thanks to a try from the impressive Iain Henderson, but Halfpenny's boot and some desperate late defence gave Wales a morale-boosting away win. Former Wales No8 Scott Quinnell believes Wales are on the right track to progress. "If I had to pick two to go through it would be Wales and Australia, only because there is so much pressure on England to go out there and win this thing," said Quinnell. "The Welsh guys will be expecting, the public will be expecting, but we'll be underdogs and that's the difference. "In 2003 England had a huge amount of pressure on them but they had world-class players everywhere. They had world-class players on the bench. "When you look at this England side and think of the 30-3 loss in Cardiff a couple of years ago and the fact that Wales have won games at Twickenham consistently, which we haven't done since the 70s, it's different.

GETTY Chris Robshaw and England face a huge task if they are to progress through their World Cup group