Attacking young guns Mohamed Toure and Nestory Irankunda made the most of their elevation into the Socceroos’ starting team, both scoring in Australia’s 3-1 win over New Zealand in Auckland on Tuesday night.

Toure netted a brace that included his first international goal in his fourth Socceroos appearance, while teenage sensation Irankunda also found the back of the net as Australia sealed the “Soccer Ashes” with a second victory over the All Whites in less than a week.

The pair had started on the bench in the Socceroos’ 1-0 win Canberra last Friday night, and both made an impact coming on.

Their reward was a start in game two of the series as part of six changes coach Tony Popovic made to his starting team.

Also brought in to play from the opening whistle were fullbacks Lewis Miller a

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