The Aussies fell short by a single point in Friday night's nail-biter, after twice falling behind before surging close to half time and full time.
The Irish clearly had a plan that involved more long kicking than the hosts, but Harvey said there would be no major changes to the Australian approach, although there were some finer points of the different rules that needed some sharpening up.
"We haven't really spoken about it, but I think we've got a video Monday night where Mick (Australian coach Mick Malthouse) will go through and address all that sort of stuff," he said.
"We'll work on a similar game plan, but I'm sure there'll be a few changes.
"The four handballs got us a couple of times, I think, with the fifth handball. But we'll speak about that in our match review, and I'm sure we'll do some work on that during the week.
"The umpires were helping a little bit last night, for both teams, and as soon as it got to four we certainly let our boys know it was the fourth handball and we needed to kick it."
Hawthorn hardman Campbell Brown was yellow-carded for a fairly standard (in AFL terms) bump late in the game, leaving the Australians one short as they desperately tried to find a score to draw or win the match, but Harvey said the balance of physicality seemed to be pretty right.
"No, I don't think it cost us the game – as I said, we did play one short, and they were chipping the ball around down back, but it certainly didn't cost us the game.
"If anything, some of the things he did during the game certainly kept us in the game.
"I think it was really good – obviously the Campbell Brown incident wasn't even a free kick in the AFL, but it was a split-second decision, and that's how he plays, and you can't knock him for that.
"Other than that, I think the game was played in real good spirit."
The Brown bump, along with two other incidents from the first Test, were the subject of a video review but no charges were laid against either team.
The umpires and video match referee looked at the incidents separately after the match and concluded none warranted further penalty.
The GAA-AFL control committee noted that Brown did not leave the ground, or make head-high contact when delivering the shepherd on Irish player Finian Hanley, and deemed the 10-minute send off as the appropriate penalty.
The other incidents looked at were a second-quarter collision between Ireland's Sean Cavanagh and Australia's Matt Campbell, and a bump laid by Daniel Motlop on Hanley in the third quarter.
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The 2008 Toyota International Rules Series: Australia v Ireland
Second Test – MCG, Melbourne, Friday October 31
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