Post Match thoughts...? Wales 18-21 Australia...! Well done both teams. A well earned win for the Aussies..!

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A Welsh World Cup campaign that held so much promise a week ago ended in disappointment as Australia won the third-place play-off.

A try and drop-goal from Berrick Barnes and eight points from the boot of James O'Connor left Wales with fourth place despite a try from Shane Williams in possibly his last Test appearance.

In an error-ridden contest short on quality and atmosphere, Wales failed to replicate their devastating attacking form of earlier in the tournament.

A succession of handling errors gifted the Wallabies the initiative, and Leigh Halfpenny's try in the 83rd minute came too late to deny Robbie Deans' men.

While the result gives Australia revenge for Wales' victory in the corresponding game in the inaugural World Cup 24 years ago, a serious knee injury to fly-half Quade Cooper left their celebrations muted.

try for wales, but forward pass!

Shocker wales benefit from a forward pass, the touch judge was so far infront of the play its silly.

it was defo forward. poor by barnes.

And Barnes has give that as forward pass, that is unbelievable!

Nothing wrong with that Aussie pass!

Didn't see that one as forwards.

Wow, massive forward pass - touch judge in line and not given -

Ha, he calls that one forward from O'Connor?

Forward it was but it was still some skill from Shane Williams

Shame Ryan Jones is going off. I think he has been the best Welsh player so far.

doctor_grey wrote:Dude, only half a hemisphere forward. But glad it was Williams who picked it up.

Aye well spotted but wouldn't a half hemisphere be a 1/4

Great kick by JOC. The Aussies lead 10-8

Well done SJ

I suppose you need to ride your luck. Try from a foward pass is the luck - is it enough to get Wales the 3rd place spot.

Still a lot of rugby to go

doctor_grey wrote:Shame Ryan Jones is going off. I think he has been the best Welsh player so far.

He's still on. Charteris went off.

Rangiora wrote:

doctor_grey wrote:Dude, only half a hemisphere forward. But glad it was Williams who picked it up.

Aye well spotted but wouldn't a half hemisphere be a 1/4

Errr, yeah! So, it was a quarter-sphere forward. This is getting complicated.

That was an extremely quick call by Wayne Barnes...... Starting to have a few dodgy moments after officiating very well in the first half

I wonder if the ITV team will be screaming and calling that

"the worst decision by a ref in World cup history"

does Barnes guess the laws as he goes along?

13-8 that 3rd place is slipping away, c'mon Wales

JOC bags another - 13-8

13 8 Connor pen

eirebilly wrote:That was an extremely quick call by Wayne Barnes...... Starting to have a few dodgy moments after officiating very well in the first half

Think he knows he cocked up, and is somehow trying to balance things - that might be OTT, but maybe true?

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doctor_grey wrote:

Rangiora wrote:

doctor_grey wrote:Dude, only half a hemisphere forward. But glad it was Williams who picked it up.

Aye well spotted but wouldn't a half hemisphere be a 1/4

Errr, yeah! So, it was a quarter-sphere forward. This is getting complicated.

What a hit on Roberts

Riskysports wrote:I wonder if the ITV team will be screaming and calling that

"the worst decision by a ref in World cup history"

I very much doubt Steve Ri(y)der will even mention it

You know, for all the running and all the effort, Wales have scored only 16 points in one and 3/4 matches.

Was that from Horne, billy?

HERSH wrote:Shocker wales benefit from a forward pass, the touch judge was so far infront of the play its silly.

isnt the touch judge Poite by the way?

Wayne Barnes in rugby world cup missed foward pass try scandal.

Hold the headlines, I bet nobody saw that one coming.

Is Roberts still playing?

HERSH wrote:Is Roberts still playing?

yup

Feck I wish I was watching this, sounds like a cracker!

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:Was that from Horne, billy?

I think so, it was a good hit

Yep, he is Hersh

Shane drop goal attempt! what is going on?

roddersm wrote:Feck I wish I was watching this, sounds like a cracker!

tense and very tight. But not really great rugby.

Great defense from Australia. Cracking match your missing rodders

Wales couldn't get the ball wide so Williams has drop goal effort off his left foot but misses

Buggy-man on for Lydiate, Bevington on for James, Williams on for Phillips

What is Wales' fascination with continually going down the blindside? Its so predictable from them. This time they were lucky to stay infield

Fair play, we are rubbish. No direction through the middle of the pitch, chucking it round like idiots, and getting turned over constantly in our own half in front of the posts. Idiots.

Wales are just forcing it too much they have the fire power to win this.

Barnes drop goal

Drop goal barnes

Griff wrote:Fair play, we are rubbish. No direction through the middle of the pitch, chucking it round like idiots, and getting turned over constantly in our own half in front of the posts. Idiots.

Strange match. But the game is still there for Wales. The Wallabies are not playing great. But they have to go forwards and hold on to the ball.

Good drop kick by Barnes. The man is playing very well.

Barnes has been superb. Gets the drop goal as well. I agree with the pundits that he has been the standout player on the field today

Thats the difference yet again, hook and jones can't kick when it counts

Lloyd Williams doing what Phillips couldn't.