Australia vs Wales RWC Pool A 10th October

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AUSTRALIA v WALES
10 October 2015
KO: 16:45
Twickenham, London

Live on [tbc]

Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Touch judges: Jérôme Garcès (France) & Stuart Berry (South Africa)
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

A. Head to Head

38 Played 38
27 Won 10
1 Drawn 1
10 Lost 27
897 Points 590

B. Recent Form

8 November 2014
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
28 – 33 Australia

30 November 2013
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
26 – 30 Australia

1 December 2012
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
12 – 14 Australia

23 June 2012
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
20 – 19 Australia

16 June 2012
Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
25 – 23 Australia

9 June 2012
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
27 – 19 Australia

3 December 2011
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
18 – 24 Australia

21 October 2011
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
21 – 18 Australia

TEAMS:

AUSTRALIA

I Folau; A Ashley-Cooper, T Kuridrani, M Giteau, D Mitchell; B Foley, W Genia; S Sio, S Moore, S Kepu; K Douglas, D Mumm; S Fardy, S McMahon, D Pocock.

Replacements: T Polota-Nau, J Slipper, G Holmes, R Simmons, B MCCalman, N Phipps, M Toomua, K Beale.

WALES

G Anscombe; A Cuthbert, G North, J Roberts, L Williams; D Biggar, G Davies; P James, S Baldwin, S Lee; L Charteris, AW Jones; S Warburton, J Tipuric, T Faletau.

Replacements: K Owens, A Jarvis, T Francis, J Ball, R Moriarty, Ll Williams, R Priestland, J Hook.

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The pool decider.

Damn those boys in the Canary yellow shirts look good, really good. Going through top of the pool Wales would be likely to meet Japan or Scotland...! Go through second and we meet a refuvinated Bok side.

You've got to feel a bit sorry for Cuthbert.


WHY? He made no attempt to catch the ball or even knock the ball backwards.
No he got what he deserved a yellow card.

Ah phuck, 4:46 am here and still the big Uruguay match to come!

That's surely Wales & Scotland out at the Q/F stage then?

Yeah that defence was exceptional LD, for sure. Welsh attack was woeful but they did try. They just couldn't figure it out. Enthralling game given the stakes involved. But not one you'd watch again in a hurry.

You can only take your hat off to the Australian defense, they were magnificent. Hard match next week for Wales but it's not impossible.
Good effort by the boys today, they gave everything.

best 2 teams my ass. Aus were great. coin toss between eng/wales

Great game to watch. You simply have to admire Australia for refusing to buckle.

Epic, epic Australian 13 man defence against 15 monster raving firey and hungry Dragons!

I have never seen a better try-less game. Great stuff from both sides

The Loaded Dog wrote:Ah phuck, 4:46 am here and still the big Uruguay match to come!

Ouch!

But made me laugh.

Shackle dragger!

Cuthbert is fast becoming the punchline to every joke.  The Welsh boys on my Facebook are taking him apart.  Given that I'm not Welsh though, that knock on leading to his yellow card was pretty comical.

It would have been better to have been blown away by 20points than to fail again when we had everything in our grasp. You can praise the aussie defense but frankly if we can't score against 13 men we simply don't deserve it. The decision to go for a scrum rather than a line out went Mumm went off was as bad as Robshaw's. North bottled it when he could have scored and Cuthbert was simply awful.

I feel like we have gone out of the cup - such a missed opportunity.

quinsforever wrote:best 2 teams my ass. Aus were great. coin toss between eng/wales

Lol.

Exceptional from Australia - that was up there with the South Africa-Japan game for the best game so far. What a World Cup.

quinsforever wrote:best 2 teams my ass. Aus were great. coin toss between eng/wales

I haven't laughed like that in a while. Keep swimming pal.

warbs has fear in his eyes...

InjuredYetAgain wrote:I have never seen a better try-less game. Great stuff from both sides

I thought something was missing. Still in shock really.

I wonder who will be fit enough to play next weekend? Surely the team will be struggling to prepare for Scotland.

Gareth Thomas is a terrible pundit. He just gabbles nonsense!

mikey_dragon wrote:

nathan wrote:

mikey_dragon wrote:Disappointing not to top the group, but not as disappointing to be out of the world cup and latching on to other teams. Not sure why people are so convinced we'll get demolished by SA either, they're beatable.

you just love to have a dig.

You just love to have a whinge.

rich coming from you...

mikey_dragon wrote:

eirebilly wrote:Such a missed chance for Wales. Warburton's captaincy has to be called into question here. How can you have a 2 man advantage (in the defensive backline) and still fail to ship it wide where you had numbers and score a try. Clueless decision making during that period cost Wales dearly.

Still think that they will give SA a very good game and not sure if SA are such a power to beat Wales. That will be a very good match.

How is Warburton at fault for the backs decision-making? We kept it tight as long as we could and nothing came of it. Warburton has had a fantastic tournament.

Because I dint feel that Warburton showed any composure, everything was through the forwards where Wales did not have a man advantage.

mikey_dragon wrote:Disappointing not to top the group, but not as disappointing to be out of the world cup and latching on to other teams. Not sure why people are so convinced we'll get demolished by SA either, they're beatable.

Wales are also beatable. I know the Bok team will say the right things in the press but they shouldnt have nightmares about that Wales team.

Great game and well done to Australia fantastic defence. Felt that Wales didn't get the rub from the ref in the second quarter, but he more than made up for it in the second half.

Poor depiction making from Wales, why didn't they take a line out in stead of that scrum? Also North is wasted in the centre, particularly with Roberts as neither is a distributor.

Not sure what was going on in the scrums, Samson was being lifted off his feet, but I suppose if the ref lets you get away with it then it's ok!

Looks like Liam's foot has gone again, maybe came back too soon. With Cuthbert's form so poor not sure who will play on the wing against Soth Africa in the quarters?

Is that really 11 on the trot?!

Sgt_Pooly wrote:That's surely Wales & Scotland out at the Q/F stage then?

Scotland will get spanked, Wales can give South Africa a game though.

mikey. u r clueless. 51m kick is all that got wales through...thats as close as it gets

protea438 wrote:

mikey_dragon wrote:Disappointing not to top the group, but not as disappointing to be out of the world cup and latching on to other teams. Not sure why people are so convinced we'll get demolished by SA either, they're beatable.

Wales are also beatable. I know the Bok team will say the right things in the press but they shouldnt have nightmares about that Wales team.

Of course, and I doubt anyone will have nightmares of the Bok team either. We'll see next saturday, after we have another week of sweating on injuries.

Good game and well played by both teams appart from Cuthbert, Wales looked the most likely to score a try but I felt Wales should have taken some shots at goal and why take a scrum when it is being stuffed?

Poor captaining

quinsforever wrote:mikey. u r clueless. 51m kick is all that got wales through...thats as close as it gets

Would you like salt and vinegar with your large chip?

When was the last time Australia failed to score a try in a game? Wales defense was pretty awesome as well, especially considering the injury list and the fact we had to shove players all over the place just to put a team out. No one can be unhappy with Wales, despite losing.

Rory_Gallagher wrote:

quinsforever wrote:mikey. u r clueless. 51m kick is all that got wales through...thats as close as it gets

Would you like salt and vinegar with your large chip?

why not point the finger at the guy who's been wumming in most threads this week?

We made a lot of bad decisions particularly when we had a 2 man advantage. Australia definitely deserved the win.
Well done the Wallabies......I'll console myself with beer for the rest of the night.  At least we're out of the group so we've got another game to come.
Still can't believe we failed to score against 13 men, that alone shows we didn't deserve the win and the easier QF

Wallabies deserve their easier ride in to the later stages. England and Wales choked. Plain and simple.

Shifty wrote:

Sgt_Pooly wrote:That's surely Wales & Scotland out at the Q/F stage then?

Scotland will get spanked, Wales can give South Africa a game though.  

Agree +1 I suspect SA will know they are in a game, whatever happens Wales have done well with all the injuries.

I rarely post when so emotional, but I stand by everyhting I wrote above. The lack of composure when we needed it most was criminal. We just missed the biggest world cup opportunity I'll probably ever see.

ebop wrote:Wallabies deserve their easier ride in to the later stages. England and Wales choked. Plain and simple.

Still time for New Zealand to be added to the latter list.

Oh well, at least we should of avoided Ireland in the Semi this way, can wait for them in the final instead.

overlordofthewest wrote:We made a lot of bad decisions particularly when we had a 2 man advantage. Australia definitely deserved the win.
Well done the Wallabies......I'll console myself with beer for the rest of the night.  At least we're out of the group so we've got another game to come.
Still can't believe we failed to score against 13 men, that alone shows we didn't deserve the win and the easier QF

To be fair, i thought Wales did well considering the injury disruptions they've had.

What on earth were Wales thinking? They could have come out the other side of the Oz binnings 6 points in front if they had taken their kicks. Warburton will have to shoulder the responsibility for that defeat because Gatland surely would have called for the kicks. Wales should have won that and have only themselves to blame for being so stupid not taking the points.

Liam Williams and Jamie Roberts both limped off.

Seriously, who is left?

nathan wrote:

Rory_Gallagher wrote:

quinsforever wrote:mikey. u r clueless. 51m kick is all that got wales through...thats as close as it gets

Would you like salt and vinegar with your large chip?

why not point the finger at the guy who's been wumming in most threads this week?

I'm not defending Mikey at all, but I do find the bitterness shown by a few (and I really do mean a few) English fans who cannot admit that the 2 better teams went through amusing.

BTW as people will know on here, I am not a big fan of Wales. I would have preferred England to go through.

Warburton: "We back ourselves against any opposition".
Reaction: What a nice boy.

Robshaw: "We always back ourselves at home"
Reaction: Offensively arrogant

Now now nathan, don't deflect attention

That was a very unusual match. Never seen anything like it... let alone Australia scrapping for so long. I think there was plenty of RL line defence in our game.

Wales had their chances but seemed to forget they had the numerical advantage or so desperately wanted a pushover try from a forward.

So many turning points (or should that be saving?) that I don't know where to start. As close as we'll ever get to a stay of execution.

ebop wrote:Now now nathan, don't deflect attention

Sorry, i know how precious you kiwi fans get when the attention isn't on the All Blacks all the time.

nathan wrote:

overlordofthewest wrote:We made a lot of bad decisions particularly when we had a 2 man advantage. Australia definitely deserved the win.
Well done the Wallabies......I'll console myself with beer for the rest of the night.  At least we're out of the group so we've got another game to come.
Still can't believe we failed to score against 13 men, that alone shows we didn't deserve the win and the easier QF

To be fair, i thought Wales did well considering the injury disruptions they've had.

Nathan, Injuries are what they are. We blew that game with the squad that took the field today.

They creamed early in their pants LD

Come on nathan, take your medicine mate.

bruising game, and compelling viewing until the last 10 when the result seemed secure. I thought wales nullified the aussies really well but just didn't have the cutting edge when they needed it. Fantastic defence from the wallabies but wales just lacked a bit of spark/subtlety as they tried to strongarm their way over.

Congrats to both teams for a good game. From a neutral perspective, wales v SA and Aus v Scotland is a more interesting NH v SH set of matches.

The Great Aukster wrote:What on earth were Wales thinking? They could have come out the other side of the Oz binnings 6 points in front if they had taken their kicks. Warburton will have to shoulder the responsibility for that defeat because Gatland surely would have called for the kicks. Wales should have won that and have only themselves to blame for being so stupid not taking the points.

Spot on. I'm gutted. Any Welsh fan satisfied with that performance is setting the bar too low. We threw away a golden opportunity.