Wales v Australia Saturday 10th November 2018 New TMO laws to be trialled.

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Wales v Australia

Date: Saturday 10th November 2018

Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff

Kick Off: 5:20pm

Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)

TV Coverage: Live on BBC Two and S4C

Wales will face Australia at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday 10th November during the Under Armour Series 2018. This will be the second of four autumn internationals to be played by Wales in 2018. The two teams will compete for the James Bevan Trophy, which was created in 2007 to celebrate 100 years of rugby between Wales and Australia.

Wales have lost their last 13 matches against the Wallabies, most recently losing 21-29 during the 2017 autumn series. The last time Wales beat Australia was a 21-18 victory at the Millennium Stadium in 2008.

Wales and Australia have contested a total of 41 rugby test matches since their first meeting in 1908. Wales have won 10 of those matches, whilst Australia have won 30 matches. There has also been one drawn match between the two sides, which occurred at the Millennium Stadium in 2006.

LAST 3 MATCHES Wales

3/11/18 Wal 21 - 10 Sco
16/6/18 Argentina 12 - 30 Wal
9/6/18 Argentina 10 - 23 Wal

LAST 3 MATCHES Australia

23/6/18 Aus 16 - 20 Ire
16/6/18 Aus 21 - 26 Ire
9/6/18 Aus 18 - 9 Ire

Teams TBA

Nice to see the silence observed, unlike other occasions there.

Geez only a few miles away look at the conditions those blimmin ozzies get.grrrr.

These ball available calls seem a little iffy.

Taylorman wrote:Geez only a few miles away look at the conditions those blimmin ozzies get.grrrr.

A rare bit of penalty miss from 1/2P

Only the Wallabies can take their game to a new lower level.

Honestly... a coconut on a drone could do a better job and give away less ball and less penalties than this mob of Poopie.

Glad to see Wales finally getting pulled up for their numerous line out infringements

Wallabies look so dangerous attacking from deep and almost clueless when within a few metres of the Welsh line

Gosh 28 minutes in on a dry track and 3-0. Another battle going on.

Wonder if there was or will be a look at AWJ’s arm on Foley?

Nice move oz

Unnecessary penalty to concede.

Christ. Maybe it wasn’t then

Defences dominant, but what on earth is going on with Halfpenny?!

Geeeez, from in front halfpenny.

I think I can only remember Halfpenny have the yips once and I’m sure it was at Murrayfield a few years back. Missed his first few, but even they weren’t as bad as that. That’s pretty unforgivable, particularly when (in theory) that’s all you’re really there for.

By the way, warburton is a great pundit. His neutrality stands out as well as his analysis work.

A miss from Halfpenny in front of the post. what the hell is going on? He does not normaly miss from the range.

Despite the score, this is a decent game

Absolute madness to not take the easy three points in a game as tight as this one.

Duty281 wrote:Absolute madness to not take the easy three points in a game as tight as this one.

And again! Utterly daft from Australia.

Imagine if this is final score. Halfpenny will feel yuk. Still, a while to go.

Game isn't getting any better

Needed that change in the back row.

Moronic penalty to give away.

Jenkins and Hill have done well since coming on.

Can’t believe we didn’t see the last minute out.

Well done Wales. Very tight arm wrestle.

Well played Wales, a good win today. not the most thrilling game.

But well done on the win.

What was that last penalty for?

Madness from Australia earlier not kicking for goal in such a tight game - Welsh defence was going to be incredibly difficult to break down and it was an easy 3 points.

Certainly not a classic!

I guess it was a good job Biggar came on when he did to kick that penalty.

I’d have said it was for taking JD2 past the ball, but I don’t know.

RiscaGame wrote:I’d have said it was for taking JD2 past the ball, but I don’t know.

Yes, I think so too. Davies was taken out off the ball when he wasn't interfering in play.

It's all about the win. Will help no end to their mental state when taking them on next year

Didn't see the game as I was watching the Ireland match. I take it was a tight affair. Did wales deserve to win?

Maine man wrote:Didn't see the game as I was watching the Ireland match. I take it was a tight affair. Did wales deserve to win?

Just about, yes.

No complaints about a Wales win but it was pretty poor stuff so a draw probably would have been a fair result!

Well it didn’t take long for the usual guppy’s to be on here acting bitter over Wales’ win. As for the win, yes we won, just like we did last week. History says so. Not a good game for a supporter as the erratic play was enough to give a panic attack or two. Halfpenny’s missed kicks were shocking... what’s not surprising is nobody mentioned the shoulder charge to his face - ref should’ve looked at it at least. Looks like we have another Steve Walsh, and not sure why he allowed Hooper to swim around the side of the maul either when it should have been a penalty to us and YC for him. Davies was particularly poor at controlling the game, too often waiting for an offload that was never on and standing at the ruck, which is why we often had slow ball.

A lot to work on but good to get the win in these situations. My first time watching Aus for a while and i have to admit they weren’t very good. Skills seems to be lacking.

Charge on halfpenny was nothing.. he was committed. Although have to totally disagree with those saying this was a poor gAme, it was frantic end to end throughout. Ok no try’s, but an exciting game which could have gone either way... if that was next years wirkd cup, I’d take that win.

Halfpenny had a couple of shockers though..

RiscaGame wrote:Nice to see the silence observed, unlike other occasions there.

Silence is usually well respected at the MS/Principlality.

He wasn’t even competing. It was similar to Hogg’s infamous charge on Biggar. Doubt he’ll be cited as play like that tends to be waved on when it’s against Wales.

Lydiate was pretty solid again. Tipuric was ordinary last week but very good today and received a deserved MOTM. A great feat to be the best 7 on the field with Pocock and Hooper also playing.

Well done Wales, and about time too! I see halfpennys practising out the back. Hes kicking them over blindfolded and left footed now.

mikey_dragon wrote:He wasn’t even competing. It was similar to Hogg’s infamous charge on Biggar. Doubt he’ll be cited as play like that tends to be waved on when it’s against Wales.

I thought he should have been pinged for that too -  Iooked like he jumped into 1/2P leading with the shoulder so it's reckless at minimum.  Similar to the Munster charge down of the conversion against Exeter, which also got waved away as accidental.  I thought it was all about outcome not intent these days?

Still good for Wales to get the win in the end and get the Aussie monkey off their back.

No9 wrote:

RiscaGame wrote:Nice to see the silence observed, unlike other occasions there.

Silence is usually well respected at the MS/Principlality.

I’ve been at least once where South Africans didn’t observe it and there have been other silences (maybe not for Remembrance) that have had people shouting come on Wales during them.

As Sam Warburton said, if you’re charging down somebody, you’d dive at their feet. If it’s not a penalty, then he has no right to penalise Lydiate for no arms as he did. It’s at least a penalty to Wales.

A glorious, glorious win!

But doesn’t feel like one

Wales have relied on Halfpenny for along time now to kick the goals. yesterday he missed a couple relative easy ones. for him any way. If he had not gone off when he did, would Hascome been given the kicking duties instead.

Or would Wales have stook with Halfpenny?

RiscaGame wrote:As Sam Warburton said, if you’re charging down somebody, you’d dive at their feet. 

That is not 100% true. Most charge downs in games I watch, the player spreads themselves very wide. (See Lawes yesterday). You have to be very close to aim at the feet.

LondonTiger wrote:

RiscaGame wrote:As Sam Warburton said, if you’re charging down somebody, you’d dive at their feet. 

That is not 100% true. Most charge downs in games I watch, the player spreads themselves very wide. (See Lawes yesterday). You have to be very close to aim at the feet.

Know more than Sam Warburton now do you?

LondonTiger wrote:

RiscaGame wrote:As Sam Warburton said, if you’re charging down somebody, you’d dive at their feet. 

That is not 100% true. Most charge downs in games I watch, the player spreads themselves very wide. (See Lawes yesterday). You have to be very close to aim at the feet.

Well maybe, but regardless you don’t do what happened yesterday. Penalty Wales, all day long. As it turned out we lost three points from it, instead of gaining better field position.