Wales 12-14 Australia
Date:
Venue: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: Wayne Barnes (RFU)
Attendance: 58,114
Wales v Australia Match Reports
Wales ended their Autumn International campaign in agonising fashion as they lost 12-14 to Australia at the Millennium Stadium. Wales were 3 points ahead as the match entered the final minute, but Kurtley Beale scored a last-gasp try to snatch victory for Australia. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- BBC: Wales 12-14 Australia
- Guardian: Australia's Kurtley Beale silences Wales with last-gasp try in Cardiff
- Telegraph: Wales 12 Australia 14: match report
- Daily Mail: Nightmare autumn ends with late Beale blow as Wallabies nick victory at the death
- Sky Sports: Kurtley Beale's late try earned Australia victory against Wales
- Wales Online: Late try condemns Wales to whitewash
- Sydney Morning Herald: Kurtley's steal: Beale try saves the Wallabies at the Sharpe end of proceedings
- New Zealand Herald: Rugby: Australia clinch last minute win
Wales v Australia Match Statistics
Wales (6) 12
Penalties: Halfpenny 4
Australia (9) 14
Tries: Beale
Penalties: Beale 3
Man of the Match: Leigh Halfpenny (Wales)
Wales Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1. Gethin Jenkins
- 2. Matthew Rees
- 3. Scott Andrews
- 4. Lou Reed
- 5. Luke Charteris
- 6. Aaron Shingler
- 7. Sam Warburton (Captain)
- 8. Toby Faletau
Backs
- 9. Mike Phillips
- 10. Rhys Priestland
- 11. Liam Williams
- 12. Jamie Roberts
- 13. Jonathan Davies
- 14. Alex Cuthbert
- 15. Leigh Halfpenny
Replacements
- 16. Ken Owens (for Rees 66)
- 17. Ryan Bevington
- 18. Samson Lee
- 19. Ryan Jones (for Charteris 3-8 / 41)
- 20. Justin Tipuric (for Faletau 66)
- 21. Tavis Knoyle
- 22. Dan Biggar
- 23. Scott Williams
Australia Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1. Benn Robinson
- 2. Tatafu Polota Nau
- 3. Ben Alexander
- 4. Kane Douglas
- 5. Nathan Sharpe (Captain)
- 6. Scott Higginbotham
- 7. David Pocock
- 8. Wycliff Palu
Backs
- 9. Nick Phipps
- 10. Kurtley Beale
- 11. Drew Mitchell
- 12. Ben Tapuai
- 13. Adam Ashley-Cooper
- 14. Nick Cummins
- 15. Berrick Barnes
Replacements
- 16. Stephen Moore (for Polota-Nau 41)
- 17. James Slipper (for Robinson 62)
- 18. Sekope Kepu (for Alexander 67)
- 19. Dave Dennis (for Higginbotham 16)
- 20. Michael Hooper (for Douglas 52)
- 21. Brendan McKibbin
- 22. Mike Harris (for Tapuai 58)
- 23. Digby Ioane (for Cummins 49)