Wales 20-52 Australia

Wales v Australia Match Reports

Wales suffered a record 11th successive defeat as they were beaten 52-20 by the Wallabies in Cardiff. Australia dominated the opening exchanges and scored three tries in the space of nine minutes with Tom Wright, Nick Frost and Matt Faessler all crossing. From 19-points down, Wales hit back with an Aaron Wainwright try and two penalty kicks from Gareth Anscombe to end the half trailing by 19-13. The Wallabies lost Samu Kerevi to the sin-bin early in the second half, and his yellow card was later upgraded to a red. Despite being a man down, the visitors regained momentum when Faessler scored two more tries to claim a hat-trick. Things got worse for the hosts when Wright intercepted a Wales pass and ran 60 metres to touch down for his second try. Ben Thomas got one back for Wales in the 68th minute, but they trailed by 20-points heading into the final 10 minutes. The Wallabies had the final say when first Len Ikitau scored, and then Wright claimed his hat-trick to wrap up a big win. A selection of match reports is listed below:

• Autumn Internationals: Pressure mounts on Warren Gatland as Wales are thrashed by Australia
• BBC: Wales suffer record loss in heavy Australia defeat
• Guardian: Wright and Faessler score hat-tricks as eight-try Australia crush Wales
• Telegraph: Warren Gatland’s side officially worst Wales team in history after record Australia defeat
• Wales Online: Wales reach nadir as Warren Gatland can't find the answers in Australia rout
• WRU: Wales fall to 11th straight defeat as Wallabies win in Cardiff