Wales 40-6 Australia
Date:
Venue: OL Stadium, Lyon
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Attendance: 55,296
Wales v Australia Match Reports
Dominant Wales booked a place in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals after crushing Australia 40-6 and leaving Eddie Jones’ team close to pool-stage elimination. A third successive Pool C victory sent Wales into the last-eight for a fourth successive World Cup under head coach Warren Gatland. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Autumn Internationals: Wales book World Cup quarter-final spot by thrashing Eddie Jones’ Australia
- BBC: Wales hammer Australia to seal quarter-final spot
- Guardian: Gareth Anscombe helps Wales sail into quarter-finals after easy Australia win
- Daily Mail: Wallabies CRUMBLE in must-win game in Lyon as Eddie Jones' side face early World Cup exit despite Dan Biggar's early injury
- Sky Sports: Warren Gatland's side qualify for Rugby World Cup quarters and leave Wallabies facing early exit
- Sydney Morning Herald: Wallabies’ World Cup in tatters after record loss to Wales
- WRU: Magnificent Morgan leads Wales into quarter-finals
Wales v Australia - Match Highlights
Wales v Australia - Match Stats
Wales (16) 40
Try: Davies (3'), Tompkins (48'), Morgan (78')
Conversion: Biggar (4'), Anscombe (49')
Penalty: Anscombe (21', 29', 39', 43', 52', 60')
Drop-goal: Anscombe (70')
Australia (6) 6
Penalty: Donaldson (9', 14')
Man of the match: Gareth Anscombe (Wales)
Wales v Australia - Team Line-ups
Wales Team
Forwards
- 1 Gareth Thomas
- 2 Ryan Elias
- 3 Tomas Francis
- 4 Will Rowlands
- 5 Adam Beard
- 6 Aaron Wainwright
- 7 Jac Morgan (Captain)
- 8 Taulupe Faletau
Backs
- 9 Gareth Davies
- 10 Dan Biggar
- 11 Josh Adams
- 12 Nick Tompkins
- 13 George North
- 14 Louis Rees Zammit
- 15 Liam Williams
Replacements
- 16 Elliot Dee
- 17 Corey Domachowski
- 18 Henry Thomas
- 19 Dafydd Jenkins
- 20 Taine Basham
- 21 Tomos Williams
- 22 Gareth Anscombe
- 23 Rio Dyer
Australia Team
Forwards
- 1 Angus Bell
- 2 David Porecki (Captain)
- 3 James Slipper
- 4 Nick Frost
- 5 Richie Arnold
- 6 Rob Leota
- 7 Tom Hooper
- 8 Rob Valetini
Backs
- 9 Tate McDermott
- 10 Ben Donaldson
- 11 Marika Koroibete
- 12 Samu Kerevi
- 13 Jordan Petaia
- 14 Mark Nawaqanitawase
- 15 Andrew Kellaway
Replacements
- 16 Matt Faessler
- 17 Blake Schoupp
- 18 Pone Fa'amausili
- 19 Matt Philip
- 20 Fraser McReight
- 21 Nic White
- 22 Carter Gordon
- 23 Suliasi Vunivalu