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Wales 12 Australia 14
4:34pm Saturday 1st December 2012 in Wales rugby
By Chris Kirwan
IT WAS the same old story for Wales against the Wallabies at the Millennium Stadium this afternoon after Kurtley Beale’s last-minute try stole the spoils for Australia.
Wales were leading 12-9 as the clock wound down but the Aussies struck late to condemn Warren Gatland’s men to an autumn whitewash.
It seemed that their defence had won them the day only for Beale to make them pay when he finished off a stunning move that started in their own territory... seconds after Wales had snuffed out another late charge only to fail to make touch with their clearance.
It was a cruel end to a scrappy Test match.
It was 9-6 to the Wallabies at half-time with fly-half Kurtley Beale striking three penalties to two by full-back Leigh Halfpenny.
Wales edged in front entering the final quarter thanks to two more Halfpenny efforts and they held onto that lead when replacement fly-half Mike Harris – who had stole the spoils in the second Test in Australia with the last kick – missed from the tee.
But the hosts were unable to close the game out, suffering a seventh Test defeat on the spin and their eighth to Australia.
Wales scorers: penalties - L Halfpenny (4)
Australia scorers: try - K Beale; penalties - K Beale (3)
Comments(9)
Dai the Milk
says...
5:03pm Sat 1 Dec 12
s. No top three inches there. Where is the leadership? That ball should have been stuffed up their jumper for the final 5 minutes........and what a shock at Twickenham.......wel
l done England.
rightsideup
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5:29pm Sat 1 Dec 12
Robert Shillabeer
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6:34pm Sat 1 Dec 12
Euwan Usami
says...
7:56pm Sat 1 Dec 12
Dai the Milk wrote:Credit where it's due;England were superb and properly stuffed the all blacks.
An improvement on the first three Autumn games but have to agree........clueles
s. No top three inches there. Where is the leadership? That ball should have been stuffed up their jumper for the final 5 minutes........and what a shock at Twickenham.......wel
l done England.
WelshRugbyFan
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1:10am Sun 2 Dec 12
Credit to England for the win but are people (Stuart Barnes & English media) forgetting that the NZ squad were hit by a virus that put the entire team out for 5 days with sickness & diarrhea not the best prep!
It was farcical for Barnes to state that they were now one of the favorites for the WC which is another 3 yrs away ... get a grip they only won ONE game and don't forget they lost to the Aussies and SA!
Moaning Old G1t
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9:58am Sun 2 Dec 12
WelshRugbyFan wrote:Well said WRF
the Aussies were a poor team and we should have put the game to bed alot earlier ... however personally i am dreading the 6 nations as we were by far the worst team of the Northern Hemisphere contingent in the Autumn Internationals and we will have Howley back in charge for the campaign! ...
Credit to England for the win but are people (Stuart Barnes & English media) forgetting that the NZ squad were hit by a virus that put the entire team out for 5 days with sickness & diarrhea not the best prep!
It was farcical for Barnes to state that they were now one of the favorites for the WC which is another 3 yrs away ... get a grip they only won ONE game and don't forget they lost to the Aussies and SA!
Dai the Milk
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1:43pm Sun 2 Dec 12
Keith Barnett
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7:36pm Sun 2 Dec 12
To be fair they did stuff NZ, but NZ looked like they had no energy.
Wales for wooden spoon? Will they win any of the 6N?
Italy, France & Scotland away, Ireland and England at home!
Euwan Usami says...
4:58pm Sat 1 Dec 12