Rugby World Cup , Pool C - Wellington, 23 September 2011, 20:30 local, 08:30 GMT
Australia (22) 67 - 5 (5) United States of America (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
7 5 - 0

Horne gets over the line for the Wallabies after brilliant work from Quade Cooper - looks very close to the touchline but Owens is backing Horne to have got there

10

Rocky Elsom throws the dummy and crashes over - far too easy for the Wallabies early on

10 10 - 0

Rocky Elsom throws the dummy and crashes over - far too easy for the Wallabies early on

22 10 - 5

JJ Gagiano gets across the line after immense pressure in the scrum

30

Ashley-Cooper makes a break in a stunning counter-attack and Beale dives over the line

30 15 - 5

Ashley-Cooper makes a break in a stunning counter-attack and Beale dives over the line

31 17 - 5

Cooper - conversion

34 22 - 5

Fainga'a - try

44 27 - 5

Drew Mitchell gets over the whitewash - 28 tries in 57 caps for the flyer - good finish

45 29 - 5

Cooper - conversion

48 34 - 5

Australia looking to work the ball through the phases and it pays off - Cooper to Mitchell to McCabe and he bellyflops over for a score..clinical play

58 39 - 5

Pace has gone out of the game here - lots of errors but then Ashley Cooper takes advantage of good ball from Cooper and he crashes over...

60 41 - 5

Berrick Barnes eyes up the posts and nails a superb conversion - much better from the tee from an Australian point-of-view

63 46 - 5

Ashley-Cooper takes the ball under his right arm and just breaks away down the right flank - runs 50 metres and runs in unopposed

64 48 - 5

Barnes - conversion

65 53 - 5

Wallabies back on the ball and it's relentless. Ashley-Cooper crashes over and he's got his hat-trick

67 55 - 5

Barnes - conversion

70 60 - 5

Fainga'a does well to get into the corner there - TMO approves it and Barnes misses his first of the game

78 67 - 5

Radike Samo sprints down the wing - a very popular scorer here in Wellington

Timeline

Time Australia  Score  United States of America
0 start of first half start of first half
7 Horne - try 5 - 0
10 Elsom - try 10 - 0
22 10 - 5 Gagiano - try
30 Beale - try 15 - 5
31 Cooper - conversion 17 - 5
34 Fainga'a - try 22 - 5
39 Beale - sub off
Barnes - sub on
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
44 Mitchell - try 27 - 5
45 Cooper - conversion 29 - 5
46 Samo - sub on
Elsom - sub off
47 Horne - sub off
McCabe - sub on
48 McCabe - try 34 - 5
50 Alexander - sub off
Kepu - sub on
Burgess - sub on
Genia - sub off
53 Vickerman - sub on
Palu - sub off
58 Ashley-Cooper - try 39 - 5
60 Barnes - conversion 41 - 5 Stanfill - sub on
Smith - sub off
63 Ashley-Cooper - try 46 - 5
64 Barnes - conversion 48 - 5
65 Moore - sub on
Polota-Nau - sub off
Ashley-Cooper - try		 53 - 5
67 Barnes - conversion 55 - 5 Usasz - sub off
Petri - sub on
70 Fainga'a - try 60 - 5
71 Thiel - sub off
McClenahan - sub on
72 Polota-Nau - sub on
McCabe - sub off		 Wyles - sub on
Enosa - sub off
74 Scully - yellow card
Johnson - sub on
Danahy - sub off
78 Samo - try
Barnes - conversion		 67 - 5
80+1 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
81

Notes

 
Result Australia won by a margin of 62 points
Rugby World Cup points Australia 5 (1 try bonus), United States of America 0
 
Ground name Westpac Stadium, Wellington (neutral venue)
Attendance 33824
 
Referee N Owens (Wales)
 
Australia Test debuts none
United States of America Test debuts none

Teams

Australia United States of America
Tries Horne (7), Elsom (10), Beale (30), Fainga'a (34, 70), Mitchell (44), McCabe (48), Ashley-Cooper (58, 63, 65), Samo (78) Tries Gagiano (22)
Cons Cooper (31, 45), Barnes (60, 64, 67, 78) Cons none
    Team
15 FB
Kurtley Beale
14 W
Adam Ashley-Cooper
13 C
Anthony Fainga'a
12 C
Rob Horne
11 W
Drew Mitchell
10 FH
Quade Cooper
9 SH
Will Genia (c)
1 P
James Slipper
2 H
Tatafu Polota-Nau
3 P
Ben Alexander
4 L
Rob Simmons
5 L
Nathan Sharpe
6 F
Rocky Elsom
7 F
Ben McCalman
8 N8
Wycliff Palu
    Replacements
16 H
Stephen Moore
17 P
Sekope Kepu
18 N8
Dan Vickerman
19 F
Radike Samo
20 SH
Luke Burgess
21 FB
Berrick Barnes
22 C
Pat McCabe
    Team
15 FB
Blaine Scully
74
14 W
Colin Hawley
13 C
Tai Enosa
12 C
Junior Sifa
11 W
Kevin Swiryn
10 FH
Nese Malifa
9 SH
Tim Usasz (c)
1 P
Shawn Pittman
2 H
Phil Thiel
3 P
Eric Fry
4 L
Scott LaValla
5 L
Hayden Smith
6 F
Inaki Basauri Flores
7 F
Pat Danahy
8 N8
JJ Gagiano
    Replacements
16 H
Brian McClenahan
17
Mate Moeakiola
18 L
Louis Stanfill
19 F
Nic Johnson
20 SH
Mike Petri
21
Roland Suniula
22 C
Chris Wyles

Match stats

Australia   United States of America
11 Tries 1
6 from 11 Conversion goals 0 from 1
0 from 0 Penalty goals 0 from 0
55.0% Kick at goal success 0.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
20 Kicks from hand 20
121 Passes 83
86 Runs 82
643 Metres run with ball 119
Attacking
47% (38%/58%) Possession (1H/2H) 53% (62%/42%)
48% (36%/61%) Territory (1H/2H) 52% (64%/39%)
6 Clean breaks 1
15 Defenders beaten 6
10 Offloads 4
51 from 52 (98.1%) Rucks won 72 from 77 (93.5%)
3 from 4 (75.0%) Mauls won 6 from 6 (100.0%)
15 Turnovers conceded 10
Defensive
87/6 Tackles made/missed 70/15
94.0% Tackling success rate 82.0%
Set pieces
11 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 9 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
11 won, 1 lost (91.7%) Lineouts on own throw 8 won, 2 lost (80.0%)
Discipline
4 Penalties conceded 13
0/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

Aust stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Beale 1/1 5 0/2/5 71 1 0 2 0 2/0 1/0 0 0/0
W Ashley-Cooper 3/3 15 0/5/9 184 3 1 1 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Fainga'a 2/0 10 0/4/7 62 0 2 1 2 4/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Horne 1/1 5 0/2/5 34 1 0 1 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Mitchell 1/1 5 0/3/9 35 0 1 0 1 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
FH Cooper 0/2 4 6/20/9 113 0 4 3 4 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Genia 0/1 0 3/34/2 8 0 2 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Slipper 0/0 0 0/1/2 0 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Polota-Nau 0/0 0 0/1/2 1 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Alexander 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 5/1 0/0 1 0/0
L Simmons 0/0 0 0/3/3 2 0 0 0 1 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
L Sharpe 0/0 0 0/0/7 7 0 0 0 0 9/0 10/1 0 0/0
F Elsom 1/0 5 0/1/2 30 0 2 0 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
F McCalman 0/0 0 0/2/3 0 0 0 0 0 7/1 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Palu 0/0 0 0/5/3 13 0 0 0 3 9/0 0/0 1 0/0
(H) Moore 0/0 0 0/0/3 18 0 0 1 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Kepu 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) Vickerman 0/0 0 0/0/2 2 0 0 0 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Samo 1/0 5 0/2/3 25 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Burgess 0/0 0 0/21/4 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Barnes 0/0 8 6/15/1 30 1 2 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) McCabe 1/1 5 0/0/2 8 0 1 1 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

USA stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Scully 0/0 0 3/0/8 9 0 0 0 0 1/2 0/0 1 1/0
W Hawley 0/0 0 0/2/4 9 0 0 0 1 2/4 0/0 0 0/0
C Enosa 0/0 0 0/1/2 4 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Sifa 0/0 0 0/3/7 8 0 0 0 1 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Swiryn 0/0 0 2/4/4 5 0 1 2 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Malifa 0/0 0 5/7/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Usasz 0/0 0 5/41/5 24 1 1 1 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Pittman 0/0 0 0/0/6 1 0 0 0 1 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Thiel 0/0 0 0/1/3 1 0 0 0 0 1/2 0/0 0 0/0
P Fry 0/0 0 0/1/3 0 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 2 0/0
L LaValla 0/0 0 0/0/7 21 0 0 0 0 6/0 1/0 1 0/0
L Smith 0/0 0 0/1/4 0 0 0 1 0 1/1 2/0 0 0/0
F Basauri Flores 0/0 0 0/1/2 1 0 0 0 2 11/2 1/0 1 0/0
F Danahy 0/0 0 0/1/8 5 0 0 0 0 7/0 4/0 1 0/0
N8 Gagiano 1/0 5 0/3/13 13 0 2 0 4 6/0 0/0 3 0/0
(H) McClenahan 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Stanfill 0/0 0 0/0/2 4 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/1 0 0/0
(F) Johnson 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Petri 0/0 0 2/3/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Wyles 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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