Wales tour - Brisbane, 9 June 2012, 20:00 local, 10:00 GMT
Australia (10) 27 - 19 (3) Wales (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
8 3 - 0

Penalty: Berrick Barnes opens the scoring

14 8 - 0

Try: Higginbotham crashes over from close range

15 10 - 0

Conversion: Barnes adds the extras

21 10 - 3

Penalty: Halfpenny gets Wales on the board

40 15 - 3

Try: Will Genia darts over in style

42 17 - 3

Conversion: Barnes adds the extras

45 17 - 6

Penalty: Halfpenny reduces the arrears

49 20 - 6

Drop-goal: Barnes takes three when on offer

55 20 - 9

Penalty: Halfpenny lands a simple kick

57 20 - 14

Try: Cuthbert crashes over off a fine offload

59 20 - 16

Conversion: Halfpenny converts from out wide

62 20 - 19

Penalty: Halfpenny adds a penalty

66 25 - 19

Try: McCcabe crosses on a great line to give Australia some breathing room

67 27 - 19

Conversion: Barnes adds the extras to edge Australia nearer victory

Timeline

Time Australia  Score  Wales
0 start of first half start of first half
8 Barnes - penalty goal 3 - 0
14 Higginbotham - try 8 - 0
15 Barnes - conversion 10 - 0
21 10 - 3 Halfpenny - penalty goal
28 Hook - sub on
North - sub off
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half
Genia - try
15 - 3 start of second half
42 Barnes - conversion 17 - 3
45 17 - 6 Halfpenny - penalty goal
49 Barnes - drop goal 20 - 6
50 Fainga'a - sub on
Horne - sub off
51 Owens - sub off
Rees - sub on
RP Jones - sub on
Faletau - sub off
Charteris - sub off
AW Jones - sub on
55 Horne - sub on
Fainga'a - sub off
Moore - sub on
Polota-Nau - sub off
20 - 9 MS Williams - sub off
Beck - sub on
Halfpenny - penalty goal
57 20 - 14 Cuthbert - try
58 Robinson - sub off
Alexander - sub on
Hooper - sub on
Palu - sub off
59 20 - 16 Halfpenny - conversion
62 20 - 19 Halfpenny - penalty goal
64 Dennis - sub on
Sharpe - sub off
66 McCabe - try 25 - 19
67 Barnes - conversion 27 - 19
71 Vuna - sub off
Fainga'a - sub on
75 AR Jones - sub off
James - sub on
80 end of second half
end of half
end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result Australia won by a margin of 8 points
 
Ground name Lang Park, Brisbane
Attendance 42788
 
Referee CP Joubert (South Africa)
 
Australia Test debuts KC Vuna
Wales Test debuts MA Beck

Teams

Australia Wales
Tries Higginbotham (14), Genia (40), McCabe (66) Tries Cuthbert (57)
Cons Barnes (15, 42, 67) Cons Halfpenny (59)
Pens Barnes (8) Pens Halfpenny (21, 45, 55, 62)
Drops Barnes (49) Drops none

Match stats

Australia   Wales
3 Tries 1
3 from 3 Conversion goals 1 from 1
1 from 3 Penalty goals 4 from 4
66.7% Kick at goal success 100.0%
1 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
28 Kicks from hand 24
140 Passes 162
111 Runs 133
426 Metres run with ball 534
Attacking
46% Possession 54%
53% Territory 47%
7 Clean breaks 6
15 Defenders beaten 14
10 Offloads 19
83 from 88 (94.3%) Rucks won 99 from 107 (92.5%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 1 from 1 (100.0%)
10 Turnovers conceded 20
Defensive
126/14 Tackles made/missed 103/16
90.0% Tackling success rate 86.6%
Set pieces
4 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 4 won, 1 lost (80.0%)
6 won, 2 lost (75.0%) Lineouts on own throw 14 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
Discipline
13 Penalties conceded 9
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Aust stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Ashley-Cooper 0/0 0 4/7/9 79 0 1 1 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Vuna 0/0 0 0/3/6 22 0 2 0 1 2/2 0/0 1 0/0
C Horne 0/0 0 1/2/3 9 0 0 0 1 8/0 0/0 1 0/0
C McCabe 1/0 5 0/4/7 14 1 1 1 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Ioane 0/0 0 0/7/14 55 1 5 3 2 1/2 0/0 2 0/0
FH Barnes 0/0 12 13/21/4 34 0 0 0 0 9/1 1/0 0 0/0
SH Genia 1/1 5 10/75/8 108 4 3 1 3 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Robinson 0/0 0 0/0/2 3 0 0 0 0 14/0 0/0 2 0/0
H Polota-Nau 0/0 0 0/1/6 23 1 0 0 1 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Kepu 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 10/1 0/0 0 0/0
L Simmons 0/0 0 0/0/4 5 0 0 0 0 11/5 3/0 0 0/0
L Sharpe 0/0 0 0/3/6 6 0 0 1 0 8/0 1/0 0 0/0
F Higginbotham 1/0 5 0/3/14 23 0 1 0 1 11/0 0/0 0 0/0
F Pocock 0/0 0 0/5/6 2 0 0 1 0 11/0 0/0 2 0/0
N8 Palu 0/0 0 0/5/10 17 0 0 2 0 11/1 1/0 1 0/0
(H) Moore 0/0 0 0/2/3 4 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Alexander 0/0 0 0/2/2 2 0 1 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Dennis 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) Hooper 0/0 0 0/0/6 20 0 1 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Fainga'a 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 1 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

Wales stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Halfpenny 0/0 14 2/8/9 75 1 3 2 4 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Cuthbert 1/0 5 0/2/11 112 2 2 2 1 2/1 1/0 0 0/0
C JJV Davies 0/0 0 1/5/10 84 1 1 4 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
C MS Williams 0/0 0 1/2/11 34 1 0 0 2 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
W North 0/0 0 0/2/4 32 1 3 1 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
FH Priestland 0/0 0 10/32/3 1 0 0 0 3 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Phillips 0/0 0 5/68/9 26 0 2 2 2 4/2 0/0 1 0/0
P Jenkins 0/0 0 1/3/5 3 0 0 0 2 11/3 0/0 0 0/0
H Owens 0/0 0 0/2/5 1 0 0 0 0 4/2 0/0 0 0/0
P AR Jones 0/0 0 0/1/1 10 0 0 0 0 6/2 0/0 1 0/0
L BS Davies 0/0 0 0/3/6 15 0 0 0 3 6/0 4/1 0 0/0
L Charteris 0/0 0 0/3/1 1 0 0 1 0 9/1 4/0 0 0/0
F Lydiate 0/0 0 0/4/12 8 0 1 1 1 14/1 1/0 0 0/0
F Warburton 0/0 0 0/5/8 9 0 0 0 0 14/0 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Faletau 0/0 0 0/1/7 9 0 0 1 0 5/3 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Rees 0/0 0 0/3/8 11 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) James 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) AW Jones 0/0 0 0/3/1 1 0 0 1 0 4/0 1/0 0 0/0
(N8) RP Jones 0/0 0 0/5/6 37 0 1 1 0 4/0 2/0 0 0/0
(W) Hook 0/0 0 4/5/12 54 0 1 1 1 0/1 0/0 2 0/0
(C) Beck 0/1 0 0/5/3 10 0 0 2 0 2/0 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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