Wales tour - Melbourne, 16 June 2012, 20:00 local, 10:00 GMT
Australia (13) 25 - 23 (7) Wales (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
2 0 - 5

Try: George North crashes over from close range

3 0 - 7

Conversion: Halfpenny adds the extras

19 3 - 7

Penalty: Berrick Barnes opens his account

29 6 - 7

Penalty: Barnes closes the gap

38 11 - 7

Try: Barnes breaks free and sends Rob Horne over

39 13 - 7

Conversion: Barnes slots the extras

42 13 - 12

Try: Jonathan Davies chases down a kick ahead to score

44 13 - 14

Conversion: Halfpenny adds the extras

47 16 - 14

Penalty: Barnes restores Australia's lead

49 16 - 17

Penalty: Halfpenny lands a kick from long-range

58 19 - 17

Penalty: Barnes restores Australia's lead

60 19 - 20

Penalty: Halfpenny responds for Wales

64 22 - 20

Penalty: Barnes puts Australia back in the lead

66 22 - 23

Penalty: Halfpenny puts Wales ahead

80

Penalty: Mike Harris wins it for Australia

80+1 25 - 23

Penalty: Mike Harris wins it for Australia

Timeline

Time Australia  Score  Wales
0 start of first half start of first half
2 0 - 5 North - try
3 0 - 7 Halfpenny - conversion
19 Barnes - penalty goal 3 - 7
29 Barnes - penalty goal 6 - 7
38 Horne - try 11 - 7
39 Barnes - conversion 13 - 7
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
42 13 - 12 JJV Davies - try
44 13 - 14 Halfpenny - conversion
47 Barnes - penalty goal 16 - 14
49 16 - 17 Halfpenny - penalty goal
50 Moore - sub on
Polota-Nau - sub off
54 Dennis - sub on
Palu - sub off
58 Barnes - penalty goal 19 - 17
59 Vuna - yellow card
60 19 - 20 Halfpenny - penalty goal
64 Barnes - penalty goal
Robinson - sub off
Alexander - sub on		 22 - 20
65 Webb - sub on
Phillips - sub off
66 22 - 23 Halfpenny - penalty goal
Hibbard - sub on
Rees - sub off
67 Charteris - sub on
AW Jones - sub off
69 Hooper - sub on
Simmons - sub off
70 Vuna - sub off
Fainga'a - sub on
72 Barnes - sub off
Harris - sub on
80+1 Harris - penalty goal
end of second half
end of half		 25 - 23 end of second half
end of half
0
81 Harris - penalty goal 25 - 23

Notes

 
Result Australia won by a margin of 2 points
 
Ground name Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance 33888
 
Referee CJ Pollock (New Zealand)
 
Australia Test debuts none
Wales Test debuts none
 
Match notes match played indoors

Teams

Australia Wales
Tries Horne (38) Tries North (2), JJV Davies (42)
Cons Barnes (39) Cons Halfpenny (3, 44)
Pens Barnes (19, 29, 47, 58, 64), Harris (80) Pens Halfpenny (49, 60, 66)
    Team
15 FB
Adam Ashley-Cooper
14 W
Cooper Vuna
59
13 C
Rob Horne
12 C
Pat McCabe
11 W
Digby Ioane
10 FH
Berrick Barnes
9 SH
Will Genia
1 P
Benn Robinson
2 H
Tatafu Polota-Nau
3 P
Sekope Kepu
4 L
Rob Simmons
5 L
Nathan Sharpe
6 F
Scott Higginbotham
7 F
David Pocock (c)
8 N8
Wycliff Palu
    Replacements
16 H
Stephen Moore
17 P
Ben Alexander
18 N8
Dave Dennis
19 L
Michael Hooper
20
Nic White
21 W
Anthony Fainga'a
22 FH
Mike Harris
    Team
15 FB
Leigh Halfpenny
14 W
Alex Cuthbert
13 C
Jonathan Davies
12 C
Ashley Beck
11 W
George North
10 FH
Rhys Priestland
9 SH
Mike Phillips
1 P
Gethin Jenkins
2 H
Matthew Rees
3 P
Adam Jones
4 L
Bradley Davies
5 L
Alun Wyn Jones
6 F
Dan Lydiate
7 F
Sam Warburton (c)
8 N8
Ryan Jones
    Replacements
16 H
Richard Hibbard
17
Paul James
18 L
Luke Charteris
19
Justin Tipuric
20 SH
Rhys Webb
21
James Hook
22
Scott Williams

Match stats

Australia   Wales
1 Tries 2
1 from 1 Conversion goals 2 from 2
6 from 7 Penalty goals 3 from 3
87.5% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
21 Kicks from hand 23
163 Passes 72
134 Runs 57
363 Metres run with ball 159
Attacking
64% Possession 36%
66% Territory 34%
3 Clean breaks 2
15 Defenders beaten 7
7 Offloads 5
114 from 118 (96.6%) Rucks won 49 from 53 (92.5%)
2 from 2 (100.0%) Mauls won 2 from 2 (100.0%)
11 Turnovers conceded 7
Defensive
61/7 Tackles made/missed 136/15
89.7% Tackling success rate 90.1%
Set pieces
4 won, 1 lost (80.0%) Scrums on own feed 4 won, 1 lost (80.0%)
12 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Lineouts on own throw 10 won, 4 lost (71.4%)
Discipline
11 Penalties conceded 12
1/0 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 4/5/11 35 0 1 1 0 1/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Vuna 0/0 0 1/0/4 19 0 1 0 1 1/0 0/0 1 1/0
C Horne 1/0 5 0/0/7 45 1 1 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
C McCabe 0/0 0 0/3/6 8 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Ioane 0/0 0 2/4/11 93 1 2 1 1 4/1 1/0 0 0/0
FH Barnes 0/1 17 9/20/8 31 1 3 0 2 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Genia 0/0 0 5/98/8 28 0 0 0 2 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Robinson 0/0 0 0/0/5 2 0 1 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Polota-Nau 0/0 0 0/2/8 7 0 0 2 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Kepu 0/0 0 0/1/4 3 0 0 0 0 8/1 0/0 0 0/0
L Simmons 0/0 0 0/2/7 5 0 0 0 0 4/0 2/0 1 0/0
L Sharpe 0/0 0 0/9/13 8 0 0 0 0 3/0 3/1 2 0/0
F Higginbotham 0/0 0 0/1/9 25 0 1 0 3 3/0 4/0 1 0/0
F Pocock 0/0 0 0/3/11 18 0 1 0 0 7/1 0/1 0 0/0
N8 Palu 0/0 0 0/6/13 15 0 2 2 0 8/1 1/0 1 0/0
(H) Moore 0/0 0 0/3/3 2 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Alexander 0/0 0 0/1/2 4 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
(N8) Dennis 0/0 0 0/1/2 3 0 0 0 0 1/0 1/0 0 0/0
(L) Hooper 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 2 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Fainga'a 0/0 0 0/0/1 10 0 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Harris 0/0 3 0/4/1 2 0 0 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

Wales stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Halfpenny 0/0 13 2/5/4 6 0 0 0 1 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Cuthbert 0/0 0 0/1/6 7 0 0 1 3 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
C JJV Davies 1/0 5 1/2/4 2 0 0 2 0 8/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Beck 0/1 0 1/2/1 0 0 0 0 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
W North 1/0 5 0/1/5 18 0 2 1 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
FH Priestland 0/0 0 13/10/2 23 1 2 0 0 12/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Phillips 0/0 0 3/35/4 35 1 3 0 2 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Jenkins 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 1 8/1 1/0 2 0/0
H Rees 0/0 0 1/2/7 23 0 0 0 0 10/1 0/0 1 0/0
P AR Jones 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 10/1 0/0 0 0/0
L BS Davies 0/0 0 0/2/2 2 0 0 0 0 14/2 5/0 1 0/0
L AW Jones 0/0 0 0/1/4 15 0 0 0 0 9/1 3/0 1 0/0
F Lydiate 0/0 0 0/1/2 2 0 0 0 0 16/1 1/0 0 0/0
F Warburton 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 0 20/2 0/0 0 0/0
N8 RP Jones 0/0 0 0/2/13 22 0 0 1 0 10/0 0/0 3 0/0
(H) Hibbard 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
(L) Charteris 0/0 0 0/0/1 3 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Webb 0/0 0 2/6/0 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 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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