Rugby World Cup - Auckland, 21 October 2011, 20:30 local, 07:30 GMT
Australia (7) 21 - 18 (3) Wales (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
11 5 - 0

TRY A fizzing pass from Cooper finds Barnes at pace and he slices through on his way to the line for the opening try of the game.

12 7 - 0

CONVERSION: O'Connor adds the simple extras from straight in front.

18 7 - 3

PENALTY Wales earn a scrum penalty in the shadow of Australia's posts and Hook steps up to slot the kick

49 7 - 8

TRY Some good work from Phillips puts Hook through and his pass is hacked on by Williams who wins the foot race to score the try

53 10 - 8

PENALTY Australia hit straight back with a long range penalty from O'Connor

56 13 - 8

PENALTY O'Connor adds another to give his side some breathing room after another breakdown infringement from Wales

67 16 - 8

DROP GOAL Barnes slots an excellent drop goal to edge his side nearer victory

69 16 - 11

PENALTY Jones breathes some life back into the contest with a penalty

75 21 - 11

TRY Moments after Ashley-Cooper is denied a score by a last ditch tackle from North, the pressure finally tells as McCalman is able to stroll over for a try

80

TRY Wales are rewarded for a 30+ phases of rugby with a try fro Halfpenny

80+2 21 - 16

TRY Wales are rewarded for a 30+ phases of rugby with a try from Halfpenny

80+3 21 - 18

CONVERSION Jones adds the conversion with the last kick of the game

Timeline

Time Australia  Score  Wales
0 start of first half start of first half
9 Beale - sub off
Horne - sub on
11 Barnes - try 5 - 0
12 O'Connor - conversion 7 - 0
18 7 - 3 Hook - penalty goal
20 Cooper - sub off
AS Fainga'a - sub on
30 Higginbotham - sub off
Samo - sub on
32 North - sub off
SM Jones - sub on
34 Samo - sub off
Higginbotham - sub on
36 SM Jones - sub off
North - sub on
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
46 Simmons - sub on
Sharpe - sub off
49 7 - 8 SM Williams - try
50 Hook - sub off
SM Jones - sub on
52 Polota-Nau - sub off
SM Fainga'a - sub on
53 O'Connor - penalty goal 10 - 8 AW Jones - sub on
Charteris - sub off
56 O'Connor - penalty goal 13 - 8
60 Alexander - sub on
Ma'afu - sub off
63 Lydiate - sub off
Powell - sub on
LD Williams - sub on
Phillips - sub off
Bevington - sub on
James - sub off
67 Barnes - drop goal 16 - 8
68 Genia - sub off
Burgess - sub on
69 16 - 11 Burns - sub on
Bennett - sub off
SM Jones - penalty goal
70 JJV Davies - sub off
MS Williams - sub on
71 Samo - sub on
Horwill - sub off
75 McCalman - try 21 - 11
80+2 21 - 16 Halfpenny - try
80+3 21 - 18 SM Jones - conversion
80+4 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
84

Notes

 
Result Australia won by a margin of 3 points
 
Ground name Eden Park, Auckland (neutral venue)
Attendance 53013
 
Referee W Barnes (England)
 
Australia Test debuts none
Wales Test debuts none

Teams

Australia Wales
Tries Barnes (11), McCalman (75) Tries SM Williams (49), Halfpenny (80)
Cons O'Connor (12) Cons SM Jones (80)
Pens O'Connor (53, 56) Pens Hook (18), SM Jones (69)
Drops Barnes (67) Drops none
    Team
15 FB
Kurtley Beale
14 W
James O'Connor
13 C
Adam Ashley-Cooper
12 C
Berrick Barnes
11 W
Digby Ioane
10 FH
Quade Cooper
9 SH
Will Genia
1 P
James Slipper
2 H
Tatafu Polota-Nau
3 P
Salesi Ma'afu
4 L
James Horwill (c)
5 L
Nathan Sharpe
6 F
Scott Higginbotham
7 F
David Pocock
8 N8
Ben McCalman
    Replacements
16 H
Saia Fainga'a
17 P
Ben Alexander
18 L
Rob Simmons
19 F
Radike Samo
20 SH
Luke Burgess
21 FH
Anthony Fainga'a
22 FB
Rob Horne
    Team
15 FB
Leigh Halfpenny
14 W
George North
13 C
Jonathan Davies
12 C
Jamie Roberts
11 W
Shane Williams
10 FH
James Hook
9 SH
Mike Phillips
1 P
Gethin Jenkins (c)
2 H
Huw Bennett
3 P
Paul James
4 L
Luke Charteris
5 L
Bradley Davies
6 F
Dan Lydiate
7 F
Taulupe Faletau
8 N8
Ryan Jones
    Replacements
16 H
Lloyd Burns
17 P
Ryan Bevington
18 L
Alun Wyn Jones
19 F
Andy Powell
20 SH
Lloyd Williams
21 W
Stephen Jones
22 C
Scott Williams

Match stats

Australia   Wales
2 Tries 2
1 from 1 Conversion goals 1 from 2
2 from 5 Penalty goals 2 from 4
50.0% Kick at goal success 50.0%
1 Dropped goals 0 (1 missed)
Kick/pass/run
31 Kicks from hand 35
105 Passes 164
83 Runs 146
393 Metres run with ball 297
Attacking
34% Possession 66%
36% Territory 64%
2 Clean breaks 2
4 Defenders beaten 3
8 Offloads 17
55 from 60 (91.7%) Rucks won 119 from 123 (96.7%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 4 from 4 (100.0%)
15 Turnovers conceded 14
Defensive
143/3 Tackles made/missed 79/4
98.0% Tackling success rate 95.2%
Set pieces
5 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 7 won, 1 lost (87.5%)
9 won, 2 lost (81.8%) Lineouts on own throw 14 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
Discipline
10 Penalties conceded 10
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 Beale 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
W O'Connor 0/0 8 5/3/11 123 1 1 1 3 5/1 0/0 1 0/0
C Ashley-Cooper 0/0 0 2/4/8 53 0 0 1 2 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Barnes 1/0 8 12/12/10 120 1 2 1 1 13/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Ioane 0/0 0 0/1/8 19 0 0 0 2 5/1 0/0 1 0/0
FH Cooper 0/1 0 2/18/3 12 0 0 1 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Genia 0/0 0 4/55/3 17 0 0 1 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Slipper 0/0 0 0/0/4 10 0 0 0 0 14/0 0/0 2 0/0
H Polota-Nau 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Ma'afu 0/0 0 0/2/3 0 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Horwill 0/0 0 0/0/6 11 0 0 0 1 10/0 2/0 0 0/0
L Sharpe 0/0 0 0/0/5 0 0 0 0 0 5/1 3/0 0 0/0
F Higginbotham 0/0 0 0/1/5 9 0 0 1 1 12/0 3/0 1 0/0
F Pocock 0/0 0 0/1/1 4 0 0 0 1 14/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 McCalman 1/0 5 0/0/6 5 0 0 0 0 12/0 0/0 1 0/0
(H) SM Fainga'a 0/1 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 1 0 8/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Alexander 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Simmons 0/0 0 0/0/2 2 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Samo 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 1 5/0 1/0 0 0/0
(SH) Burgess 0/0 0 1/4/1 0 0 0 1 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) AS Fainga'a 0/0 0 0/2/0 0 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/0 1 0/0
(FB) Horne 0/0 0 0/0/4 8 0 0 0 1 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

Wales stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Halfpenny 1/0 5 5/4/10 41 1 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
W North 0/0 0 0/1/10 47 0 2 1 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
C JJV Davies 0/0 0 4/2/4 13 0 0 0 0 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Roberts 0/0 0 0/5/10 8 0 0 0 2 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
W SM Williams 1/0 5 2/8/11 39 1 0 2 1 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
FH Hook 0/1 3 9/10/1 1 0 0 0 2 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Phillips 0/0 0 6/42/10 22 0 1 1 2 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Jenkins 0/0 0 0/2/5 1 0 0 1 1 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Bennett 0/0 0 0/2/5 2 0 0 1 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
P James 0/0 0 0/1/3 1 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 2 0/0
L Charteris 0/0 0 0/0/2 6 0 0 0 0 12/0 4/1 2 0/0
L BS Davies 0/0 0 0/3/10 11 0 0 1 0 2/0 6/0 0 0/0
F Lydiate 0/0 0 0/3/8 6 0 0 1 1 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
F Faletau 0/0 0 0/2/6 14 0 0 0 1 9/0 1/0 1 0/0
N8 RP Jones 0/0 0 0/6/21 37 0 0 3 0 4/0 1/0 1 0/0
(H) Burns 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Bevington 0/0 0 0/2/3 1 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) AW Jones 0/0 0 0/0/8 9 0 0 1 0 3/0 1/0 0 0/0
(F) Powell 0/0 0 0/3/6 19 0 0 3 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) LD Williams 0/0 0 1/35/1 2 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) SM Jones 0/0 5 4/32/6 15 0 0 1 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) MS Williams 0/0 0 0/1/5 2 0 0 1 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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