Australia tour - Millennium Stadium, 29 November 2008, 14:30 local, 14:30 GMT
Wales (15) 21 - 18 (10) Australia (FT)

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Timeline

Time Wales  Score  Australia
0 start of first half start of first half
2 Mortlock - sub off
Cooper - sub on
3 SM Williams - try 5 - 0
13 5 - 5 Chisholm - try
14 5 - 7 Giteau - conversion
17 JH Roberts - sub off
Bishop - sub on
24 5 - 10 Giteau - drop goal
27 Moore - yellow card
28 SM Jones - penalty goal 8 - 10
30 Byrne - try 13 - 10
31 SM Jones - conversion 15 - 10
33 Hynes - sub off
Tuqiri - sub on
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
46 15 - 13 Giteau - penalty goal
61 Powell - sub off
DAR Jones - sub on
62 Smith - sub on
Waugh - sub off
67 SM Jones - drop goal 18 - 13
69 Moore - sub off
Freier - sub on
McMeniman - sub off
Mumm - sub on
78 SM Jones - penalty goal 21 - 13
80 21 - 18 Ioane - try
80+2 end of second half end of second half

Notes

 
Result Wales won by a margin of 3 points
 
Ground name Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance 74314
 
Referee DA Lewis (Ireland)
 
Wales Test debuts none
Australia Test debuts none

Teams

Wales Australia
Tries SM Williams (3), Byrne (30) Tries Chisholm (13), Ioane (80)
Cons SM Jones (31) Cons Giteau (14)
Pens SM Jones (28, 78) Pens Giteau (46)
Drops SM Jones (67) Drops Giteau (24)
    Team
15 FB
Lee Byrne
14 W
Mark Jones
13 C
Tom Shanklin
12 C
Jamie Roberts
11 W
Shane Williams
10 FH
Stephen Jones
9 SH
Gareth Cooper
1 P
Gethin Jenkins
2 H
Matthew Rees
3 P
Adam Jones
4 L
Ian Gough
5 L
Alun Wyn Jones
6 F
Ryan Jones (c)
7 F
Martyn Williams
8 N8
Andy Powell
    Replacements
16
Richard Hibbard
17
John Yapp
18
Luke Charteris
19 N8
Dafydd Jones
20
Martin Roberts
21
James Hook
22 C
Andrew Bishop
    Team
15 FB
Drew Mitchell
14 W
Peter Hynes
13 C
Ryan Cross
12 C
Stirling Mortlock (c)
11 W
Digby Ioane
10 FH
Matt Giteau
9 SH
Luke Burgess
1 P
Benn Robinson
2 H
Stephen Moore
27
3 P
Al Baxter
4 L
Mark Chisholm
5 L
Nathan Sharpe
6 F
Hugh McMeniman
7 F
Phil Waugh
8 N8
Richard Brown
    Replacements
16 H
Adam Freier
17
Matt Dunning
18 F
Dean Mumm
19 F
George Smith
20
Sam Cordingley
21 C
Quade Cooper
22 W
Lote Tuqiri

Match stats

Wales   Australia
2 Tries 2
1 from 2 Conversion goals 1 from 2
2 from 4 Penalty goals 1 from 2
50.0% Kick at goal success 50.0%
1 Dropped goals 1
Kick/pass/run
25 Kicks from hand 28
60 Passes 76
91 Runs 79
511 Metres run with ball 409
Attacking
4 Clean breaks 4
11 Defenders beaten 7
10 Offloads 3
74 from 79 (93.7%) Rucks won 62 from 67 (92.5%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
8 Turnovers conceded 9
Defensive
103/4 Tackles made/missed 92/14
96.3% Tackling success rate 86.8%
Set pieces
9 won, 1 lost (90.0%) Scrums on own feed 4 won, 1 lost (80.0%)
9 won, 5 lost (64.3%) Lineouts on own throw 11 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
Discipline
7 Penalties conceded 12
0/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

Wales stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Byrne 1/1 5 9/1/7 50 1 2 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
W MA Jones 0/0 0 0/0/5 11 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Shanklin 0/0 0 2/1/6 25 0 0 0 0 10/1 0/0 0 0/0
C JH Roberts 0/0 0 1/0/2 35 1 1 1 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
W SM Williams 1/1 5 0/2/7 91 1 1 2 2 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH SM Jones 0/0 11 10/14/10 39 0 1 1 0 8/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Cooper 0/0 0 3/39/6 38 1 0 0 1 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Jenkins 0/0 0 0/0/2 11 0 1 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Rees 0/0 0 0/0/4 8 0 0 0 1 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
P AR Jones 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Gough 0/0 0 0/1/3 10 0 0 1 0 6/0 5/0 0 0/0
L AW Jones 0/0 0 0/0/5 20 0 0 2 0 14/0 2/0 0 0/0
F RP Jones 0/0 0 0/0/10 55 0 0 0 0 11/1 1/0 0 0/0
F ME Williams 0/0 0 0/0/4 18 0 0 1 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Powell 0/0 0 0/1/11 76 0 5 1 3 5/1 0/0 2 0/0
(N8) DAR Jones 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Bishop 0/0 0 0/1/6 24 0 0 1 1 9/0 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

Aust stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Mitchell 0/1 0 7/0/5 55 1 1 0 1 5/0 0/0 3 0/0
W Hynes 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Cross 0/0 0 1/1/11 74 2 3 2 1 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Mortlock 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Ioane 1/0 5 0/0/3 5 0 0 0 2 1/1 0/0 1 0/0
FH Giteau 0/0 8 8/18/4 30 0 0 0 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Burgess 0/0 0 3/51/5 5 0 1 0 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Robinson 0/0 0 0/1/5 10 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Moore 0/0 0 0/0/3 18 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 2 1/0
P Baxter 0/0 0 0/0/4 13 0 0 0 1 7/1 0/0 1 0/0
L Chisholm 1/0 5 0/1/4 70 1 0 0 0 5/2 7/2 0 0/0
L Sharpe 0/0 0 0/0/7 24 0 0 0 0 11/2 0/0 0 0/0
F McMeniman 0/0 0 0/1/5 12 0 0 0 1 6/3 1/1 0 0/0
F Waugh 0/0 0 0/0/2 5 0 0 0 1 12/0 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Brown 0/0 0 0/0/7 17 0 0 0 0 6/1 2/0 0 0/0
(H) Freier 0/0 0 0/0/1 5 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Mumm 0/0 0 0/0/2 5 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Smith 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 1 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
(C) Cooper 0/0 0 5/3/5 23 0 2 1 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Tuqiri 0/0 0 2/0/5 38 0 0 0 0 4/1 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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