Live updates: Wales vs Wallabies
30′ Penalty for Wales
The Welsh cough up the ball, but there is a penalty against Angus Bell for a no arm tackle.
Tough couple of minutes for one of the stars of Twickenham.
The Welsh have a shot at goal on their minds, Gareth Anscombe will take it and makes no mistake.
It’s Wales 10-19 Wallabies.
28′ Wallabies knock on
Scrum for the WElsh after the knock by the Wallabies as they look to move the ball left.
The Wallabies just need to be careful here that they don’t let the Welsh get back into it.
And being penalised at the scrum is not the way to do it – Angus Bell is being handled like a junior by Bath prop Archie Griffin.
25′ Wales on the charge!
A penalty from the scrum as this massive Wallabies pack disintegrates, then a penalty for a high tackle from Tom Wright.
The Welsh keep coming though and it’s the number eight Aaron Wainwright who crashes over under the posts.
The crowd are re-energised.
The kick is good.
Australia still leads 19-7.
24′ Wallabies knock on at the kick off
This is the first meaningful mistake from the Wallabies – a knock on from the kick off as Tom Wright flies but drops the ball.
It’s the first visit for Wales in the Wallabies 22.
22′ The Wallabies are over again!
Matt Faessler is the man who emerges from the rolling maul with the ball in his paws.
The Wallabies are running rampant here.
It was so easy – this Wales team are smaller man for man than the Wallabies and it showed.
Warren Gatland looks resigned to what is happening.
He might be watching his second coming as Wales coach come to and end.
The kick is good, Wallabies lead 19-0.
21′ Another Wallabies penalty
This one is seven metres out, offside by the Welsh.
Another kick to the corner, this one just five metres out.
19′ Penalty Wallabies
This is very nice from the Wallabies.
They move the ball well, keep it going forward, keep the Welsh on the back foot and it’s Cameron Winnett who is pinged for lying on the ball.
Lolosio kicks for touch.
The Wallabies sense blood and even with the crowd atmosphere turned down you can feel the ominous silence of this big Cardiff crowd.
16′ Nick Frost from 50 metres!
You can feel the atmosphere deflate like a popped balloon after that.
The Welsh did well there to keep the ball alive, recycling neatly.
But then they lose it out the back, it’s picked up the a diving Max Jorgensen, who flicks a magnificent pass out to Frost, who opens up his 206cm frame to lumber the full 50 metres to the try line.
The kick isn’t pretty but it’s over, the Wallabies lead 12-0.
13′ Tom Wright opens the scoring for the Wallabies!
Lovely patience from the Wallabies.
That was another 15 phases of football from the men in gold, using the ball nicely with quick ball at the breakdown.
The Welsh are on the back foot and Tom Wright, with just a little step to create some space, gets through the gap and scores in the corner.
Lolosio’s kick is a shocker, so the score remains 5-0 to Australia.
11′ James Botham (should be) off for an HIA
James Dolman, the referee, says that James Botham, who tried to take Rob Valetini in a tackle and was smashed backwards, was knocked out as he did so.
He stops play but the referee has been overruled by the Wales doctor.
The Welsh have been criticised for letting George North play on while concussed before, so I’m not sure this is a great look for the embattled Wales team.
Regardless, it’s a Wallabies scrum.
10′ Kerevi held up over the line!
Oh that’s excellent from the Wallabies!
Jorgensen does superbly well with a neat inside pass to Kerevi who launched himself at the line.
Tom Rogers though, the Scarlets winger, holds up the massive centre over the line.
It will be a Welsh goaline drop out.
9′ Will Skelton is a monster
And he wins another free kick for the Wallabies after the Welsh can’t get a maul working properly from a lineout.
Skelton is proving a problem for the Welsh.
8′ Wales injury issue early
Problem here for Wales.
Adam Beard, their most experienced starter playing his 58th international, is down and he may not be able to continue.
Kinshasa-born Exeter Chief Christ Tshiunza is the replacement.
Now there’s another injury in the Wales midfield that leads to another little delay.
6′ Tom Wright with the break
Tom Wright is an exciting player when he gets a sliver of space, and he takes the ball from inside his 22 up and over half way.
The Wallabies move the ball to the left, but then lose it when Faessler drops it.
Wales regather and will clear their lines.
4′ Wallabies earn the scrum put in
Nice from Wales, spinning the ball right towards Tom Roberts.
However, Samu Kerevi and Will Skelton hold the youngster up to create the maul, which they then collapse to get the scrum.
The brief murmur of excitement from the Welsh crowd – which is oddly turned down on the Australian broadcast as it was at Twickenham last week – is silenced.
2′ Wales scrum
A whole 13 phases of play from the Wallabies there to start things off.
But at the ruck, the ball is knocked on by the Wallabies so Wales will have a scrum just outside their own 22.
We reset once. Now we move a few paces to the left and finally have a stable scrum.
1′ Kick off in Cardiff
James Doleman, our New Zealander referee gets us underway under the roof in Cardiff.
And it is the Wallabies who kick off and win the ball in the air! Lovely leap from Tom Wright.
The visitors will have first use of the ball.
Time for the anthems
The male voice choir are leading Advance Australia Fair under the roof at the Principality Stadium – a rather jaunty rendition in truth.
Now, one of world sport’s great experiences.
Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau.
Chills.
Talk like a local
Today, the Wallabies are in Wales, or Cymru as the locals call it.
So why not have a little language lesson.
Yes, I know it’s 3am, but there’s never a bad time to learn.
So, thanks to Welsh language broadcaster S4C, here’s some helpful rugby (or rygbi) phrases.
- Wales – Cymru
- Australia – Awstralia
- Captain – Capten
- Head Coach – Prif Hyfforddwr
- Commentator – Sylwebydd
- Man of the Match – Seren y Gêm
- Opponent – Gwrthwynebydd
- Referee – Dyfarnwr
- Try – Cais
- Conversion – Trosiad
- To convert – Trosi
- Converted try – Trosgais
- Drop goal – Gôl adlam
- Penalty- Cosb
- Penalty kick – Cic gosb
- Penalty try – Cais cosb
And no, I do not know how to pronounce them.