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Wales vs Australia Rugby World Cup LIVE: Warren Gatland's Wales look to maintain momentum while Eddie Jones' Wallabies hope to bounce back from Fiji loss

World Cup / 1st Round
Groupama Stadium / 24.09.2023
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Imogen Ainsworth

Updated 24/09/2023 at 20:48 GMT


21:47
FULL TIME, WALES 40 - 6 AUSTRALIA
Wales are the first team to qualify for the 2023 quarter finals!
But a bleak, bleak day for Australia.
21:44
WALES TRY! WALES 40 - 6 AUSTRALIA
77 mins, Australia have no hope now, and it's Morgan who provides the final blow from the maul! He's been brilliant today. As has Anscombe, but he misses the conversion.
21:40
ANOTHER PENALTY GIVEN AWAY BY KEREVI, WALES 35 - 6 AUSTRALIA.
73 mins. Deliberate knock on this time.
21:38
DROP GOAL! WALES 35 - 6 AUSTRALIA
Anscombe is loving it, what a game! He adds another three points as Australia are pushed even further away and their World Cup knock-out ambitions look to be coming an end in Lyon. Looking on track for Wales to secure their biggest win against Australia since 1975 (28-3).
21:34
WALES SCRUM, WALES 32 - 6 AUSTRALIA
Kerevi with the knock on to give Wales the scrum.
21:30
MORE ISSUES FOR AUSTRALIA, WALES 32 - 6 AUSTRALIA
Nawaqanitawase's attempted offload goes into touch after the scrum, which they actually managed to survive this time.
21:24
WALES PENALTY! WALES 32 - 6 AUSTRALIA
59 mins, Anscombe extends the lead! A few minutes before Wales had a chance out wide, but the pass from Anscombe is forward, but Wales are absolutely destroying Australia in the scrum, and then Wallabies are penalised again for a knock-on.
21:16
WALES PENALTY! WALES 29 - 6 AUSTRALIA
51 mins, it's Anscombe again as Kerevi gives away the penalty for a high tackle on Tompkins.
21:11
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WALES TRY! WALES 26 - 6 AUSTRALIA
47 mins, Nick Tompkins is the first to reach the kick over the top from Anscombe and scores after the chase despite the pressure from Samu Kerevi! Anscombe converts.
21:06
WALES PENALTY! WALES 19 - 6 AUSTRALIA
42 mins, Anscombe slots a 41 m kick to open the second-half scoring.
21:03
SECOND HALF! WALES 16 - 6 AUSTRALIA
Anscombe gets the second half underway and Wales again win a penalty within seconds.
20:49
HALF TIME: WALES 16 - 6 AUSTRALIA
Rees-Zammit almost gets to the line after he receives the ball from North, but Australia do enough to win the goal-line dropout to go into half-time.
20:46
WALES PENALTY! WALES 16 - 6 AUSTRALIA
38 mins, Australia penalised for pouncing on the emerging ball from a ruck, Anscombe takes the three points again.
20:43
WALES STILL ON THE ATTACK, WALES 13 - 6 AUSTRALIA
A pinpoint kick from Anscombe lands neatly in the hands of Adams, but the winger is tackled into touch before he manages to get away.
20:34
WALES PENALTY! WALES 13 - 6 AUSTRALIA
27 mins, Anscombe extends their lead by another three.
20:31
WALES WITH THE TURNOVER, WALES 10 - 6 AUSTRALIA
An awful lineout throw from Australia 10 metres out that lands in the hands of Morgan, who puts in an excellent kick to push Wales back up the pitch with the 50-22.
20:25
WALES PENALTY! WALES 10 - 6 AUSTRALIA
Anscombe makes no mistake this time!
20:22
WALES PENALTY MISSED, WALES 7 - 6 AUSTRALIA
Anscombe misses a 40-metre effort as the ball bounces off of the post.
20:17
AUSTRALIA PENALTY! WALES 7 - 6 AUSTRALIA
13 mins, Donaldson adds the three points in front of the posts again after the scrum penalty to take Australia to within a point.
20:15
BIGGAR LEAVES THE FIELD: WALES 7 - 3 AUSTRALIA
12 mins, Biggar leaves the pitch holding his shoulder, he's replaced by Gareth Anscombe. Wales then concede a scrum penalty in front of the posts.