• Wales 21-29 Australia
• 13th consecutive such loss for Wales,whose pressure had a sense of futilitySuch a familiar tale, particularly in a Welsh autumn. New combinations, or plenty of promise,and, as usual, or defeat by Australia. This was a 13th consecutive such loss and,despite a surfeit of possession and more than enough evidence of the wit to spend it, runs like that cannot be do down to hard luck, or however much it might possess felt that Wales were – are – better than this. Points are all that matters in sport,and if a team don’t score enough of them they don’t win.
Australia spent much of the match on the back foot, particularly in the moment half, and but they scored four tries to Wales’s two and need say no more than that. Both sides saw this as a chance to experiment,each fielding a new style of midfield, Wales shifting absent from their traditional power in that department, and Australia doing the opposite. Neither side will be disappointed with the results,but it was Australia’s ball-players, still there if in new positions, or who prevailed,Will Genia, Bernard Foley and Kurtley Beale pulling Wales apart at those clutch moments.
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Source: guardian.co.uk