Wales v Australia

:01:03. > :01:08.14 months ago, World Cup semi- finalists. Nine months ago, Grand

:01:08. > :01:13.Slam champions. Four weeks ago, supremely optimistic. One week ago,

:01:13. > :01:23.supremely forlorn. A big day for rugby today, desperately seeking

:01:23. > :01:26.

:01:26. > :01:32.success after three autumn defeats Well, here is the record scorer for

:01:32. > :01:42.Argentina. And the architects over the win over the Welsh 11 years ago

:01:42. > :01:51.

:01:51. > :02:01.today. Off the right foot, see you later, Halfpenny. A great finish.

:02:01. > :02:08.

:02:08. > :02:18.This is going to be her try in the This is a huge game for Wales.

:02:18. > :02:28.has taken them over a minute to get on the scoreboard. Support... He

:02:28. > :02:28.

:02:28. > :02:38.gets over in the corner. A Leigh Halfpenny cannot get there. He has

:02:38. > :03:09.

:03:09. > :03:19.And they do the Haka. That is a Over goes Woodcock. And they have

:03:19. > :03:33.

:03:33. > :03:36.another try. And they score! Alex The best of the best were here last

:03:36. > :03:40.week but today is the real sting in the tail. Wales were looking to

:03:40. > :03:44.finish 4th in the world seedings guaranteeing them a good draw when

:03:44. > :03:48.it came to the World Cup draw on Monday. Will lose today to these

:03:48. > :03:52.Australians and Wales find themselves out of the top eight.

:03:52. > :03:59.And hostages to fortune when the Bulls come out of the hat on Monday

:03:59. > :04:09.afternoon. -- the Bulls. At it is the 6th the meeting

:04:09. > :04:12.

:04:12. > :04:18.between them this year. Wales are second, narrowly. Whilst there

:04:18. > :04:23.performance has been dead beside it -- described as EastEnders, it has

:04:23. > :04:28.been more like Casualty with all the injuries. Wallabies are the

:04:28. > :04:36.favourites because they can produce the goods when it matters. Ask

:04:36. > :04:41.England and it today. -- Italy. These are the world rankings. The

:04:41. > :04:46.key number there is seven, that is where Wales it. If they lose, they

:04:46. > :04:51.will go below Samoa and Argentina and into the first pall of groups

:04:51. > :04:57.on Monday afternoon which means they could find themselves facing

:04:57. > :05:01.formidable opponents. It is a lovely winter's day. The roof is

:05:01. > :05:06.closed and beneath we find Tavern devas, drums and the script and

:05:06. > :05:09.Brian Moore. Is there an air of desperation about Wales? Yes. They

:05:09. > :05:14.put themselves in that position so they have got to get themselves out

:05:14. > :05:19.of it. The first two games, they didn't perform well and they lost.

:05:19. > :05:23.If we don't perform well, we are not good enough to win games. New

:05:23. > :05:28.Zealand were fantastic but this is a big test for them. They have not

:05:28. > :05:35.been able to close games off against Australia, especially in

:05:35. > :05:41.the summer. It is a huge test for Wales. Let's tidy up if you lose

:05:41. > :05:48.sense from last weekend, not least the Andrew Hore assault which got

:05:48. > :05:52.the derisory sentence of five weeks out of the game, and only missing

:05:52. > :05:57.the one game at England -- against England today. There was a huge

:05:57. > :06:06.mitigating factor which is being an All Black, which entitles you to a

:06:06. > :06:09.massive discount. It was very, very bad and at the end of the day and

:06:09. > :06:15.if you take factors into account white the fact that he admitted he

:06:16. > :06:24.had done it, it was not very pivotal. They give weeks instead of

:06:24. > :06:27.games, which means he is going to give -- to miss one again. He will

:06:27. > :06:31.not play in pre-season games anywhere! We talk about the All

:06:31. > :06:35.Blacks and how well they play rugby, what a beautiful art it is,

:06:35. > :06:44.beautiful rugby, but it would be great if they had come out and

:06:44. > :06:48.said... They say that this always happens to them, but they bring it.

:06:48. > :06:52.Now in the future, they will be able to say that dirty buoy, get

:06:53. > :06:59.off. In future as well, if you are sent off an international match,

:06:59. > :07:02.you should be banned for 5-8 weeks international matches. There was a

:07:02. > :07:07.great deal in the Times saying that New Zealand is the best because

:07:08. > :07:13.they push it to the limit the whole time and sometimes beyond. It is

:07:13. > :07:23.not their fault they are getting light bans. It is the people in the

:07:23. > :07:32.judicial it. This try that was scored last weekend, that was

:07:32. > :07:38.against Tonga, Andy Robinson decided he had had enough of the

:07:38. > :07:42.Scottish national team. What stabbed inevitable? Knowing him as

:07:42. > :07:47.I'm too, he has another three years of his contract to go, but I

:07:47. > :07:53.suppose everybody has their maximum that they can take. He has tried

:07:53. > :07:57.everything. He has coached there for three years. And they're not

:07:57. > :08:03.listening to what he is doing. lot of the Times, the mistakes they

:08:03. > :08:08.are making it is not one is that a head coach is responsible for. When

:08:08. > :08:11.those skills are breaking down, there is not a lot he can do.

:08:11. > :08:17.comes a point make you believe they are not listening to you say you

:08:17. > :08:22.cannot do anything else. Let somebody else do it. Last season,

:08:22. > :08:26.they beat South Africa and then they lose to Tonga - she couldn't

:08:26. > :08:32.handle it. He is a very proud man and said enough is enough.

:08:32. > :08:42.unthinkable scenario for Wales is an autumn seasons that is lost,

:08:42. > :08:43.

:08:43. > :08:47.which means a huge amount of focus on the captain, Sam Warburton.

:08:47. > :08:56.we set the expectations level too high? Sum said you couldn't win

:08:56. > :09:01.four games. That is the right way to think. You have to ambitious.

:09:01. > :09:09.You are going to fall short if you are pessimistic. People criticise

:09:09. > :09:13.us, but at the same time people thought that was a realistic target

:09:13. > :09:23.because we did so well beforehand. I would rather be listed as a

:09:23. > :09:25.

:09:25. > :09:30.favourite. It was 20-30 down. You feel you're being outclassed, but

:09:30. > :09:38.that wasn't the case against New Zealand. We kept battling. We ended

:09:38. > :09:42.up scoring two tries which is good that the players never gave up. All

:09:42. > :09:52.three games I've played, I enjoyed, all the three games in the summer

:09:52. > :09:56.were difficult. It was exciting as well. Both teams wanted it. And you

:09:56. > :10:00.have to be quite direct and physical but both teams like to put

:10:00. > :10:06.way that rugby so it is a. Best chance of victory, considering they

:10:06. > :10:10.have their injury problems? It is our only chance of victory now! It

:10:10. > :10:18.is the same for both teams. They have a couple of injuries, so have

:10:18. > :10:24.we. We are in similar positions. They probably have six weeks off,

:10:24. > :10:30.so it is one last push from them. Expect a very committed performance

:10:30. > :10:40.from Australia, they will make it up. Bowcock against Warburton is

:10:40. > :10:48.

:10:48. > :10:53.one of these fights today. I think George North is going to be a big

:10:53. > :10:59.loss. I also feel that there has been a lack of confidence and poor

:10:59. > :11:04.regional form. I feel we have way of playing where it is bash, bash

:11:04. > :11:09.down the middle, and then we haven't got a plan beat, we don't

:11:09. > :11:13.have Shane Williams or others, and once they've got beyond the gain-

:11:13. > :11:18.line, then you can go forward and keep going. Unfortunately, its

:11:18. > :11:25.stagnant at the moment. Sam said there was a lot of pessimism around.

:11:25. > :11:32.Does that get inside the squad? With red in the press about priests

:11:32. > :11:36.do not taking any notice of the media -- Priestland. But your

:11:36. > :11:40.friends are going to mention it. They are not going to have a

:11:40. > :11:45.blackout. It is lovely to see Warburton smiling and being a bit

:11:45. > :11:53.animated because at the beginning he did look a bit down. It looks as

:11:53. > :11:59.though it was affecting them. are giving interviews. The on

:11:59. > :12:06.Twitter, giving interviews. shouldn't affect you. The Wales

:12:06. > :12:10.back line, there are still talented players there. They can still do

:12:10. > :12:16.damage if they have got, the lines. You mentioned the back line. The

:12:16. > :12:20.person who has to be integral in that is Priestland. A lot of focus

:12:21. > :12:25.on him and he is not playing as well as he has done. He doesn't

:12:25. > :12:29.help himself by saying he has not confident. He said he was staying

:12:29. > :12:35.in the house of the trip. Do me a favour - toughen up. It is the best

:12:35. > :12:39.position to play. He has come from the back of a great performance in

:12:39. > :12:43.the Grand Slam. It is a bit of a roller-coaster, but you are the man

:12:43. > :12:48.that calls the shots. You have to say, forget everything else and

:12:48. > :12:52.that -- get on with it. The problem he has got, maybe when he hasn't

:12:52. > :12:57.been playing well, he hasn't the chance to rest, and he has got bad

:12:57. > :13:03.form. He has got to get out there and toughen up. You say it is the

:13:03. > :13:08.best position, Cliff Morgan, Barry John, Phil Bennett, you had to wear

:13:08. > :13:13.the No. 10 as well. Does the expectation and the level of

:13:13. > :13:20.pressure that much bigger on any other shirkers years. If you look

:13:20. > :13:28.at the best player in the world, he pulls the strings. He calls the

:13:28. > :13:33.right decisions. He has other players helping him. Who is helping

:13:33. > :13:38.Priestland? You cannot tell me that the likes of Alex Cuthbert are not

:13:38. > :13:42.there to be used. What he has to do is a little bit more than catch,

:13:42. > :13:47.receive and distribute. He has got to offer a bit more to get us off

:13:47. > :13:53.into the game. They are not going forward, so he is now because of

:13:53. > :13:58.the lack of conference is not playing in their faces when -- like

:13:58. > :14:07.he was before. That is what lack of Conford and stars. Is he taking

:14:08. > :14:12.over ball to deep? Air thinks of. - I think so. Also you need

:14:12. > :14:21.somebody like Halfpenny to come in. If he is not playing well, give him

:14:21. > :14:26.a kicking option. Tell him, give me the ball, go forward. They tried to

:14:26. > :14:32.help him. And now he has got to react. He has got to enjoy it. The

:14:32. > :14:37.man who has got to tell him to have a bit more confidence is the coach,

:14:37. > :14:40.Warren Gatland. You have had better autumns. How

:14:40. > :14:44.crucial is it to get the win today never mind the fact you could get

:14:44. > :14:52.us southern hemisphere scalp? important for conference, for

:14:52. > :14:55.building into going into the Six Nations. We have got to continue

:14:55. > :15:05.well of our performance last week. The first half was not good enough

:15:05. > :15:06.

:15:06. > :15:11.but we can build on the second half. Well. We can build on the second

:15:11. > :15:15.half and start well. Have you seen a rise in confidence levels after

:15:15. > :15:21.the team went toe-to-toe with New Zealand? We spoke about that and

:15:21. > :15:27.mentioned with 73 present position in the second half, not many teams

:15:27. > :15:31.dominate the All Blacks like that. They are normally pretty grief for

:15:32. > :15:36.us. It was pretty positive in the second half. Now you off to take

:15:36. > :15:43.off -- take up the reins with the Lions, would it be good to strike

:15:43. > :15:48.up a psychological blow? That is important for every player in the

:15:48. > :15:58.northern hemisphere. We can win today, it would be a huge

:15:58. > :15:59.

:15:59. > :16:04.Wales and Australia in the summer. Three matches played, three matches

:16:04. > :16:09.lost. All of them tantalising. The difference was they were

:16:09. > :16:12.creating stuff. As I said, they were good in the set-piece, but

:16:12. > :16:17.that is the difference. Australia has a lot of injuries, they were

:16:17. > :16:21.not playing with confidence, yet, they won the matches. I think that

:16:21. > :16:25.Wales today, taking confidence, they have to come out and play the

:16:25. > :16:29.first 20 minutes like they did the last 20 minutes against the All

:16:29. > :16:35.Blacks and give them the confidence. What is remarkable about Australia

:16:35. > :16:41.is that they are in a similar position to the Welsh players. The

:16:41. > :16:45.difference is that the Australian teams in the Super Is a, they were

:16:45. > :16:50.diabolical, but they managed to play for the national team, rise

:16:50. > :16:54.above it and perform. Wales have been playing poorly, in the

:16:54. > :16:57.regionals and not doling doing it for the country.

:16:57. > :17:00.But Wales have been grasping and nearly there so often, that when

:17:00. > :17:05.they get into the position, they don't have the belief that

:17:05. > :17:12.something will come and they will do it. That is strange, having won

:17:12. > :17:15.three Grand Slams since 2005... Rplgts I meant at a higher stage.

:17:15. > :17:20.You were eulogizing, especially about the Welsh back division,

:17:20. > :17:25.saying that the guys don't know how good they are, they could be almost

:17:25. > :17:29.the best teem in the world if you take the All Blacks from it, so

:17:29. > :17:34.what has happened? It is confidence. It is wanting to be out there. It

:17:34. > :17:39.is wanting to take on the public who say you are not performing well.

:17:39. > :17:44.It is wanting to know what you are capable of doing. We keep looking

:17:44. > :17:50.at Priestland, but for me it is Roberts, Davis and Cuthbert. They

:17:50. > :17:55.must have the ball. The samyoians have said that they

:17:55. > :17:59.have worked them out well. But they have not changed tactic.

:17:59. > :18:05.It is the one up against three defenders that are smashed. They

:18:05. > :18:09.have to have a little bit of deception and change the tactic.

:18:09. > :18:15.The Australians have had a mixed tour. They were in Italy last week

:18:15. > :18:19.and were beaten by Florence. They were thumped in Paris. Last week

:18:20. > :18:28.they took an early lead at a try from Nick Cummins in the first half.

:18:28. > :18:31.In the second half it was all Italy. The Australian back division

:18:31. > :18:37.allowed Barberi to get through. Then Australia could have lost the

:18:37. > :18:42.match. We are so used to Australia playing swashbuckling rugby, but

:18:42. > :18:47.they only have scored 14 tries in the last 14 internationals. Only

:18:47. > :18:53.two in the last four. They really have been under par for most of

:18:53. > :18:58.2012. You can't beat us this time, guys.

:18:58. > :19:06.Forget it David, two months ago, when Robbie

:19:06. > :19:12.Deans and his Wallabies side came in for harsh criticism. The games

:19:12. > :19:15.did not impress many. The set up was called toxic.

:19:15. > :19:20.What about the pressure? You keep going.

:19:20. > :19:25.It is easy to be distracted by those who distract you and success

:19:25. > :19:29.and failure, both, can push you, take your eye off what is important.

:19:29. > :19:37.Sometimes it is easier said than done, but that is what we have to

:19:37. > :19:41.The form on the European tour saw them hammered by the French,

:19:41. > :19:46.struggle against the Italians, but a victory at Twickenham is a

:19:46. > :19:51.welcome boost. As they look to press on to the end of 2012, with

:19:51. > :19:55.victory in Cardiff. COMMENTATOR: Australia celebrating!

:19:55. > :20:00.The fiscality we had against England, that was far beyond what

:20:00. > :20:04.we took into the encounter against France. Trying to find the

:20:04. > :20:09.consistency in the play. You see patches of it during games. Some

:20:09. > :20:14.games we play well. The next week we drop off. So it is a reflection

:20:14. > :20:20.of where the group is it. So it is something that we are working on.

:20:20. > :20:25.There have been wins for the Welsh in recent memory against the

:20:25. > :20:30.Aussies, in Grand Slam years in 2005 and again in 2008.

:20:30. > :20:36.But the two sides faced each other five times last season with

:20:36. > :20:40.Australia winning every one. In the last 21 matches between the

:20:40. > :20:48.two, Wales have won two and drawn one.

:20:48. > :20:52.COMMENTATOR: O'Connor, floating to lucky Turner and Turner scores!

:20:53. > :20:58.Both teams will be motivated to go out there. We cannot expect

:20:58. > :21:02.anything less than the Welsh team playing to their full potential and

:21:02. > :21:07.capability. If we underestimate it could be anything less than that,

:21:07. > :21:11.we could be going home disappointed. This is our last outing. The blokes

:21:11. > :21:15.have to sit and ruminate on their performance for some time over the

:21:15. > :21:21.break before they get a chance to play again. They are very keen to

:21:22. > :21:26.finish on a good note. Well, Robbie Deans has been

:21:26. > :21:31.ruminating with out David Pocock, his outstanding flanker. The battle

:21:31. > :21:34.in the back row, comparing Pocock with Warburton. It tells an

:21:34. > :21:41.interesting tale. It does for me. We talk about the

:21:41. > :21:49.breakdown, how important it is. We have to talk about the sevens.

:21:49. > :21:58.Pocock, Warburton and M cCaw. They are the best three.

:21:58. > :22:08.Look the -- at the machine that McCaw is.

:22:08. > :22:09.

:22:09. > :22:14.Even Pocock is doing well, but is McCaw as good as we think he is

:22:14. > :22:19.(and look at the decline there. It has been one turnover a game. We

:22:19. > :22:23.seem to think he is doing three or four, that is the belief that we

:22:23. > :22:27.have watching him play. I think he had a tough start to the

:22:28. > :22:33.season. A few injuries. I thought last week the second performance he

:22:34. > :22:39.put up was better. I feel again he looked for work. He carried the

:22:39. > :22:44.ball. A few decisions went against him to penalise him on the jackal,

:22:44. > :22:47.but I know what you are saying it is on the back footment It is not

:22:47. > :22:51.being critical. It what the statistics say. Wales think this is

:22:51. > :22:57.our leader. He is so underperforming at the moment. They

:22:57. > :23:04.look the statistics. The whole team I don't think you can compare him

:23:04. > :23:07.to McCaw. They are a world-class side. Last week's 20 minutes he was

:23:07. > :23:14.exceptional. Here is someone who knows more

:23:15. > :23:20.about this than any of us. Four years before Australia got a

:23:20. > :23:29.good win. They were playing against Australia, in 2008, featuring this

:23:29. > :23:33.man, Martyn Williams. So, 15 games against the old Tri-Nations and 15

:23:33. > :23:36.defeats. What is the stumbling block? They are a young group. They

:23:36. > :23:41.put themselves into positions to win games but have not been able to

:23:41. > :23:45.get over the line. It is no better a chance today. It is at home. They

:23:45. > :23:51.have been away the last three times that they played and lost. So maybe

:23:51. > :23:57.today will be different. And now, there is the man with the

:23:57. > :24:01.116 caps, how big an influence is that man in Australian rugby?

:24:02. > :24:06.will give the Australian boys added motivation. It has been a long

:24:06. > :24:12.season for them, but they will want to finish on a positive note.

:24:12. > :24:17.It would be remiss not to mention David Pocock is back for Australia

:24:17. > :24:22.at number seven. Your old jersey, how big a lift is that for

:24:22. > :24:25.Australia, bearing in mind that they looked tired against Italy?

:24:25. > :24:32.Michael Hooper has been outstanding in his place, but with David Pocock

:24:32. > :24:36.back, it gives them energy. It does not get easier for the Welsh boys,

:24:36. > :24:41.but hopefully Sam Warburton will back up his performance and it will

:24:41. > :24:47.be a good battle. So, how is the game going to go,

:24:47. > :24:52.Jerry? Wales have to bring in Roberts and Cuthbert into the game

:24:52. > :25:00.by getting over the game line. That would make Priestland come into the

:25:00. > :25:03.game. Get on the front foot, but they can't just come in at 6ft 4

:25:03. > :25:09.and 16 stone and expect to roll over the Australians. David Pocock

:25:09. > :25:14.will love it. When the big guys come in, they have to move off each

:25:14. > :25:21.foot and do the footwork to get them off balance. So the key is for

:25:21. > :25:25.the big guys to get involved in the game and get over the gameline.

:25:25. > :25:29.The Australian scrum, against France it was the first time they

:25:29. > :25:34.encountered the new laws. Against England they put that right. That

:25:34. > :25:41.could be the key today. I think Nathan Sharpe's last game is a huge

:25:41. > :25:45.motivating factor. Wayne Barnes and Drew Mitchell all have experience,

:25:45. > :25:50.but if Wales start well, this is key. If they don't, I think

:25:50. > :25:54.Australia, but I do have to say, I think Australia today, will start

:25:54. > :25:58.as the favourites. And bold as Wales were last week,

:25:58. > :26:04.if they get the penalty opportunities, to take them? Yes.

:26:04. > :26:11.Kick everything that is on offer. You don't score many points against

:26:11. > :26:15.the Southern Hemisphere sides. Both sides, though, they on average have

:26:15. > :26:21.conceded more than 20 points. So hopefully a great game. Australia

:26:21. > :26:25.will try to play it loose, but when nothing is happening they may swap

:26:25. > :26:28.and then things start to happen. They like to put the ball through

:26:28. > :26:33.their hands and they are very good at it.

:26:33. > :26:38.So, Nathan Sharpe his final game of rugby football and a very big game

:26:38. > :26:45.for him at the end of a long, long season. So, Nathan Sharpe is to

:26:45. > :26:50.lead out the Australian team to win his 116th cap. The same number as

:26:50. > :26:54.Richie McCaw. Leading out the All Blacks at Twickenham today. The

:26:54. > :27:04.only players in international rugby to have played more than Nathan

:27:04. > :27:05.

:27:06. > :27:13.Sharpe are fabian from France and Ryan owe dris kal, and Ronan O'Gara,

:27:13. > :27:18.126 appearances. -- O' Driscoll.

:27:18. > :27:23.This is a big, big day, though, for Nathan Sharpe. Also for the

:27:23. > :27:28.Australian players. Many of them are younger than him, but they are

:27:28. > :27:33.a hero to them. They will want to go out on a high

:27:33. > :27:39.note. It is also, to mention a last appearance, that we will see for

:27:39. > :27:43.the goat major here at the Millennium Stadium. Sergeant David

:27:43. > :27:50.Joseph, BEM has been leading out the goats at the Millennium Stadium

:27:50. > :27:54.and in days before, since 1977. He has been doing it, 35 years. 35

:27:54. > :27:58.years much leading out the goat at the start of international matches

:27:58. > :28:04.here it is not often I have a conversation with a goat major, but

:28:04. > :28:08.I was having one with him today, he said that the proudest moment here

:28:08. > :28:13.was a decade ago, the Australian were warming up on the wrong part

:28:13. > :28:17.of the field, in line of fire of his goat and he marched through the

:28:17. > :28:23.middle of them with the goat but theing them out of the way! Well,

:28:23. > :28:28.he and his goat, Shenkin III will be leading the Welsh side out in a

:28:28. > :28:35.minute or so for the very last time. Here come the Welsh... There is the

:28:35. > :28:39.goat. And there is Sergeant David Joseph

:28:39. > :28:49.and Sam Warburton to the flames around the Millennium Stadium. Just

:28:49. > :28:50.

:28:50. > :28:54.one more time this autumn. We are back in ten weeks' time for

:28:54. > :29:00.the Six Nations championship. Sam Warburton is under scrutiny, but

:29:00. > :29:05.obviously so are the team. Wales have lost six in a row, but Leigh

:29:05. > :29:10.Halfpenny has lost 15 matchs in a row for country. As the fireworks

:29:10. > :29:19.go off behind me, Leigh Halfpenny has not been on a winning side for

:29:19. > :29:26.259 days. It is fair to say that Wales cannot afford a sefpb --

:29:26. > :29:32.seventh loss today. Lou Reid is on the side today.

:29:32. > :29:41.The entire nation is hoping for a perfect day. So, an early Christmas

:29:41. > :29:49.present for you on December the 1st, it is Eddie Butler and Brian Moore

:29:49. > :29:59.for you in the commentary box. After that the National Anthems.

:29:59. > :30:10.

:30:11. > :30:13.AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM. Our home is girt by sea; Our land

:30:14. > :30:23.abounds in nature's gifts Of beauty rich and rare; In history's page,

:30:24. > :30:46.

:30:46. > :30:55.let every stage Advance Australia # Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl

:30:55. > :31:05.i mi. # Gwlad beirdd a chantorion,

:31:05. > :31:15.enwogion o fri. # Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr

:31:15. > :31:24.

:31:24. > :31:34.tra mad. # Dros ryddid collasant eu gwaed.

:31:34. > :31:37.

:31:37. > :31:47.# Gwlad, gwlad. # Pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad.

:31:47. > :32:17.

:32:17. > :32:23.# Tra mor yn fur i'r bur hoff bau. The Dutton and from the Millennium

:32:23. > :32:30.Stadium. The last match of the Australian tour. The last chance

:32:30. > :32:34.for Wales to extract something from the autumn series. David Pocock is

:32:34. > :32:44.back for Australia, Rhys Priestland is still in the driving seat for

:32:44. > :32:53.Wales. Up front, Wales make a change in the second row. Warburton

:32:53. > :33:03.captain has against Pocock in direct opposition at seven. How

:33:03. > :33:09.

:33:09. > :33:19.many these Lions need to in -- game of rugby, one of the great

:33:19. > :33:29.competitors. Behind the scrum, Nick Cummins is one of the finds of the

:33:29. > :33:33.

:33:33. > :33:39.year. On the bench, 20 years old yesterday, Samson Lee, one to watch

:33:39. > :33:47.for the future, he has massive promise. Today's reverie from

:33:47. > :33:57.England, Wayne Barnes. Just over the border. The end of

:33:57. > :33:57.

:33:57. > :35:50.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 113 seconds

:35:51. > :36:00.international rugby in Cardiff at Australia have it. Charteris

:36:01. > :36:17.

:36:17. > :36:27.afternoon, Brian Moore. Good afternoon. Cuthbert -- Charteris is

:36:27. > :36:29.

:36:29. > :36:39.down there. It was a good tackle. It is a question... Oh, his head

:36:39. > :36:39.

:36:39. > :36:46.was wrong side. Head to shoulder. Straight down. The technique,

:36:47. > :36:55.simply shoulder to the side. That's all it is. This is a penalty

:36:55. > :37:00.offence, given for not releasing. Well, he is on his feet, isn't he?

:37:00. > :37:10.Three minutes of play without a stop. Wales will be fed up of

:37:10. > :37:22.

:37:22. > :37:32.seeing their key forwards down, should have let Berrick Barnes take

:37:32. > :37:42.

:37:42. > :37:45.it. Charteris heading for the out. You can't see it from there.

:37:45. > :37:55.He didn't seem to go flat had straight away, so they will have

:37:55. > :37:55.

:37:55. > :39:32.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 113 seconds

:39:32. > :39:38.Priestland, putting spent on it. -- didn't know that the referee is

:39:38. > :39:48.going to be hot on that particular area, they have had two warnings

:39:48. > :39:52.

:39:52. > :39:59.released straight away. And there is a case for a penalty there. Much

:39:59. > :40:03.more than the first one. Australia taking a kick to touch. Whilst

:40:03. > :40:13.Wales have defended well, they haven't had the ball at all in

:40:13. > :40:17.

:40:17. > :40:27.Australian territory. Tatafu Polota Nau. He is taking the throw in.

:40:27. > :41:06.

:41:06. > :41:11.Wales to have the penalty. Kurtley Beale is the transgressor.

:41:11. > :41:21.Australia have been competent but no more in lots of their games

:41:21. > :41:39.

:41:39. > :41:46.recently. They are still direct for this doesn't function, we will have

:41:46. > :41:53.a return. Immediately, Jones heads for the tunnel, and Charteris is

:41:53. > :41:57.back. If the ball comes off Thomas, the ambition is Rhys Priestland

:41:57. > :42:07.because although he is having a bit of a low patch, he needs help from

:42:07. > :42:07.

:42:07. > :42:50.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 113 seconds

:42:50. > :42:58.not do Priestland's confidence any good. Saying that, it was a simple

:42:58. > :43:08.case of Miss tackling. That was a very simple to on one, should be

:43:08. > :43:13.

:43:13. > :43:22.put away. -- two on one. No excuse for missing that. You can't go

:43:22. > :43:29.higher like that. Only they will know his manner that was, Roberts

:43:30. > :43:39.or Priestland. Nothing will work in a defensive plan if you missed

:43:40. > :43:41.

:43:41. > :43:49.tackles like that. I think we are lucky we are not pointing the

:43:49. > :43:59.camera at Shaun Edwards, it would be steaming up. That is all about

:43:59. > :44:12.

:44:12. > :44:21.technique, not heart or anything in the middle, which will be

:44:21. > :44:26.interesting. Australia seemed to have the advantage, but they had an

:44:26. > :44:31.early engagement. That is one of the Lawes which goes a long way,

:44:31. > :44:41.stop pushing people Erlich -- stop people pushing early and you have

:44:41. > :44:41.

:44:41. > :45:23.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 113 seconds

:45:23. > :45:27.I saw his face. His knee was being flicked back. Martyn Williams.

:45:27. > :45:32.huge sigh of relief on the Welsh bench because Charteris has been

:45:32. > :45:36.able to get on. That would have been disastrous for them. It is

:45:36. > :45:41.good to see him back. The Aussies have started well, a lot of

:45:42. > :45:51.variation, a lot of width on the ball. Wales need to keep hold of

:45:52. > :45:55.

:45:55. > :46:01.the ball, go through the phases and about that.

:46:01. > :46:07.I ne that play safety is paramount, but Wales have turned the ball over

:46:07. > :46:16.it. They are now defending a scrum. I confidently predict will not be

:46:16. > :46:26.easy. Well, that is a penalty.

:46:26. > :46:27.

:46:27. > :46:32.It is against Scott Andrews. I was looking at the other tight

:46:32. > :46:41.head. You understand that, he just

:46:41. > :46:45.changed his body shape. Is that possible? In a tri? He is a form-

:46:45. > :46:52.shifter! That being said, this is not good for Wales. Wales have not

:46:53. > :46:59.been in the Australian half apart from Jason's ball in the air. They

:46:59. > :47:08.have had little ball at all. They need to drop the catcher

:47:08. > :47:13.straight away here. Five metres out from the Welsh goal

:47:13. > :47:23.line. It is Higginbotham the target again.

:47:23. > :47:34.

:47:34. > :47:41.possession. Support from Pocock. Nick Phipps has gone in for it.

:47:41. > :47:46.Jamie Roberts does well to hold up Drew Mitchell.

:47:46. > :47:52.As defensive operations go, that was very well done.

:47:52. > :47:58.They managed to fracture the Australian driver.

:47:58. > :48:08.Whoever it was did a great job. It made Australia move out. Then Jamie

:48:08. > :48:10.

:48:10. > :48:14.Roberts was keeping the ball off the ground.

:48:14. > :48:24.Australia are a competent side, even if not spectacular. They will

:48:24. > :48:44.

:48:44. > :48:50.make Wales play, but that is a Wayne Barnes on the inside. That

:48:50. > :48:54.will get the crowd going, the players going. That is Wales back

:48:54. > :49:00.in form! A brave piece of play. Cuthbert showing his speed.

:49:00. > :49:05.As a winger... He has done the hard work. Outpacing someone. He cannot

:49:05. > :49:09.drift into touch there. At the least Australia are tracking back.

:49:09. > :49:13.If they comes inside all of the options are open. He had to look

:49:13. > :49:20.for his support there. A great ambition. A great speed.

:49:20. > :49:30.A bit of naivety in the end. That ball must be kept alive. Australia

:49:30. > :49:42.

:49:42. > :49:52.Australian players would have been out of defensive shape. Penalties,

:49:52. > :49:58.et cetera. This is Lou Reed.

:49:59. > :50:08.That was fairly confident, to do that brave run. The great thing is

:50:09. > :50:13.

:50:14. > :50:23.that it was rewarded. It worked.

:50:24. > :50:24.

:50:24. > :50:28.It is Higginbotham who wins. The number eight's first carry of

:50:28. > :50:38.the game. Beale, then through to Leigh

:50:38. > :51:15.

:51:15. > :51:21.side, but now Wales are back into the more open spaces.

:51:21. > :51:25.A penalty against Matthew Rees. Wales keeping the ball for the

:51:25. > :51:29.first real passage of play that they have had to put together.

:51:29. > :51:33.Leaving the penalty aside there, they had come back. There is going

:51:33. > :51:38.to be, if it continues, a significant defect in the

:51:38. > :51:45.Australian defence. In the middle they had two, three and five. If

:51:46. > :51:55.Wales come free ball and have either Jamie Roberts or Jonathan

:51:56. > :52:11.

:52:11. > :52:21.Davies, they are going to be confidence.

:52:21. > :52:53.

:52:53. > :53:00.Kurtley Beale who missed with the I was asked Earl eyeer why Kurtley

:53:00. > :53:04.Beale was kicking goals, that is probably the reason.

:53:04. > :53:14.-- earlier. Wayne Barnes.

:53:14. > :53:33.

:53:33. > :53:43.That leg looks OK for kicking. penalty against Nick Cummins for

:53:43. > :53:55.

:53:55. > :54:00.would have had second-hand reports about what Wales do with long

:54:00. > :54:06.penalties? On a wider point, Eddie, this is a common problem.

:54:06. > :54:11.Wales have not had a lot of ball in the first, nearly up to 20 minutes.

:54:11. > :54:15.When they are given the opportunity to counterattack from long kicks,

:54:15. > :54:19.you have to bear in mind that there is a territorial game to play with

:54:20. > :54:24.a long kick-back, but if you kick the ball away, you don't have

:54:24. > :54:27.possession of it nor can you get momentum. So there is a fine line

:54:27. > :54:33.between the need for territory and the need for ball. At the moment

:54:33. > :54:39.they have to keep the ball in hand. If you were watching Wales last

:54:39. > :54:49.week, this is a possibly reassuring sight, Leigh Halfpenny going for

:54:49. > :55:19.

:55:19. > :55:24.miles better! 3-3. Right from the moment it left the

:55:24. > :55:34.boot of the it certainly was not going to be short.

:55:34. > :55:52.

:55:52. > :55:57.from Drew Mitchell. There is an advantage being played.

:55:57. > :56:07.To demonstrate the point I was making about possession starts, 32%

:56:07. > :56:35.

:56:35. > :56:40.It starts here. What is the point of doing a front

:56:40. > :56:50.peel? Because he will get a penalty! That said, that is a

:56:50. > :57:10.

:57:10. > :57:14.scoring move. Matthew Rees is to throw in to the

:57:14. > :57:21.line-up. Wales put in four players. Aaron

:57:21. > :57:28.Shingler. In the hands now of Toby Faletau. Into the Australian 22.

:57:28. > :57:35.A slight delay for Mike Phillips. Gethin Jenkins retored to the

:57:35. > :57:39.starting line h up. -- line-up.

:57:39. > :57:49.Pocock. He is tremendous. Knows the laws. The first man in and strong

:57:49. > :58:17.

:58:17. > :58:22.Mike Phillips. Gethin Jenkins now.

:58:22. > :58:31.Priestland is under pressure from Pocock.

:58:31. > :58:41.Jonathan Davies is in pursuit. Liam Williams is there.

:58:41. > :59:04.

:59:05. > :59:14.They were trying to get three out the breakdown.

:59:15. > :59:16.

:59:16. > :59:21.Well, Wales are impressive in the choice of the way to attack.

:59:21. > :59:24.Exploiting the pace of the line speed of the Australians behind it

:59:24. > :59:30.worked well. It was unfortunate that the body was turned there. He

:59:30. > :59:34.could see the players on the right. He could not get the attention to

:59:34. > :59:38.make the pass. He had to come back this way.

:59:39. > :59:43.That is number seven play. It is most brilliant in the steel before

:59:43. > :59:49.that. That is number seven play at its more cynical side. That Pocock

:59:49. > :59:54.knew he could not win the ball, so he went off the feet to stop Wales

:59:54. > :00:00.from winning it. It is a difficult game to play and referee.

:00:00. > :00:05.He knew what he was doing. He is not in the red zone so will

:00:05. > :00:15.not get a yellow card. He is being streetwise.

:00:15. > :00:35.

:00:35. > :00:40.It should have resulted in Wales the lead. They are a change to side

:00:40. > :00:49.after that Cuthbert breakout. good thing is they are not facing

:00:49. > :00:55.an Australian side resplendent with three wonderful attacking players

:00:55. > :01:05.of the past. Australia are competent but simple. It was a

:01:05. > :01:07.

:01:07. > :01:13.knock-on, just as well. Martin. more the game breaks up, we see

:01:13. > :01:16.Pocock, we are going to have to be careful with him. He has one great

:01:16. > :01:22.steel, one penalty given away, but they are going to have to be

:01:22. > :01:30.clinical because he is a threat. Injured his knee back in August,

:01:30. > :01:35.then his calf after that, so he hasn't played since the summer.

:01:35. > :01:39.This is Shingler who spent most of the match against the New Zealand

:01:40. > :01:43.guys in the second row and had a good game. When you look at the

:01:43. > :01:50.number of phases put together by Australia, they have done that well,

:01:50. > :01:55.they are confident and competent, however you not seen when the ball

:01:55. > :01:59.has gone wide, you have not seen a lot of angles. It is just hitting

:01:59. > :02:03.straight up and if Wales can keep their discipline with the numbers

:02:04. > :02:11.and making tackles on the gain-line, Australia don't pose the sort of

:02:11. > :02:16.threat they used to. Wales need to trust their defence, not make the

:02:16. > :02:20.extra grab with their hand and not take the extra yard. Australia have

:02:20. > :02:30.had to up their tally count up What -- as Wales have come back into the

:02:30. > :02:30.

:02:30. > :03:14.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 113 seconds

:03:14. > :03:24.doesn't get to it. Was there a They are going to see whether or

:03:24. > :03:24.

:03:24. > :03:29.not there was an obstruction. No, Australian hand first. We are very

:03:29. > :03:37.nothing illegal about that challenge.

:03:37. > :03:47.What do you think about the decision? You can't criticise it.

:03:47. > :03:50.

:03:50. > :04:00.REFEREE: Decision? It is a 22. Thank you. It was a beautiful mind,

:04:00. > :04:13.

:04:13. > :04:16.though, wasn't it? Toby was involved. You know the Lawes, you

:04:16. > :04:26.know you are not supposed to be there, there is a remedy, make sure

:04:26. > :04:36.

:04:36. > :04:42.Lawes. Not good enough. When Halfpenny took that line, the Welsh

:04:42. > :04:49.scrum deserves credit because they wield the Australian back row down

:04:50. > :04:55.to the touchline so there is no cover. They have much further to go.

:04:55. > :05:05.Kurtley Beale, blasting it over from halfway, from the same spot as

:05:05. > :05:24.

:05:24. > :05:34.tremendous display of goal-kicking. Two penalties apiece. Three of them

:05:34. > :05:35.

:05:35. > :05:44.have been a very long. Upshot minus six apiece. On the balance of play,

:05:44. > :05:54.with Wales having possession, it is about right. There was a knock-on

:05:54. > :05:54.

:05:54. > :06:02.from the restart. Wales will have the put-in. And Tatafu Polota Nau

:06:02. > :06:08.is injured. You tell me whether the hooker was going to be the receiver

:06:08. > :06:14.or was again to be the dummy or block? The hooker would not be by

:06:14. > :06:21.tradition the most traditional -- popular receiver. So it was

:06:21. > :06:31.probably a block. Let's hope he hasn't perused... Look at the line.

:06:31. > :06:32.

:06:32. > :06:42.Cutting back in. The supporting player, Toby Faletau on the right.

:06:42. > :06:44.

:06:44. > :06:54.Now, was he taken out? Let's have a look. I don't think so. There is

:06:54. > :07:10.

:07:10. > :07:16.Leigh Halfpenny. He is part of the But you also have to praise the

:07:16. > :07:26.work done by Kurtley Beale. He did a good job there because from an

:07:26. > :07:28.

:07:28. > :07:36.Australian point of view... He stayed with the man. If you look at

:07:36. > :07:39.it percentage wise, that is the one least effective buoy. It is

:07:39. > :07:46.encouraging from the Welsh point of view they are getting the men and

:07:46. > :07:56.giving him ball. Because it is a mark, Wales will have the throw-in.

:07:56. > :07:56.

:07:56. > :08:42.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 113 seconds

:08:42. > :08:52.equation although it is Robinson had a -- who has been congratulated

:08:52. > :09:10.

:09:11. > :09:15.to get worse and worse for referees. Whether the manners on his feet,

:09:15. > :09:22.whether he can sustain his weight. It was the wriggle by Williams that

:09:22. > :09:32.took him into danger. Yes. Wales have got to get more players their

:09:32. > :09:32.

:09:32. > :10:21.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 113 seconds

:10:21. > :10:31.play it whilst he was on his feet. It is out there. Play that while

:10:31. > :10:32.

:10:32. > :10:38.you're on your feet, you're OK. Fine margins, warrant they?

:10:38. > :10:45.Completely. All these ones, it depends sometimes on which coloured

:10:45. > :10:51.jersey you're supporting. As we know, experiments have proved that

:10:51. > :11:01.two people can see the same thing and interpreted in a completely

:11:01. > :11:14.

:11:14. > :11:24.different way, completely honestly. the two McQuay has taken. It looks

:11:24. > :11:24.

:11:24. > :12:22.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 113 seconds

:12:22. > :12:32.the touch judge. No hands, I think. I think he is going to say no hands.

:12:32. > :12:53.

:12:53. > :12:58.He has heard himself as well. -- REFEREE: Penalty only.

:12:59. > :13:06.It wasn't one of the worst we've seen, but they are you off. He

:13:06. > :13:13.hurts himself in the process and it serves him right, frankly. It is

:13:13. > :13:17.the season to be charitable... Humbug! There is a lot of these

:13:17. > :13:23.things that go on. Players say I was trying to make a tackle when

:13:23. > :13:31.they are not. They are trying to shoulder charge. His left arm was

:13:31. > :13:41.nearly involved. As in approximate to his body? Anyway, Welsh line-out.

:13:41. > :14:12.

:14:12. > :14:17.and the breakdown it doesn't come back immediately and they are

:14:17. > :14:24.vulnerable to. Australia against England cause a lot of trouble by

:14:24. > :14:34.getting more men in. As I said, Wales have got to get their numbers

:14:34. > :14:51.

:14:51. > :14:57.some inventiveness. Again from Alex Cuthbert.

:14:57. > :15:02.He stayed in field. If Wales keep their confidence. Keep the ball in

:15:02. > :15:07.hand. Get more men to the break down, win the ball and... We will

:15:07. > :15:17.see who scores. At the moment the Welsh back line

:15:17. > :15:19.

:15:19. > :15:29.looks the more inventive. Good pressure from Luke Charteris.

:15:29. > :15:55.

:15:55. > :16:05.Nathan Sharpe, the captain goes in game going.

:16:05. > :16:17.

:16:17. > :16:22.Leigh Halfpenny does well. Talking about the balance aren't we,

:16:22. > :16:26.about which decisions to make to run and kick? That was a poor kick.

:16:26. > :16:31.That could have been kept in hand. It was not long for Wayne Barnes.

:16:31. > :16:38.It dipped. It went straight to him. He had no

:16:38. > :16:44.Australian chase. He had time to go. You have to say as well from

:16:44. > :16:54.Australia, not very ambitious, from a side who have played really well.

:16:54. > :16:54.

:16:54. > :17:34.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 113 seconds

:17:34. > :17:38.captain, Sam Warburton. There are too many penalties in this area.

:17:38. > :17:47.You take about Jamie Roberts, but again, you could make a case for

:17:47. > :17:52.either side there. What I would say, though, Eddie...

:17:52. > :17:57.Martyn? This is such a grey area. For me, Australia have being

:17:57. > :18:01.smarter. They don't attack every break down, they pick and choose.

:18:02. > :18:06.Wales have a little bit of ill- discipline which has let them down,

:18:06. > :18:12.but there is no need to panic. Australia have not offered much in

:18:12. > :18:17.attacking. If Wales keep their discipline, they will be here to

:18:17. > :18:27.the end. They don't look like they've been

:18:27. > :18:28.

:18:29. > :18:36.breached, really, Wales, have they? A successful penalty for Kurtley

:18:36. > :18:43.Beale. Australia take the lead. It is as a result of Wales and their

:18:43. > :18:48.indefence that they find themselves behind. Only by three points.

:18:48. > :18:52.But the minutes are running out in this first half.

:18:52. > :19:02.Eddie, Wales have to trust themselves, not go that little bit

:19:02. > :19:35.

:19:35. > :19:39.beyond. territorial advantage, that was a

:19:39. > :19:43.bit of a taty play which has suddenly gone better for Wales.

:19:43. > :19:49.That was taken back in. Wales will have an attacking line all the way

:19:49. > :19:53.down. That is dull from the Australian

:19:53. > :19:59.point of view. Everyone knows the law. You take it back in.

:19:59. > :20:06.This is the sort of little bit of luck where Wales need to take full

:20:06. > :20:12.advantage of it. Well, Priestland with the kick, the

:20:12. > :20:18.chase and the tackle. Australia are under pressure today.

:20:18. > :20:27.Your impression, Brian? Well, he has been more positive. I would

:20:27. > :20:32.like to think it is because he has been given better options.

:20:32. > :20:40.When he plays well, when others help him, they have created chances.

:20:40. > :20:44.Now they need to take them. Before half-time, now is the perfect time.

:20:44. > :20:49.The charts are beginning to favour Wales. Considering that they did

:20:49. > :20:52.not have anything in their favour for ten minutes, it means that they

:20:52. > :20:57.have dominated the later stages of the first half.

:20:57. > :21:00.But they are behind on the scoreboard. Be careful, that is

:21:00. > :21:05.good work by Ben Robinson. It is the ball on the floor that is

:21:05. > :21:15.costing Wales. The crowd don't like it, but they

:21:15. > :21:31.

:21:31. > :21:36.properly. It was taken forward before it was at the back and

:21:36. > :21:40.sealed off. That is why when the drive came around the corner, men

:21:40. > :21:49.were on the floor and could not get up in sufficient numbers to take

:21:49. > :21:59.the ball off the floor. Kane Douglas with the catch.

:21:59. > :22:08.

:22:08. > :22:15.You tell me if that is not away from the ball.

:22:15. > :22:19.Well, it works both ways. The sides say that they want

:22:19. > :22:23.consistency, whether or not you agree with the referee, Wayne

:22:23. > :22:33.Barnes, he has been hot in that area. Both sides were given an

:22:33. > :23:07.

:23:07. > :23:15.example in the morning. If they REFEREE: He has to get out of the

:23:15. > :23:20.way. Well, Mike Phillips deSerbs credit

:23:20. > :23:24.there. To get the ball in quickly, so that they have time for the

:23:24. > :23:34.line-out. That would not have happened before,

:23:34. > :23:56.

:23:56. > :24:02.so big plus points to Mike Phillips that marginally, Warren Gatland

:24:02. > :24:12.would be happier. His side have been more creative when they have

:24:12. > :24:12.

:24:12. > :24:55.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 113 seconds

:24:55. > :24:59.has on this occasion. Well, an interesting first half.

:24:59. > :25:04.Where would you put your money on this game at the moment? It is

:25:04. > :25:09.anybody's guess. So many key decisions made at the

:25:09. > :25:14.breakdown. Too many penalties, the game has been a bit stop-start.

:25:14. > :25:20.There has been a good chance for Wales with Alex Cuthbert being

:25:21. > :25:27.pushed out of play. Beale and Leigh Halfpenny with good chances.

:25:27. > :25:32.But, Beale missed two, Leigh Halfpenny missed one. Thats with a

:25:32. > :25:39.fantastic opportunity for Wales, but Tatafu Polota Nau must have run

:25:39. > :25:46.60 metres to stop that. The Australians have the narrowest

:25:46. > :25:50.of advantages. There has been no other chance for

:25:50. > :25:55.Australia. Wales have had more chances, but we need someone to get

:25:55. > :25:58.over the white line. So, in the first ten minutes, you

:25:59. > :26:03.thought this could ablong afternoon for Wales, but generally they

:26:03. > :26:08.worked their way back into the match. How encouraged are you with

:26:08. > :26:14.that first half? Well, it looked well. The writing looked to be on

:26:14. > :26:18.the wall for a Australian dominant game, but Wales have held

:26:18. > :26:21.themselves. They have gone outside of Jamie

:26:21. > :26:25.Roberts, they have bought in Leigh Halfpenny into the game. They have

:26:25. > :26:28.been looking dangerous, but we have not been able to finish off and

:26:28. > :26:33.score a try. Leigh Halfpenny has missed a

:26:33. > :26:39.penalty there, but he has been immense? Yes, he has been

:26:39. > :26:45.outstanding. The ball in hand. Highballs. Hopefully we can finish

:26:45. > :26:51.off with a few back line moves and go no-one and win again. In the

:26:51. > :26:55.first ten minutes, I thought, what are they going to do here? You said

:26:55. > :26:59.that they would win, why so positive? The think that the Wales'

:26:59. > :27:06.game plan is it keep the ball in the pack. If we can finish with one

:27:06. > :27:09.or two of the moves, Australia have been a little bit smarter, but if

:27:10. > :27:16.we can complete this now we will be fine.

:27:16. > :27:21.Well, too many penalties, but you can't blame the referee if the

:27:21. > :27:31.penalties are conceded. I mean, 18 penalties, that has made

:27:31. > :27:37.it a staca tto game. Wales have come into it in the

:27:37. > :27:42.second half of the game. It is very much even Stevens, which

:27:42. > :27:47.is reflected in the scoreboard. I think that Wales have not

:27:47. > :27:52.conceded ten penalties in one half, where they conceded 11 last week, I

:27:52. > :27:57.wonder if they should be looking at the referee. We know from Aviva

:27:57. > :28:03.Premiership, that he gave gives 48% of penalties in the breakdown, but

:28:03. > :28:06.as much as Wales missed the tackles last week, it was 17 against New

:28:06. > :28:10.Zealand. They have given away penalties. So they are making lots

:28:10. > :28:15.of opportunities. They are getting across the game line. They are

:28:15. > :28:20.looking support and giving away penalties. The tackling has been a

:28:20. > :28:26.problem, but I feel that Barnes has got it right. What is happening is

:28:26. > :28:30.that they have not played the referee well. You can statistics,

:28:30. > :28:34.you can have statistics, read as many as you want into it. The main

:28:34. > :28:38.thing is that both sides have come to play and Wales have been the

:28:38. > :28:43.better side, but the problem is yes, they have looked dangerous, yes,

:28:43. > :28:48.they have created opportunities, but the whole point about

:28:48. > :28:54.international rugby is analysing it, seeing it, then being clinical and

:28:54. > :28:59.scoring from it. Wales have had new chances to be two tries in front at

:28:59. > :29:03.the half-time. They have not done it. It would have been so much

:29:03. > :29:06.better, but they can't see the opportunity in front of them to

:29:06. > :29:10.finish them. Australia had a good opportunity

:29:10. > :29:14.the first time? There was defensive work here.

:29:14. > :29:18.Look, Wales are in front. They should anybody that line. Adam

:29:18. > :29:22.Ashley-Cooper see it is and takes him on, but they get to him and

:29:22. > :29:27.fall off the tackle. What he is trying to do here, he panics a

:29:28. > :29:31.little. That is unusual. Then he throws a forward pass. That was one

:29:31. > :29:36.opportunity blown. I think there was a move called. That is why the

:29:36. > :29:40.support did not get to him. It was a pass to Adam Ashley-Cooper, he

:29:40. > :29:43.then decided to take contact and could not believe he would run

:29:44. > :29:49.through Priestland and Roberts so easily.

:29:49. > :29:55.On the defensive line, they showed the gap. He fell off the tackle.

:29:55. > :29:59.A brave move by Priestland to run the ball from his goal line, but in

:29:59. > :30:06.the end, he missed an opportunity? Yes, he steps up. Once he makes a

:30:06. > :30:11.decision to come in. It is on. No matter where you are. He comes in,

:30:11. > :30:15.bank, thank you very much. Jamie Roberts does well. Shows the gas.

:30:15. > :30:21.He stops here, does he look for the inside support or take the full-

:30:21. > :30:27.back on? He has the kick here. is showing, forget Cuthbert, but he

:30:27. > :30:33.is still young. He reminds me of Ashton against Australia a kounle

:30:33. > :30:43.of seasons ago, but Cuthbert did not think smartly. That is the most

:30:43. > :30:44.

:30:45. > :30:54.embarrassing thing to go into touch. There has been a lot of talk about

:30:54. > :31:01.Halfpenny. He is a winger. Watch this. Ball comes out. Dummy run,

:31:01. > :31:08.Warburton. That it is Richie Rees, second row. He has got to take him

:31:08. > :31:16.on. He has three men. He doesn't even look at, he passes, and it is

:31:16. > :31:23.buoy it showed. We saw last week the best exponents of this. Catch,

:31:23. > :31:28.draw a defender. Williams has passed without drawing anybody.

:31:28. > :31:34.There we see a better example of Halfpenny. The Australian defence,

:31:35. > :31:40.I am not sure what is going on. It is a simple miss run. And then all

:31:40. > :31:45.this sudden, Halfpenny, he should be offering himself all the time.

:31:45. > :31:53.He chooses to kick. And then they were very unlucky not to score the

:31:53. > :31:57.try. Fantastic work by Toby Faletau. Fantastic word. If he offers

:31:57. > :32:07.himself, the opportunity is there. On the other side, he created an

:32:07. > :32:11.overlap. We saw another example on the far side when they put Cuthbert

:32:11. > :32:16.away. But if Halfpenny hits on the shoulder of the centre, he was 10

:32:16. > :32:21.yards away, it gave the opportunity pulled defender to drift. If he

:32:21. > :32:28.comes right on his shoulder, you'll be saying, get on my shoulder now,

:32:28. > :32:33.what are you doing out there? was a great example from the

:32:33. > :32:39.training manual. He could have downed tools, Wycliff Palu, but he

:32:39. > :32:43.kept running. He came back, the ball came his way and he saved the

:32:43. > :32:46.point. We talked about the refereeing decisions. Wayne Barnes

:32:46. > :32:56.is making the right caused because the players are putting themselves

:32:56. > :32:57.

:32:57. > :33:03.in the wrong positions. Well, you've got to do it. The referee is

:33:03. > :33:12.saying, stay on your feet. Somebody as strict as Wayne Barnes is going

:33:12. > :33:18.to penalise you. The Welsh have got over the ball. It looked more to

:33:18. > :33:26.holding on rather than off your feet. But he is the best in the

:33:26. > :33:36.world. That split second allows Pocock to come in. Absolutely. When

:33:36. > :33:37.

:33:37. > :33:42.you see him, forget about the ball. Clear off Pocock. That is

:33:42. > :33:46.calculated as off your feet. He is rightly penalised. It is like in

:33:46. > :33:53.basketball when somebody is coming into contact situation, is the guy

:33:53. > :34:00.in possession or the man defending? How marginal of these calls that

:34:00. > :34:05.the referee is making? Very marginal. This is clear cut. The

:34:05. > :34:10.supporting number five, he isolates the ball-carrier, the prop is over.

:34:10. > :34:17.That is a penalty. The good play was by the Australian prop. He puts

:34:17. > :34:25.his hands up, he cleared Charteris out. No support, he is on the floor,

:34:25. > :34:31.isolated, penalty. You talk about the prop, the Australian prop, we

:34:31. > :34:35.haven't had many scrums. The Australian front row is fine. They

:34:35. > :34:38.are almost loose forwards. That is why it has been an open game.

:34:38. > :34:43.will be back in Cardiff and then we will go to Rome, and then we will

:34:43. > :34:53.go to Dublin, then Edinburgh, then Twickenham, because in nine weeks'

:34:53. > :35:31.

:35:31. > :35:40.To lighten up even the darkest days of February or March. See the best

:35:40. > :35:45.moments of the other matches tonight at 7pm. One other thing,

:35:45. > :35:51.the American football match between the New York Giants and the

:35:51. > :35:55.Washington Redskins is live on the iPlayer Monday night. We are

:35:55. > :35:58.waiting for the players to come back on the field. Here come the

:35:58. > :36:04.Welsh and the Australians. What happens now? Wales have got to do

:36:04. > :36:08.the same, to try to manage the breakdown better. They are worried

:36:08. > :36:14.about their ball-carrying centres, which is allowing Halfpenny to hit

:36:14. > :36:18.the hold. If he hits it, Wales will win the game. Keep on going and be

:36:18. > :36:25.more clinical. Less penalties at the breakdown which will give them

:36:25. > :36:32.more momentum, more possession and they should win. I think there are

:36:32. > :36:37.a couple of substitutions made. So, Nathan Sharpe, his last 40 minutes

:36:37. > :36:47.of international rugby, after 116 appearances for Australia. Will it

:36:47. > :36:47.

:36:47. > :37:49.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 113 seconds

:37:49. > :37:53.be a winning finale? Let's go back didn't kick the advantage, but the

:37:53. > :37:57.difference between the advantage they give to penalties and knock-

:37:57. > :38:04.ons, if you get the ball back from the knock-on, you can play freely,

:38:04. > :38:14.then that is enough. Wales lose their own ball, except they don't

:38:14. > :38:14.

:38:14. > :39:44.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 113 seconds

:39:44. > :39:54.in there. Scott Andrews has left the ball behind. Wales surrendered

:39:54. > :40:04.

:40:04. > :40:14.possession and Australia, if they it needed was to remain in play.

:40:14. > :40:15.

:40:15. > :40:24.Mitchell was well beyond everyone else. Even the covering players.

:40:24. > :40:34.Jones carried the ball well several times. Nathan Sharpe had a Welsh

:40:34. > :40:44.grandparent, I am told. Another one slipped away... We are in credit

:40:44. > :41:13.

:41:13. > :41:18.one-handed pick-up. Great play by right thing, keeping their heads up,

:41:18. > :41:28.assessing what to do if the kick was all right, but it was undone by

:41:28. > :41:37.

:41:37. > :41:47.set piece that is going wrong. Scrums have been good. Line-outs

:41:47. > :41:47.

:41:47. > :44:41.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 113 seconds

:44:41. > :44:45.hooker. I don't know why he doesn't hair out of his head. He has made a

:44:45. > :44:52.criticism quite rightly that the backs are nowhere near the force

:44:52. > :45:02.they used to be. When you're used to trying a goal like that... It

:45:02. > :45:30.

:45:30. > :45:40.doesn't say a lot. -- when you are He got it back to Beale. Gethin

:45:40. > :46:02.

:46:02. > :46:07.Jenkins is hunting him down. Cummins.

:46:07. > :46:16.Well, Digby Ioane, you know what you will get from him. A

:46:16. > :46:26.devastating runner on the foot front.

:46:26. > :46:36.It is another scrappy line out. In the end, Lou Reid does well.

:46:36. > :46:56.

:46:56. > :46:59.Mike Phillips is in a spot of First touch, Digby Ioane.

:46:59. > :47:03.Good play between Barnes and Digby Ioane.

:47:04. > :47:13.It is in the hands of Stephen Moore who has certainly made an

:47:14. > :47:41.

:47:41. > :47:43.Mike Phillips did well and read the situation. A good angle from Eliza

:47:43. > :47:53.Doolittle and tackle by Leigh Halfpenny.

:47:53. > :48:18.

:48:18. > :48:23.Australia, though, looking dangerous. -- a good angle from

:48:23. > :48:33.Digby Ioane and tackle by Leigh Halfpenny.

:48:33. > :48:45.

:48:45. > :48:51.A scrappy ball. Australia again. Now we have Michael Hooper warming

:48:51. > :48:57.up.$$NEWLINE Keep an eye out for this guy if he gets on. This guy is

:48:57. > :49:01.dynamic with the ball in hand. As the game is breaking up, it is

:49:01. > :49:07.getting scrappy, this will suit him down to the ground.

:49:07. > :49:15.He has not played for a while? he is such a fit player, Pocock, I

:49:15. > :49:20.would be amazed if they pull him off, but Dennis has just come on.

:49:20. > :49:30.It will be interesting. The Welsh line-up without Luke

:49:30. > :49:36.Charteris is really, really struggling. It is a little bit

:49:36. > :49:40.messy at the moment. Michael Hooper is coming on for

:49:40. > :49:44.Kane Douglas. Dennis will go up to the second row, but Wales are

:49:44. > :49:49.struggling here. Aaron Shingler wins the ball this time. It is a

:49:49. > :49:59.change of tactic, it has worked for Jonathan Davies. Pocock got back to

:49:59. > :50:33.

:50:33. > :50:38.the ball. Roberts in pursuit. It has gone

:50:38. > :50:42.forward. REFEREE: First one knock-on. It is

:50:42. > :50:49.a scrum ball. It is a knock-on. Jamie Roberts

:50:49. > :50:55.stays down. Well the introduction of Michael

:50:55. > :51:02.Hooper could well work in Wales' favour. It is not just a question

:51:02. > :51:06.of a second row going off, it puts a lot of pressure on the two

:51:06. > :51:16.jumpers, people who are not used to lifting in certain areas. So Wales

:51:16. > :51:33.

:51:33. > :51:43.should have a freer run at their today from Rhys Priestland.

:51:43. > :51:55.

:51:55. > :51:59.Taking advantage of Australia's line speed.

:51:59. > :52:09.Presumably, the Australian that picked the ball up was off-side.

:52:09. > :52:14.Well we have a scrum. The game's been very stop-start

:52:14. > :52:20.since the beginning of this half. I have a feeling if one side can put

:52:20. > :52:25.together five, six, seven minutes of coherent play with momentum, it

:52:25. > :52:35.could be the deciding point in the game.

:52:35. > :52:39.

:52:39. > :52:44.It could be very fine margins. You can see from there, it is a

:52:44. > :52:53.fiscal game. Hugely fiscal. Good attacking scrum for Wales.

:52:53. > :53:03.Smack in the middle of the field. 40 metres out.

:53:03. > :53:11.

:53:11. > :53:16.This is Mike Phillips into midfield. That's another thing, thinking we

:53:16. > :53:20.have not had many scrums, we can afford to get rid of a second row,

:53:21. > :53:25.maybe not. A big difference in weight. Wales, if that was a

:53:25. > :53:30.purpose of one, it was a good call and well executed.

:53:30. > :53:35.It is a fine balance. You start loading the back row with fliers.

:53:35. > :53:41.There is David Pocock there, there is Michael Hooper. It means another

:53:41. > :53:44.back row with Dave Dennis. He is not the heavyweight second row.

:53:44. > :53:54.This game starts and finishes about the amount of ball and the quality

:53:54. > :53:54.

:53:54. > :54:48.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 113 seconds

:54:48. > :54:53.the Australian back line is that Jamie Roberts's arm is heavily

:54:53. > :55:03.strapped up. Just run at the left arm. Simple as that, so you know

:55:03. > :55:39.

:55:39. > :55:44.out to in defence works. Yep. Fine margins.

:55:44. > :55:49.It will be interesting to see if Wales, with problems at the line-

:55:49. > :55:55.out, I bet this one doesn't go dead. Wait for the roar.

:55:55. > :56:02.A tinge of irony to it. But he has found touch. Now where

:56:02. > :56:07.to Wales throw, Toby Faletau maybe? Not just that, you could get the

:56:07. > :56:09.four stepping back to five getting boosted. We have Pocock there and

:56:09. > :56:14.Michael Hooper. They are used to lifting.

:56:14. > :56:17.They are going to play safe. They have gone short and lost

:56:17. > :56:21.another one. Pocock comes away with it.

:56:21. > :56:27.You have to have the confidence to throw longer there.

:56:27. > :56:37.He didn't. Ben Tapuai now down to Leigh

:56:37. > :56:53.

:56:53. > :57:03.looked up, knew he was not going to get the ball, and then looked at

:57:03. > :57:08.

:57:08. > :57:18.the player and went into him. Probably just as well that Wayne

:57:18. > :57:21.

:57:21. > :57:27.Barnes tried to make a quick one. So, some treatment needed there.

:57:27. > :57:34.Priestland, it has to go in, it does. He couldn't find touch last

:57:34. > :57:38.week, now he is! Last week is over. It doesn't matter. Last week is

:57:38. > :57:42.immaterial. It is just a swing in his personal

:57:42. > :57:48.fortunes. For a winger, if Drew Mitchell

:57:48. > :57:53.starts out the line and takes that, he steps inside five yards, he is

:57:53. > :57:58.always going to award a touch. That is poor, technically.

:57:58. > :58:04.You have a choice of where he stands. He chooses to stand in an

:58:04. > :58:10.area that puts him under pressure. Stand inside, no problem at all.

:58:10. > :58:20.Now a change on the Australian side. Ofcoms Ben Tapuai and on comes Mike

:58:20. > :58:45.

:58:45. > :58:51.Harris. Good strength by Cuthbert, but he

:58:51. > :58:58.is on his own. We are going back to the original penalty. A chance for

:58:58. > :59:03.Wales to take the lead. The reason Wales did not get a

:59:03. > :59:10.chance to play on, was going to be a penalty against the winger as he

:59:10. > :59:15.was isolated. REFEREE: You're on the wrong side

:59:15. > :59:21.the ball. Sam Warburton is the current

:59:21. > :59:26.captain, Nathan Sharpe, the captain on the floor there for Australia.

:59:26. > :59:31.You are supposed to be allowed to do that. You used to be allowed to

:59:31. > :59:41.do it severely and then you would get out of the way. It was easier

:59:41. > :59:56.

:59:56. > :00:00.and quicker and the ball came freer. lead. 12-9.

:00:00. > :00:06.Wales need Priestland and others to keep the faith in terms of their

:00:06. > :00:10.ambition around the field. Not to withdraw. It is a tight game. Play

:00:11. > :00:14.it territoryally. Make sure that they make the right decisions, when

:00:14. > :00:19.to kick, when to run, but keep the ambition.

:00:19. > :00:26.You are right. There is a good scrummage, but the line-out is

:00:27. > :00:36.struggling. Aaron Shingler goes up. Over to Gethin Jenkins in pursuit.

:00:37. > :00:37.

:00:37. > :01:34.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 113 seconds

:01:34. > :01:40.Out for Australia. Here is Michael Now they can put pressure on

:01:40. > :01:49.Australia. Australia have cut the line-out because of missing her

:01:49. > :01:56.jumper. Chain job prop for the Australians. James Slipper comes on

:01:56. > :02:06.for Benn Robinson. There goes one of the big operators of the

:02:06. > :02:40.

:02:40. > :02:50.breakdown. Well, Robinson, he has He was aware the penalty has

:02:50. > :03:29.

:03:29. > :03:35.Phillips. The kicking coach has said to him, this is a great new

:03:35. > :03:45.kit, the banana bend the kick. This is the 5th attempt, and only one

:03:45. > :03:52.

:03:52. > :04:02.has ever worked. It looks good. Charteris, this has not gone well.

:04:02. > :04:02.

:04:02. > :04:07.Again... All over the place. Frankly, that is awful. Made worse

:04:07. > :04:14.by the fact that line-outs are skills that you can practise to

:04:14. > :04:24.make sure you can get them right. It is a road to skill. -- a road

:04:24. > :04:47.

:04:47. > :04:51.down. Some good interchanges, but at the end of the day... From the

:04:51. > :04:58.Australian point of view, you have looked at the line-outs and thought,

:04:58. > :05:02.we have a reasonable chance of getting it back when we put it out.

:05:02. > :05:09.The better option for Australia is to step inside, keep the momentum

:05:09. > :05:19.going. The Welsh have been turned. Wales have nor more forward height

:05:19. > :05:19.

:05:19. > :06:02.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 113 seconds

:06:02. > :06:06.player, he is a good player as well -- he is a brave player as well.

:06:06. > :06:11.All he can be expected to do is take the ball, which she does, it

:06:11. > :06:21.pays, fully committed, does not shirk it. Everyone else has got to

:06:21. > :06:32.

:06:32. > :06:36.effective, he was the first man there but he did not get his chest

:06:36. > :06:45.under the Australians. The breakdown practice that people do,

:06:45. > :06:55.the aim is to get to just under his chest because the momentum is there.

:06:55. > :07:03.-- to get your chest under his chest. Toby Faletau goes off. This

:07:03. > :07:10.leaves Wales with line-out problems. Justin Tipuric comes on. England

:07:11. > :07:16.versus New Zealand, highlights tonight, BBC Three 7pm. Martin.

:07:16. > :07:20.think both sides line-outs are in shambles. And now we have got four

:07:20. > :07:27.open sides on the field. It is interesting, the line-outs. We

:07:27. > :07:32.expect to see a lot from both. The contact, it will be a battlefield.

:07:32. > :07:37.I think the Wales defence have been outstanding, and Australia put them

:07:37. > :07:42.under pressure. They have scrambled well. They have caused a lot of

:07:42. > :07:52.penalties as well. Keep an eye out on the line-out. It is like being

:07:52. > :07:53.

:07:53. > :08:03.back in the 1986 and it is not that bad! -- it is like being back in

:08:03. > :08:09.

:08:09. > :08:18.own right, Wales have used him before, but there is a catalogue of

:08:18. > :08:26.second rose out injured. Look charterers has gone off today. --

:08:26. > :08:36.Luke Charteris. Leigh Halfpenny is a very good brave player. Key is

:08:36. > :08:43.

:08:43. > :08:53.talented. He is committed to the cause. Kepu is on for Australia.

:08:53. > :08:57.

:08:57. > :09:07.This is Harris. His first shot at in the summer tour. This to bring

:09:07. > :09:29.

:09:29. > :09:33.front. It is not against Australia at all. I think in rugby Union...

:09:33. > :09:43.As a general point, the time allowed for penalties is too long.

:09:43. > :09:59.

:09:59. > :10:09.It should be cut down, it should be on the Australia runner. You're in

:10:09. > :10:09.

:10:09. > :10:55.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 113 seconds

:10:55. > :11:04.trouble if you don't stand up to space dump on the left wing. --

:11:04. > :11:12.down. That is what you need. Well done, Phillips. He had a bit of

:11:12. > :11:19.luck from the bounds. But now we have another line-out. Mitchell,

:11:19. > :11:23.the curse of the rugby ball. all their possession, with

:11:23. > :11:33.Australia today, they have not looked particularly threatening at

:11:33. > :11:38.

:11:38. > :11:48.along, the player needs to be there quicker. It is slow, the ball. Very,

:11:48. > :12:02.

:12:02. > :12:04.That is within penalty range. But Wales on several occasion have not

:12:04. > :12:14.challenged for the ball in the line-out. They need to get their

:12:14. > :12:28.

:12:28. > :12:38.jumpers up, watch their feet and This is Stephen Moore, on at half-

:12:38. > :12:39.

:12:39. > :12:49.time. Four in the line-out. A team at the tail is Kepu, the prop. He

:12:49. > :12:54.

:12:54. > :13:04.raised his Nathan Sharpe into the internationals. Three of them

:13:04. > :13:04.

:13:05. > :13:14.against Australia. They will be absolutely desperate, all of them,

:13:15. > :13:15.

:13:15. > :14:00.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 113 seconds

:14:00. > :14:05.to kick the ball away when you were deep in the opponent's territory.

:14:05. > :14:10.If you are going to do that, you've got to have hyped on it so you can

:14:10. > :14:20.get under it, or it has got to be short enough for you to challenge.

:14:20. > :14:27.

:14:27. > :14:37.yourselves room, captain. No reason for Wales not to back

:14:37. > :15:11.

:15:11. > :15:21.peg towards Halfpenny. He keeps it It puts Wales in an area where if

:15:21. > :15:28.

:15:28. > :15:33.they give penalties away, they are in a good kicking distance.

:15:33. > :15:37.Another one picked off. Wales turn it back their way.

:15:37. > :15:47.David Pocock was acting scrum-half, that is not as quick.

:15:47. > :16:02.

:16:02. > :16:05.Now Jonathan Davies takes on Adam vulnerable under the highball?

:16:05. > :16:10.suppose it is territory that they are thinking off.

:16:10. > :16:15.They have gained 20 yards and lost the ball.

:16:15. > :16:25.Get up, footballer, get up! He is up and Wales have possession.

:16:25. > :16:47.

:16:47. > :16:51.demfrl defence all of the game. Whatever possession they have,

:16:51. > :17:01.unless they are really under pressure, I would just like them to

:17:01. > :17:04.

:17:04. > :17:08.keep the ball. Five minutes left.

:17:08. > :17:13.Australia and Wales, the percentages there, it looks even.

:17:13. > :17:23.It is a difficult balance. We appreciate why Wales will want to

:17:23. > :17:29.

:17:29. > :17:36.keep out of goal-kicking territory. Do they have the faith now, the

:17:36. > :17:42.faith to see this through? Well, five-and-a-half minutes to go.

:17:42. > :17:49.Answer the question, you are Welsh! I don't know, Brian.

:17:49. > :17:58.Get off the fence! I think they have given up on winning this game

:17:58. > :18:05.with a try. Which is not an answer. A good Australian scrum.

:18:05. > :18:13.That is a shocking move from Australia! Kurtley Beale and Jamie

:18:14. > :18:23.Roberts with the tackle. He switched twice back into the

:18:24. > :18:51.

:18:52. > :18:57.held up. No ground made up so far by Australia. They are in

:18:57. > :19:07.possession. Again, Jamie Roberts leads the charge on David Pocock.

:19:07. > :19:09.

:19:09. > :19:15.This is Michael Hooper wriggling forward.

:19:15. > :19:24.Some great wrestling going on there. There is nothing happening.

:19:24. > :19:28.There is Justin Tipuric. Solve this one? That is the first

:19:28. > :19:37.lift. That is the second lift. There is another one coming in a

:19:37. > :19:44.minute. There we go. Well you can be guilty of a

:19:44. > :19:50.dangerous tackle off the ball. has he missed it? This time it

:19:51. > :19:56.works. Wales get the throw-in, five metres out. Oh, he love it is.

:19:56. > :20:02.Whatever happens here if Wales can secure possession... They must not

:20:02. > :20:08.leave without at least some form of an attempt to have a drop-ball

:20:08. > :20:13.penalty or something. Be patient. Retain the ball.

:20:13. > :20:18.Even if around the corner. That's the first bit.

:20:18. > :20:28.The easier bit. Now to keep it in field.

:20:28. > :20:30.

:20:30. > :20:34.They twist it back from the danger area, the touchline. It should be

:20:34. > :20:39.their's, though it is not. Gold bodies are in the way. Still,

:20:39. > :20:49.with less than three minutes to go on the clock. To be in this corner

:20:49. > :20:49.

:20:49. > :20:59.is good. Wales need to step out of this. It

:20:59. > :20:59.

:21:00. > :21:06.is a scrum only. Don't give a penalty away, it will kick you back.

:21:06. > :21:13.Look at this it is not even proper fighting. Look at it, push, push,

:21:13. > :21:19.shove. Handbags! Pointless. Wayne Barnes explaining that the

:21:19. > :21:25.man on the ball to go down. It is not a ruck. You are allowed to keep

:21:25. > :21:35.hold of it. That is why it was turned over.

:21:35. > :21:46.

:21:46. > :21:56.This is a big strum. but they are a long way from the

:21:56. > :22:27.

:22:27. > :22:34.finishing off games against Australia. They have a lead of

:22:34. > :22:37.three points, but Australia are in possession.

:22:37. > :22:43.Derek Barnes is clean through. It is a great tackle by Leigh

:22:43. > :22:52.Halfpenny. The ball is out. Wales swoop on it. Is this the moment for

:22:52. > :22:56.them to finally put a game to bed? That's a good kick by Rhys

:22:56. > :23:00.Priestland, but back goes Digby Ioane.

:23:00. > :23:04.Priestland with a follow-up tackle. Justin Tipuric with a follow-up

:23:04. > :23:10.tackle. Auerbach in their own half. Less

:23:10. > :23:14.than a minute to go on the regular clock.

:23:14. > :23:24.Wycliff Palu... Don't play the ball on the floor. It is not necessary.

:23:24. > :23:37.

:23:37. > :23:41.Kurtley Beale. Wales have done it again. When the game was there to

:23:41. > :23:48.be won, they have handed it back to Australia.

:23:48. > :23:54.Well, the crowd are devastated. Kurtley Beale is delighted. The

:23:54. > :23:57.Australians are delirious. I am dejected on behalf of the

:23:58. > :24:01.Welsh. They have done everything. You have to and that to the

:24:01. > :24:06.Australians. They kept going. They kept faith.

:24:06. > :24:11.They have been tenacious. They do deserve a lot of credit for

:24:11. > :24:18.that. Is it a forward pass we will see? It is not clear enough from

:24:18. > :24:22.that angle to demure from the referee's decision and the

:24:22. > :24:26.denoument is disastrous for Wales, but you go back to a line-out that

:24:26. > :24:30.was not driven properly. Five metres from the Australian

:24:30. > :24:40.line. That was the theme that set that up.

:24:40. > :24:41.

:24:41. > :24:44.I'm afraid Wales are the problem for their own misfortune.

:24:44. > :24:52.You have to give the Australians credit for that.

:24:52. > :24:57.Yep, Australia do not give up. They have don it again against Wales. It

:24:57. > :25:02.was quite some overlap. One pass. They were well in the clear.

:25:02. > :25:12.Dave Dennis to Kurtley Beale. The game is done and dusted. What

:25:12. > :25:13.

:25:14. > :25:23.is more, we have Leigh Halfpenny, I think, down there, injured.

:25:24. > :25:27.

:25:27. > :25:31.It doesn't look good, either. I hope that nothing is serious.

:25:31. > :25:35.If you look it is game over. Wales have lost.

:25:35. > :25:40.REFEREE: Stop the watch. We have an injury.

:25:40. > :25:50.Looking back through the game. The number of time Wales gave away

:25:50. > :25:57.

:25:57. > :26:04.momentum by not being able to get their own ball.

:26:04. > :26:09.And let's pay tribute to a magnificent servant to the game, a

:26:09. > :26:12.manage nationalist player. A hard man, but the right spirit always,

:26:12. > :26:22.Nathan Sharpe. He tried to retire twice. The third time, that is

:26:22. > :26:26.enough. That does not look good at all,

:26:26. > :26:33.does it? I'm not sure it may have been in the tackle.

:26:33. > :26:38.It looks like a neck injury. Here we go.

:26:38. > :26:48.Does he get his head on the wrong side? No, he doesn't. He put his

:26:48. > :26:50.

:26:50. > :26:55.body on the line. We are looking at the line-out

:26:55. > :27:00.statistics here. Australia are down with no line-out losses. I'm not

:27:00. > :27:03.sure if that is entirely right, but Wales are down with six out of 17

:27:03. > :27:07.lost balls. And some of their ball that they

:27:07. > :27:14.did win was not good quality either. If you are looking for reasons for

:27:14. > :27:17.this loss, I'm afraid that is a chief one.

:27:17. > :27:22.That's in defence. I understand that can happen.

:27:22. > :27:27.It's the story of an autumn series gone wrong for Rhys Priestland and

:27:27. > :27:32.Wales. Alex Cuthbert is shaking his head. Behind the posts, waiting for

:27:32. > :27:39.the conversion. What is worse is that Leigh Halfpenny is injured.

:27:39. > :27:44.On a wider perspective as well. I am sure that the rest of the non-

:27:44. > :27:49.top four-tier nations will not be happy with Wales descending to

:27:49. > :27:56.ninth. If they go to that level it puts them in a group, England,

:27:56. > :28:00.Ireland, Samoa, Argentina, one of them is going to get Wales in the

:28:01. > :28:05.third-tier group. That is not good either.

:28:05. > :28:08.There is something about the pool announcement it is a long time

:28:08. > :28:13.before the World Cup. The reason is for the necessity to

:28:13. > :28:18.plan travel arrangements, the camps. I don't know, but that is what I

:28:18. > :28:20.have been told. It sounds like the tail wagging the

:28:21. > :28:26.dog. The information comes from the

:28:26. > :28:36.coaches and the unions as they say that they want that time to prepare.

:28:36. > :28:37.

:28:37. > :28:43.So, who knows? Well it could not be a more static end.

:28:43. > :28:46.I was just going to say. It has been a horrible end to a

:28:46. > :28:52.competitive Test Match, but not the most exciting in terms of breaks or

:28:52. > :28:58.tries, obviously. Yes, difficult times for Sam

:28:58. > :29:04.Warburton. He went into November and this

:29:05. > :29:08.match in December as the favourite for the Lions captaincy, but nobody

:29:08. > :29:15.on the Welsh side will have advanced his cause with four

:29:15. > :29:19.defeats. Have you thought about your Man of

:29:19. > :29:24.the Match? I did, I had made the decision before the Australian try.

:29:24. > :29:29.I will not change it because of the result. It is not a sympathy vote

:29:29. > :29:33.either, but I was always going to award it to the man, who,

:29:33. > :29:38.unfortunately, has been taken off on a stretcher, Leigh Halfpenny. He

:29:38. > :29:44.has had a fantastic game today. He has been brave. The lines have been

:29:44. > :29:54.good. The kicking has been good. The highball. It is a shame he is

:29:54. > :29:57.

:29:57. > :30:02.ending in this way. Ryan Jones and Gethin Jenkins, the

:30:02. > :30:08.old lads. What do you do when a four-match streak in the autumn is

:30:08. > :30:15.added to a three-match losing streak on tour? Seven matches.

:30:15. > :30:19.You have to work harder. Lou Reid who responded to the call.

:30:19. > :30:26.Mike Phillips playing rugby in France. It opens up questions about

:30:26. > :30:32.is this a reflection of the true state of Welsh rugby? I think that

:30:32. > :30:37.Mike Phillips played well today. His kicking has been good today.

:30:37. > :30:41.I'm afraid it is just an awful anti-climax to the end of of the

:30:41. > :30:46.game, but player safety is always more important, but the players

:30:46. > :30:51.don't want to be on the field now. They know the result. The crowd

:30:51. > :31:01.have been good. They have stayed. Let's hope that this is not too

:31:01. > :31:05.

:31:05. > :31:10.serious. That it is just a team-mates troop off after him.

:31:10. > :31:17.They have lost this match. This is going to be the flattest of Flat

:31:17. > :31:22.finishers. We have the conversion to come and it is going to be taken

:31:22. > :31:31.by the man who is saying farewell to rugby, Nathan Sharpe. Second row

:31:31. > :31:35.forward. As far as I know, this is a first. The crowd do not like it.

:31:35. > :31:45.It is disrespectful and I agree with that. I understand the reason

:31:45. > :31:47.

:31:47. > :31:50.for doing it. He has put it over. It is short. The game ends Nathan

:31:50. > :31:57.Sharpe's international career. is goodbye to one of the greats of

:31:57. > :32:05.the game. Nathan Sharpe says farewell with a victory. Australia

:32:05. > :32:15.celebrate, Wales walked dejectedly off the field. They have lost again.

:32:15. > :32:16.

:32:16. > :32:20.Seven defeats and a row for Wales. They've lost 16 times in a road to

:32:20. > :32:24.the southern hemisphere giants. Jonathan, how did that happen?

:32:24. > :32:29.don't know. They controlled the game. They needed that extra

:32:29. > :32:33.penalty and they didn't do it. A kick that and going to touch, the

:32:33. > :32:39.chase and defence and organisation was not good enough. One long pass

:32:39. > :32:41.took a couple of defenders. Might have been a forward pass in the end,

:32:41. > :32:51.but it doesn't matter because Australia took their one last

:32:51. > :32:55.chance. We talk about Wales, it has been a little mental lapse, and it

:32:55. > :33:02.was that last two minutes of that game. They didn't really

:33:02. > :33:07.concentrate. They deserve to lose in the end. Last word, for weeks

:33:07. > :33:11.ago, we said before the Argentina game they were full of optimism but

:33:11. > :33:14.whereas welch Robinho? They have got a great chance in the Six

:33:14. > :33:20.Nations to redeem themselves but they have to play a lot better and

:33:20. > :33:25.change their tactics. Well, desolate faces all around. Talk

:33:25. > :33:32.about pictures telling 1,000 words, you can see Warburton against the

:33:32. > :33:38.post, utterly lost for words. How or Wales had such optimism and now

:33:38. > :33:43.played four and lost four over the last month. Before we go, Leigh

:33:43. > :33:53.Halfpenny, get home soon and well. We are back in nine weeks today for

:33:53. > :33:55.