Australia is under immense pressure following their loss to Scotland earlier in the week, but it won’t get any easier against Wales today in Brisbane.
Recent results:
2011: Australia won 24-18, Cardiff
2011: Australia won 21-18, Auckland
2010: Australia won 25-16, Cardiff
2009: Australia won 3012, Cardiff
2008: Wales won 21-18, Cardiff
2007: Australia won 32-20, Cardiff
2007: Australia won 31-0, Brisbane
2007: Australia won 29-23, Sydney
2006: Match drawn 29-29, Cardiff
2005: Wales won 24-22, Cardiff
Teams:
Australia: 15 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 14 Cooper Vuna, 13 Rob Horne, 12 Pat McCabe, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Berrick Barnes, 9 Will Genia, 8 Wycliff Palu, 7 David Pocock (captain), 6 Scott Higginbotham, 5 Nathan Sharpe, 4 Rob Simmons, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 Benn Robinson.
Replacements: Stephen Moore, 17 Ben Alexander, 18 Dave Dennis, 19 Michael Hooper, 20 Nic White, 21 Anthony Fainga’a, 22 Mike Harris.
Wales: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Scott Williams, 11 George North, 10 Rhys Priestland, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Toby Faletau, 7 Sam Warburton (captain), 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Luke Charteris, 4 Bradley Davies, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Ken Owens, 1 Gethin Jenkins.
Replacements: 16 Matthew Rees, 17 Paul James, 18 Alun Wyn Jones, 19 Ryan Jones, 20 Lloyd Williams, 21 James Hook, 22 Ashley Beck.
Date: Saturday, June 9
Venue: Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Kick-off: 20.00 (10.00 GMT)
Predicted weather: Cold at 14 °C with a 70% chance of rain
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Keith Brown (New Zealand), Garratt Williamson (New Zealand)
TMO: Vinny Munro (New Zealand)
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June 9th, 2012 at 11:40 am
Wales can win this!
June 9th, 2012 at 11:57 am
Wales SHOULD win this
June 9th, 2012 at 12:11 pm
Reply to Welshbok die Brandwag @ 11:57 am:
I’ve got a hedge on this one…
Wallabies will be firing though despite the many questionable selections…
June 9th, 2012 at 12:19 pm
Horne butchered that certain try being greedy as per norm!
June 9th, 2012 at 12:20 pm
Welsh aren’t really defending with numbers wide…
Wallabies dominating!!!
June 9th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
So much for not needing open-siders… Pocock 1 Warburton 0…
Welsh very silly kicking onto the Wallaby backs…
June 9th, 2012 at 12:40 pm
NH sides just can’t handle the PACE of the SH teams – If the Bokke can do the same??
June 9th, 2012 at 12:41 pm
Meyer will need to rethink our options against Aus regarding no opensider, Pocock ruling the show!
June 9th, 2012 at 12:43 pm
I absolutely dispise this Phillips< 'n regte MOER MY gesig aan hom!
June 9th, 2012 at 1:17 pm
Reply to Welshbok die Brandwag @ 12:43 pm:
That’s a tick for a 9…
June 9th, 2012 at 1:21 pm
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 1:17 pm:
Genia doesn’t get that tick dude, neither FdP.
June 9th, 2012 at 1:23 pm
Aussies looking tired now… that Scotland game starting to eat away at their stamina!?
June 9th, 2012 at 1:32 pm
Reply to Welshbok die Brandwag @ 1:21 pm:
? ? ?
Is there anybody better than Genia?
June 9th, 2012 at 1:36 pm
Reply to Boertjie @ 1:32 pm:
Absolutely nobody better than genia, but he doesn’t have a moer my attitude either, ek wil net daai Philips trap soos ‘n bliksemse bicycle!
June 9th, 2012 at 1:38 pm
Pocock getting away with murder at the breakdown but you play to the ref I guess…
June 9th, 2012 at 1:50 pm
Poukak in ‘n klas van sy eie.
June 9th, 2012 at 1:54 pm
Dirtbin weather:
Showers/Clear – should be cleared by 17:00
17 ºC
June 9th, 2012 at 2:19 pm
Best chance the Welsh had there to re-write history books… over now!
Reply to Welshbok die Brandwag @ 1:21 pm:
True mate… but they are not the norm… Joost, Gregan, Kelleher, Dawson, Marshall etc etc…
June 9th, 2012 at 4:53 pm
Craig Jamieson the biggest little twat of the lot…
Remember Andre Watson calling him “You’re like a parrot on my back!”
June 10th, 2012 at 3:18 am
Australia’s version of HoneyBadger Brussouw – Pocock had a good one.
June 10th, 2012 at 8:37 am
Reply to Americano @ 3:18 am:
a good one? WTF are you smoking? He was BRILLIANT!
June 10th, 2012 at 11:18 am
Hmmm.
Another Whitewash Weekend for the NH.
June 10th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
Reply to Boertjie @ 11:18 am:
Wales were the biggest disappointments IMO – but some of them have not had any rugby for months so maybe that killed hem n the end.
Ireland with a load of young rookies (practically a development tour for them) got shown up for that. AB’s in the mood they were are unstoppable.
AUS and NZ will be a tough nut to crack come 4N time!