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Try Ioane after several pick & go's. Needed to be scored after turning down a gift 3. Black should get this & does, 18-10 after 46.
Congrats to Will Houston - who has been appointed to ref the final.
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5th/6th Playoff - Australia vs Wales Match "Report"
from the Twitterverse, courtesy of @cdeegan
Korcyk under the posts! Beautiful!
Some excellent ball work going on in the backs. Ned is having a blinder 7-0 to Oz.
5-7 Wales go over in the corner after a knock on at the scum!
12-5 to Oz as Tui goes over after another magnificent ball off the top from Ned.
14-5 Conversion!
Some great rugby going back and forth atm
14-5 Oz nearly scored in corner.
10mins to the break - in good attacking position with a line out.
Lost the lineout, Placid continues to carve them up. Couple of good runs from Kel. Wales one in the bin!
Lost the lineout again!!!!!!!
Great moves being let down by poor handling - frustrating!!
5 mins to break. Few stoppages to injury and Wales using uptime
Bad knock to Duncan P - could have to come off, yes he has gone. Sione now on.
14-5 half time. Short shower has arrived to cool things slightly. Handling let us down but the defence on both sides is hard.
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McInerney off / Faianga on
Scrum penalty against us misses - humidity worse since rain
14-8 Penalty right in front to Wales. Our go forward is not good atm
Campbell Magnay sin binned - not sure for what?
14-11 Another penalty against us. Momentum has swung back to Wales big time. Much better go forward.
Really hot and humid for the boys now.
Water break and things are looking are little shakey. Refs interpretations are not always consistent. Hopefully we can hold on.
Front row being replaced for the last 20mins
21-11 Great drive from the back a line out see Oz score (Faianga) next the posts!
Major cyclonic winds arrive!!! Smashes a door in the stand. Will make things interesting
28-11 Fantastic sustained attack sees Placid over in the corner. Our forwards have got their chutzpah back!!!! Converts in a tough wind.
28-16 Wales kicks across field and winger scores in the corner.
Placid off, injured in the try. Dalgleish on, Ollie Kamp on too.
McCalman on for Korczyk!
Magnay red card!!!
28-23 Shocking forward pass let go for Wales!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fulltime 28-23
Shocking refereeing all game. Linesmen useless - we should be proud of our boys in such trying conditions. Well done Oz!!!!
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Real pleased with Baby Blacks in final, was a bit impressed with young Moli at 3, and Gibson in 7, look a couple of good boys to me. Thought young Aussie ref was pretty good even if YC was bullshit, but his AR gave him some pretty wrong info that lead to it. All in all a good final!
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