Wallabies bounce back to defeat Wales

After suffering a humiliating 6 - 9 loss to the 11th ranked Scotland in some of the worst ever conditions that rugby has been played, the Wallabies bounced back last weekend with a win over the 6 nations champions, Wales. The best of three game series between two of the most entertaining rugby teams in the world kicked off at Suncorp Stadium in Queensland on the weekend. 




A fast first half saw the Welsh struggle to keep up with the Wallabies running style of rugby and saw them slip to a 10 - 3 deficit after a try to flanker Scott Higginbotham put the Wallabies ahead at half time. 




Within 1 minute of the second half commencing Will Genia made a scintillating break through some weak Welsh defence and wrong footed the fullback to score a typically Genia-like individual try. A home crowd favourite, Genia put the crowd into raptures. Genia continued his master class of attacking running rugby by continuing to bamboozle the Welsh defence. 




However, the Welsh are not European champions for nothing and they showed their class by keeping in touch with the Wallabies through the boot of Halfpenny who brought them within 8. The Welsh continued to apply pressure as Cuthbert made a break and sprinted 40m to score the first try for the visitors. The conversion was succesful and Welsh were within 1 point with 20 minutes to play.




The Wallabies didn't panic, though, as minutes later Genia put McCabe through massive whole to score under the posts. The final score saw the Wallabies victors 27 - 19, outscoring the Welsh 3 tries to 1, with Will Genia earning a deserved man of the match award. 




Game 2 will be played down in Melbourne and for the Welsh to win it and to keep the series alive, they will have to cut down Genia's running play and put pressure on the breakdown.


Hoo Roo

Stewy