Sin-binning sinks Wales
3 Dec 2011
The Wallabies took full advantage of Welsh indiscipline to claim a 24-18 win in Cardiff.
The hosts led 6-3 after 48 minutes but were reduced to 14 men when fullback Leigh Halfpenny was sent to the sin bin for a late tackle on James O’Connor, who had looked certain to score. Referee Jonathan Kaplan could perhaps have awarded a penalty try but it didn’t matter as Will Genia took a quick tap and after several phases the scrumhalf scored.
The Wallabies struck twice more while Halfpenny was off the field. O’Connor, starting his first Test at flyhalf, put Lachie Turner away for a try with an excellent double-skip pass. Five minutes later, Wales coughed up possession in midfield, Turner hacked the ball ahead, and Radike Samo gave the try-scoring pass to Berrick Barnes.
Wales hit back with a try from Rhys Priestland and another from Shane Williams in the final move of the game that nearly lifted the roof off the stadium. But the Welsh winger will be bitterly disappointed that his 87th and final Test ended with defeat.
If the second half of this match was absorbing then the first was entirely forgettable, with both sides making lots of handing errors and getting slow ruck ball.
The closest anyone came to scoring a try was when Adam Ashley-Cooper sliced through the Welsh defence and found David Pocock. The ball was quickly recycled to Barnes, who kicked into the corner for Turner. The winger appeared to have scored despite being tackled by Williams, but the TMO correctly ruled that he had gone into touch before grounding the ball.
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4 Dec 2011, 01:26 am
Bread of Heaven…
Bread of Heaven…
A Welsh lass nearly had her way with me…
But I was steadfast…
4 Dec 2011, 01:28 am
Are we Human, or are we dancer?
Beer is good…
And I’m on my knees looking for the answer…
Are we Human, or are we dancer?
4 Dec 2011, 01:32 am
Change came in disguise of revelation, set his soul on fire.
She said she always knew he’d come around.
And the decades disappear
Like sinking ships but we persevere.
God gives us hope but we still fear what we don’t know.
4 Dec 2011, 01:43 am
But it’s just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
Cause I’m Mr. Brightside
4 Dec 2011, 01:46 am
We’re all young and naive still
We require certain skill
The motive changes like the wind
Hard to control when it begins
4 Dec 2011, 01:48 am
Like sugar and cyanide
These walls are gonna collide
I wanna yell it from the rooftop down
Until it’s over and we’re older
Yeah
4 Dec 2011, 01:51 am
I’m learning to walk again
I believe I’ve waited long enough
Where do I begin?
I’m learning to talk again
Can’t you see I’ve waited long enough?
Where do I begin?
4 Dec 2011, 02:51 am
Boks won’t beat either of NZ and Australia next year… such is the shambles Snor has left the Boks in!
4 Dec 2011, 08:30 am
Perhaps a better article would have read – Wales still simply not as good as they think.
At home, in front of a capacity crowd, on Williams farewell game, Wales could still not trouble the number 2 team in the world.
They scored consolation tries to make the score respectable, and IMHO, they are not within the top 3 In the world.
Yes SA have been appalling, But the Boks only losses in the past year have been to the number 1 & 2 test ranked teams. Wales are about 5 after SA and France
4 Dec 2011, 08:37 am
Lol HG pisssed much?
Jou dronkie!
4 Dec 2011, 08:38 am
While the banshee’s away the mouse will play!
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