AUS
No.Name
15James O'Connor, FB
9
14Radike Samo, W
13Adam Ashley-Cooper, C
T
12Berrick Barnes, C
T
2
11Drew Mitchell, W
T
2
10Quade Cooper, FH
9Luke Burgess, SH
1James Slipper, P
2Stephen Moore, H
T
3Sekope Kepu, P
4James Horwill, L
5Nathan Sharpe, L
6Scott Higginbotham, FL
7David Pocock, FL
T
2
8Ben McCalman, N8
T
Replacements
16Tatafu Polota-Nau, -
17Saia Fainga'a, H
18Salesi Ma'afu, P
T
19Rob Simmons, L
20Rocky Elsom, FL
21Will Genia, -
22Nick Phipps, W

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Trafalgar Park
3:30 AM, October 1, 2011
Attendance: 16,307
All CommentaryKey Events

Match Commentary

81'68-22 End of half
81'68-22 End of half
81'68-22 End of second half
80'68-22 Conversion - James O'Connor , Australia
79'O'Connor converts yet again.
79'66-22 Try - Berrick Barnes , Australia
78'A Russian clearance is charged down and the ball drops into the grateful arms of Berrick Barnes, who races away to claim a deserved try.
73'Substitute on - Evgeni Matveev , Russia
73'Player substituted - Artem Fatakhov , Russia
70'Substitute on - Sekope Kepu , Australia
70'Player substituted - James Slipper , Australia
69'61-22 Conversion - Konstantin Rachkov , Russia
68'And Rachkov produces a wonderful kick to convert his own score.
68'61-20 Try - Konstantin Rachkov , Russia
67'The rolling maul takes the Russians up to within a metre of the Wallaby whitewash. The ball is then popped up for Konstantin Rachkov, who crashes over. Wonderful stuff from the Bears!
66'Substitute on - Vladimir Botvinnikov , Russia
66'Player substituted - Sergey Popov , Russia
64'Player substituted - Alexandr Ianyushkin , Russia
64'Substitute on - Alexandr Shakirov , Russia
62'61-15 Conversion - Konstantin Rachkov , Russia
61'Rachkov converts from right in front of the posts.
60'61-13 Try - Denis Simplikevich , Russia
60'Substitute on - Mikhail Babaev , Russia
60'Player substituted - Andrei Kuzin , Russia
60'Substitute on - Alexei Travkin , Russia
60'Player substituted - Ivan Prishchepenko , Russia
59'Russian wing Simplikevich reads Cooper like a book and intercepts the Wallaby fly-half's pass before racing away to score. Terrific stuff from the Bears wideman.
53'Player substituted - Drew Mitchell , Australia
53'Substitute on - Nick Phipps , Australia
51'Player substituted - Vyacheslav Grachev , Russia
51'Substitute on - Andrei Garbuzov , Russia
51'61-8 Conversion - James O'Connor , Australia
50'O'Connor on target once more. He's kicking wonderfully well today.
49'59-8 Try - Drew Mitchell , Australia
48'Swift response from the Wallabies, as Cooper catches the Russians napping by taking a quick tap and that eventually leads to Mitchell sliding over unchallenged in the left corner.
47'54-8 Drop goal - Konstantin Rachkov , Russia
46'Russia take the ball through a number of phases before replacement fly-half Konstantin Rachkov drops into the pocket and coolly slots over a drop goal. Impressive stuff from the Bears.
44'54-5 Conversion - James O'Connor , Australia
43'O'Connor with the extras once more. Another great kick.
42'52-5 Try - Salesi Ma'afu , Australia
41'The Wallabies pick up where the left off at the end of the first half, with Salesi Ma'afu stretching out an arm to ground the ball after being the recipient of a sublime off-load from Cooper.
41'Substitute on - Rob Simmons , Australia
41'Player substituted - James Horwill , Australia
41'Substitute on - Rocky Elsom , Australia
41'Player substituted - David Pocock , Australia
41'Substitute on - Konstantin Rachkov , Russia
41'Player substituted - Yuri Kushnarev , Russia
41'Player substituted - Stephen Moore , Australia
41'Substitute on - Saia Fainga'a , Australia
41'47-5 End of first half
41'47-5 Conversion - James O'Connor , Australia
40'O'Connor converts and that brings an end to the first half.
40'47-5 Start of second half
39'45-5 Try - Adam Ashley-Cooper , Australia
38'And the Wallabies are over again. After yet another sniping run from Burgess, the ball is eventually worked wide to Cooper. The fly-half is hit hard but he still manages to get a grubber away which Ashley-Cooper grounds. O'Connor converts from out wide.
37'40-5 Conversion - James O'Connor , Australia
36'O'Connor with the extras.
36'38-5 Try - Stephen Moore , Australia
35'Terrific response from the Wallabies! Mitchell releases Pocock with the most audacious reverse pass. The Wallaby flanker charges forward before off-loading to the supporting Moore, who flops over under the posts.
33'33-5 Try - Vladimir Ostrushko , Russia
32'The Wallabies steal the ball five metres from their own line and Burgess counters. However, after breaking out of his 22, he loses his footing and the ball. Russia's turn to counter and they do so to devastating effect, Vladimir Ostrushko breaking through to score after leaving Sharpe on his backside with a wonderful step.
31'Player substituted - Sekope Kepu , Australia
31'Substitute on - Salesi Ma'afu , Australia
24'33-0 Conversion - James O'Connor , Australia
23'O'Connor converts once more.
22'31-0 Try - David Pocock , Australia
21'After Ashley-Cooper is held up just short after a brilliant break, Pocock crashes over for his second try of the game.
16'26-0 Conversion - James O'Connor , Australia
16'24-0 Try - David Pocock , Australia
15'This is getting ridiculous. Clean take at a lineout inside the Russian 22 for the Wallabies and the ball is passed on to Pocock, who storms forward, bouncing off one tackler before bounding through to score. That's the bonus point already. Only 15 minutes gone!
13'19-0 Conversion - James O'Connor , Australia
12'O'Connor adds the extras from right in front of the posts.
12'17-0 Try - Ben McCalman , Australia
11'All too easy for the Wallabies at Trafalgar Park. Cooper finds Samo out wide with a curling crossfield kick. The makeshift winger storms forward before off-loading one-handed to the supporting Higginbotham, who shows great skill in off-loading in the tackle to the supporting Sharpe. The veteran lock then releases Cooper, who unselfishly leaves McCalman with a simple run-in.
11'12-0 Conversion - James O'Connor , Australia
10'O'Connor converts from wide on the left.
9'10-0 Try - Drew Mitchell , Australia
8'Another wonderful score for the Wallabies, as Drew Mitchell is left in acres of space and with oodles of time to collect Cooper's sublime chip in behind the Russian defence before racing clear to score.
7'5-0 Try - Berrick Barnes , Australia
6'Terrific try for the Wallabies and it's that man Berrick Barnes, who was so impressive against the USA. After Samo's burst down the wing, the ball is worked infield and Cooper passes wide to Barnes, who, with the aid of a wonderful step off his left foot, breaks through the Russian defence to score.
1'0-0 Start of first half

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