AUS
No.Name
15Kurtley Beale, FB
14Joe Tomane, W
T
13Henry Speight, C
T
12Matt To'omua, C
T
11Drew Mitchell, W
T
2
10Quade Cooper, FH
5
9Nick Phipps, SH
1Scott Sio, P
2Tatafu Polota-Nau, H
3Toby Smith, P
4Dean Mumm, L
T
5Will Skelton, L
6Ben McCalman, FL
T
2
7Sean McMahon, FL
T
2
8Wycliff Palu, N8
Replacements
16Stephen Moore, R
17Sekope Kepu, R
18Greg Holmes, R
19Kane Douglas, R
20Rob Simmons, R
21Will Genia, R
22Bernard Foley, R
23Tevita Kuridrani, R
T

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Villa Park
12:00 PM, September 27, 2015
Attendance: 39,605

Match Commentary

82'ESPN's Sam Bruce at Villa Park - The Wallabies have eased to a crushing 62-point victory over Uruguay at Birmingham's Villa Park yet none of their virtual "B-team" likely did enough to earn a start against England. An indifferent early quarter, where playmaker Quade Cooper was sin-binned, eventually gave way to a period when the two-time champions found some rhythm and showed glimpses of the running rugby of yesteryear. Their standout was clearly youngster Sean McMahon; Michael Cheika's World Cup "bolter" backing up his fine display in Chicago earlier this month with an aggressively busy game up front. He finished with two tries, both of which came from what looks to be the Wallabies' biggest weapon, the rolling maul, while winger Drew Mitchell recovered from an early case of the fumbles to also grab a double. Back-rower Ben McCalman matched that effort with a brace of his own while Dean Mumm, Joe Tomane, Henry Speight, Matt Toomua and Tevita Kuridrani also crossed for tries. Cooper's goal-kicking was awful though, the fly-half landing just five of 11 conversions.
81'Cooper adds gloss to the scoreline with a superb conversion kick from the tight angle, which brings with it the full time whistle. Awesome Australia have put down a serious marker to both England and Wales.
81'+165-3 Conversion - Quade Cooper , Australia

Match Stats

AUS
Possession
URUG
53%
47%
Territory
51%
49%
AUS
URUG
114Runs98
796Metres Run196
19Clean Breaks2
101Tackles102
13Missed Tackles46
14Turnover Knock On9

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