WALES
	No.	Name
15Liam Williams, FB
14Louis Rees-Zammit, W
13George North, C
12Nick Tompkins, C T
11Josh Adams, W
10Dan Biggar, FH 
9Gareth Davies, SH T
1Gareth Thomas, P
2Ryan Elias, H
3Tomas Francis, P
4Will Rowlands, L
5Adam Beard, L
6Aaron Wainwright, FL
7Jac Morgan, FL T
8Taulupe Faletau, N8
Replacements
16Elliot Dee, R
17Corey Domachowski, R
18Henry Thomas, R
19Dafydd Jenkins, R
20Taine Basham, R
21Tomos Williams, R
22Gareth Anscombe, R   6 
23Rio Dyer, R

AUS
	No.	Name
15Andrew Kellaway, FB
14Mark Nawaqanitawase, W
13Jordan Petaia, C
12Samu Kerevi, C
11Marika Koroibete, W
10Ben Donaldson, FH  2
9Tate McDermott, SH
1Angus Bell, P
2Dave Porecki, H
3James Slipper, P
4Nick Frost, L
5Richie Arnold, L
6Rob Leota, FL
7Tom Hooper, FL
8Rob Valetini, N8
16Matt Faessler, R
17Blake Schoupp, R
18Pone Fa'amausili, R
19Matt Philip, R
20Fraser McReight, R
21Nic White, R
22Carter Gordon, R
23Suliasi Vunivalu, R

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Groupama Stadium

8:00 PM, September 24, 2023

216d

Wales humiliate Australia, book quarterfinals berth

Wales became the first side to advance to the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals with a one-sided 40-6 demolition of Australia that left the two-time past winners facing embarrassingly early elimination.

Match Commentary

78'		40-6 Try - Jac Morgan , Wales
71'		Substitute on - Rio Dyer , Wales
71'		Player substituted - Louis Rees-Zammit , Wales

Match Stats

WALES

AUS

52%

48%

54%

46%

WALES

AUS

94	Runs	97
254	Metres Run	295
4	Clean Breaks	3
141	Tackles	124
19	Missed Tackles	15
7	Turnover Knock On	4

Standings

Pool A
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	FRA	4	+178	18
2	NZL	4	+206	15
3	ITALY	4	-67	10
4	URUG	4	-99	5
5	NAMIB	4	-218	0
Pool B
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	IRE	4	+144	19
2	SA	4	+117	15
3	SCOT	4	+75	10
4	TONGA	4	-81	5
5	ROM	4	-255	0
Pool C
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	WALES	4	+84	19
2	FIJI	4	+5	11
3	AUS	4	-1	11
4	POR	4	-39	6
5	GEO	4	-49	3
Pool D
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	ENG	4	+111	18
2	ARG	4	+58	14
3	JPN	4	+2	9
4	SAMOA	4	+17	7
5	CHI	4	-188	0

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