Australia’s girls’s rugby union staff suffered one other worldwide defeat however solely after a late, late strive from Wales consigned them to a 31-24 loss at Newport’s Rodney Parade.
The Wallaroos had been coming a humbling 36-10 defeat by Eire in Belfast on Saturday, however they had been far sharper on Friday evening (Saturday AEST) as they matched the house facet for probably the most half in a dramatic contest.
Nevertheless, with the sport tied at 24-24, Kate Williams crashed over from shut vary with the final assault of the evening to provide the hosts a well-known victory, their first in seven makes an attempt over Australia.
In a closely-fought first half, Maya Stewart, the Wallaroos’ flying wing scoring for the second worldwide in a row, and Welsh captain, Keira Bevan, had each gone over for tries.
Australia then had a fantastic solo effort from Ashley Marsters dominated out after replays confirmed the hooker had been in entrance of the ball on the breakdown, that means the edges went in at half-time locked at 7-7.
After the break, Wales’ Molly Reardon then scored twice, both facet of a strive for Australia’s full-back Caitlyn Halse, two days after her 18th birthday.
Wales flanker Alisha Joyce-Butchers scored a strive that seemed to have put the match past Australia, however the highly effective No 8 Tabua Tuinakauvadra shortly ploughed over in response for the guests. When Arabella McKenzie then transformed nervelessly for Australia with three minutes remaining, it seemed as if the Wallaroos would get no less than a hard-earned draw.
It was to not be, as Wales went for the jugular with one final sequence of pick-and-gos, finally grabbing their historic win with the clock within the pink when Williams piled over a lot to the enjoyment of the house crowd.
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The Australians will get a fast shot at revenge in eight days time when the groups meet once more of their WXV2 opener in Cape City.
