Wallabies sink to 45 year low in loss to Wales

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By Sam Worthington with AP

Wallabies manager Dave Rennie has blasted Scottish referee Mike Adamson and his squad of officials successful the aftermath of a rollercoaster 29-28 nonaccomplishment to Wales successful Cardiff this morning.

Australia played the bulk of the lucifer with 14 men aft No.8 Rob Valetini was sent disconnected for a sickening caput clash with Wales fastener Adam Beard.

But it was the determination to grant a effort to Wales centre Nick Tompkins successful the 2nd fractional which truly riled Rennie.

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"I thought immoderate of the determination making contiguous by the officials was horrendous and played a large portion successful the result," Rennie said.

"Kurtley Beale got sinbinned for slapping the shot down. They did the aforesaid thing, intelligibly goes guardant and they get 7 points retired of it.

"So evidently truly disappointed with the result. We'll extremity up getting an apology adjacent week nary uncertainty but it won't assistance the result."

In the end, a past gasp punishment condemned the Wallabies to their archetypal winless autumn circuit of Europe successful 45 years.

Ill subject heavy contributed to defeats against Scotland and England, and the Wallabies wrote the aforesaid publication astatine Principality Stadium, and yet astir pulled disconnected a singular victory.

Australia rallied with a 3rd effort to way by 1 point, Beale kicked them successful beforehand successful the 78th minute, but Wales strung unneurotic 19 phases to hammer the effort enactment going into the 82nd and received a penalty.

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Rhys Priestland, Wales' 4th prime five-eighth, teed it up from adjacent and to the near and coolly slotted the lucifer victor and pumped his fist.

Valetini was sent disconnected successful the 15th infinitesimal aft tackling excessively precocious and clattering heads with Beard.

Beard covered a bloodied bandage implicit his close oculus and Valetini appeared to apologise to him arsenic they walked off.

But Valetini should person apologised to his team, arsenic well.

They were starring 7-3, playing well.

They hung connected until Beale was yellowish carded for a deliberate knockdown and mislaid the pb to the archetypal of 2 Wales tries.

But Wales, arsenic they did against 14 antheral Fiji past weekend, couldn't afloat exploit their 1 oregon 2 antheral advantages.

Valetini is an unthinkable sixth subordinate to beryllium reddish carded against Wales this year, and the Welsh person posted 4 wins, a gully and a loss.

They made it hard connected themselves to bushed Australia, though.

The Welsh led 23-13 approaching the hr people until they had 1 of their ain sinbinned, replacement prop Gareth Thomas.

Australia, assured throughout, zipped successful its 2nd and 3rd tries, and James O'Connor had a accidental to regain the pb with a 3rd conversion attempt, but his sideline changeable deed the adjacent post.

Cue Beale to footwear them ahead, and a breathtaking decorativeness from Wales to bushed the Wallabies 3 times successful a enactment for the archetypal clip since 1975.