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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · Trafalgar Park, Nelson · 1 October 2011Head-to-head
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Australia won by 46 points.Half-time 45–5 · Tries 10–3

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79121622333639424960687936113Attacks740Ball won80772125127763323992832524%Own 2251%Own half63%Opp half78%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
AUS876
RUS7220
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
AUS9/100/00
RUS2/30/01
← Russia attack · Australia attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
7′AustraliaTry, Berrick Barnes, conversion missed5–0
9′AustraliaTry, Drew Mitchell, converted10–0
12′AustraliaTry, Ben McCalman, converted17–0
16′AustraliaTry, David Pocock, converted24–0
22′AustraliaTry, David Pocock, converted31–0
33′RussiaTry, Vladimir Ostroushko, conversion missed33–5
36′AustraliaTry, Stephen Moore, converted38–5
39′AustraliaTry, Adam Ashley-Cooper, converted45–5
42′AustraliaTry, Salesi Ma'afu, converted52–5
49′AustraliaTry, Drew Mitchell, converted59–8
60′RussiaTry, Denis Simplikevich, converted61–13
68′RussiaTry, Konstantin Rachkov, converted61–20
79′AustraliaTry, Berrick Barnes, converted66–22
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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018355370HT0′20′40′60′80′
7′Berrick Barnes9′Drew Mitchell12′Ben McCalman16′David Pocock22′David Pocock33′Vladimir Ostroushko36′Stephen Moore39′Adam Ashley-Cooper42′Salesi Ma'afu49′Drew Mitchell60′Denis Simplikevich68′Konstantin Rachkov79′Berrick Barnes
AUS

Team stats

RUS
50%Possession50%
50%Territory50%
101Carries89
647Metres gained356
20Defenders beaten5
148Passes88
87Tackles made72
6Tackles missed20
66/66Rucks won70/71
7/10Lineouts won6/10
5/5Mauls won1/2
10Penalties conceded4
Goal kicking
AUS conversions 9/10, penalties 0/0 · RUS conversions 2/3, penalties 0/0. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1James SlipperProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Sekope KepuProp
  4. 4James HorwillSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6Scott HigginbothamFlanker
  7. 7David PocockFlanker
  8. 8Ben McCalmanNumber 8
  9. 9Luke BurgessScrum-half
  10. 10Quade CooperFly-half
  11. 11Drew MitchellWing
  12. 12Berrick BarnesCentre
  13. 13Adam Ashley-CooperCentre
  14. 14Radike SamoWing
  15. 15James O'ConnorFull-back
  16. 16Tatafu Polota-NauBench
  17. 17Saia FaingaaBench
  18. 18Salesi Ma'afuBench
  19. 19Rob SimmonsBench
  20. 20Rocky ElsomBench
  21. 21Will GeniaBench
  22. 22Nick PhippsBench

Russia

  1. 1Sergey PopovProp
  2. 2Vladislav KorshunovHooker
  3. 3Ivan PrishchepenkoProp
  4. 4Alexander VoytovSecond row
  5. 5Adam ByrnesSecond row
  6. 6Artem FatakhovFlanker
  7. 7Vyacheslav GrachevFlanker
  8. 8Viktor GresevNumber 8
  9. 9Alexander IaniushkinScrum-half
  10. 10Yury KushnarevFly-half
  11. 11Vladimir OstroushkoWing
  12. 12Alexey MakovetskiyCentre
  13. 13Andrey KuzinCentre
  14. 14Denis SimplikevichWing
  15. 15Vasily ArtemyevFull-back
  16. 16Evgeny MatveevBench
  17. 17Vladimir BotvinnikovBench
  18. 18Alexey TravkinBench
  19. 19Andrey GarbuzovBench
  20. 20Alexander ShakirovBench
  21. 21Konstantin RachkovBench
  22. 22Mikhail BabaevBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Australia 1–0 Russia in 1 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia going in
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