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Men's Rugby World Cup 2023 · OL Stadium, Lyon · 24 September 2023Head-to-head
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Wales won by 34 points.Half-time 16–6 · Tries 3–0

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9′14′19′21′29′39′43′52′60′3487829%Own 2236%Own half57%Opp half71%Opp 22
← Australia attack · Wales 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
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
3′WalesTry, Gareth Davies, converted5–0
48′WalesTry, Nick Tompkins, converted24–6
78′WalesTry, Jac Morgan, conversion missed40–6
9′AustraliaPenalty goal scored
14′AustraliaPenalty goal scored
19′WalesPenalty goal missed
21′WalesPenalty goal scored
29′WalesPenalty goal scored
39′WalesPenalty goal scored
43′WalesPenalty goal scored
52′WalesPenalty goal scored
60′WalesPenalty goal scored
70′WalesDrop goal scored
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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3′Gareth Davies48′Nick Tompkins78′Jac Morgan
WAL

Team stats

AUS
52%Possession48%
54%Territory46%
94Carries97
254Metres gained295
4Clean breaks3
15Defenders beaten19
116Passes126
3Offloads6
141Tackles made124
19Tackles missed15
68/69Rucks won74/75
17/18Lineouts won7/9
10/10Scrums won5/5
7/7Mauls won0/2
4Turnovers won3
9Penalties conceded12
24Kicks from hand18
836Kick metres409
Goal kicking
WAL conversions 2/3, penalties 6/7 · AUS conversions 0/0, penalties 2/2. 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.

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Gareth ThomasProp
  2. 2Ryan EliasHooker
  3. 3Tomas FrancisProp
  4. 4Will RowlandsSecond row
  5. 5Adam BeardSecond row
  6. 6Aaron WainwrightFlanker
  7. 7Jac MorganFlanker
  8. 8Taulupe FaletauNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth DaviesScrum-half
  10. 10Dan BiggarFly-half
  11. 11Josh AdamsWing
  12. 12Nick TompkinsCentre
  13. 13George NorthCentre
  14. 14Louis Rees-ZammitWing
  15. 15Liam WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Elliot DeeBench
  17. 17Corey DomachowskiBench
  18. 18Henry ThomasBench
  19. 19Dafydd JenkinsBench
  20. 20Taine BashamBench
  21. 21Tomos WilliamsBench
  22. 22Gareth AnscombeBench
  23. 23Rio DyerBench

Australia

  1. 1Angus BellProp
  2. 2David PoreckiHooker
  3. 3James SlipperProp
  4. 4Nick FrostSecond row
  5. 5Richard ArnoldSecond row
  6. 6Robert LeotaFlanker
  7. 7Tom HooperFlanker
  8. 8Rob ValetiniNumber 8
  9. 9Tate McDermottScrum-half
  10. 10Ben DonaldsonFly-half
  11. 11Marika KoroibeteWing
  12. 12Samu KereviCentre
  13. 13Jordan PetaiaCentre
  14. 14Mark NawaqanitawaseWing
  15. 15Andrew KellawayFull-back
  16. 16Matt FaesslerBench
  17. 17Blake SchouppBench
  18. 18Pone Fa’amausiliBench
  19. 19Matt PhilipBench
  20. 20Fraser McReightBench
  21. 21Nic WhiteBench
  22. 22Carter GordonBench
  23. 23Suli VunivaluBench

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Context

All-time, Wales 14–34 Australia, 1 drawn in 49 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Wales going in
Australia going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.