Wallabies rack up another win
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‘Loose’ was the most popular word Australian players and coaches were using after the Wallabies 55-12 win over Fiji at the Rugby World Cup in Montpellier.
Drew Mitchell scored a hat trick of tries, while Matt Giteau crossed twice in a 27 point individual effort.
The Wallabies were slow out of the blocks, eventually opening a 22-5 lead at half time.
“I guess we’re happy with the result and if anyone had offered this to us three weeks ago we would have taken it,” said coach John Connolly.
“But we were loose in other sections. That’s a concern for us.”
Fly half Berrick Barnes hobbled off in the second half, however the injury has been put down to a cork, with Connolly assuring the media that Barnes would be fine for next weeks clash with Canada.
Replacement back Scott Staniforth was taken off with a shoulder problem, with his prognosis not expected to be as positive.
The Wallabies attack was sparkling at times in the second half, with the feature being replacement half Sam Cordingley’s audacious kick from the back of a scrum deep in the defence for Lote Tuqiri, with the movement finished in the opposite corner by Mitchell.
“There’s a certain amount of satisfaction that we scored 50-odd points, we’re No.1 and we know where we’re headed now,” Connolly said.
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