Wallaroos Suffer Shock Defeat As Wales Strike After Lightning Delay

The Wallaroos person collapsed to a 3rd consecutive nonaccomplishment aft Wales held them scoreless successful nan 2nd half successful a women’s rugby Test successful Brisbane suspended for 35 minutes owed to lightning.

Australia led 7-0 successful nan 12th infinitesimal erstwhile nan players near nan section astatine Ballymore, but Wales seized nan momentum aft nan unscheduled break to tally retired winners 21-12.

It was conscionable nan 2nd triumph successful 9 Tests against Australia for Wales, who are classed 10th, 4 places beneath nan Wallaroos.

Wales vanished past successful nan astir caller Six Nations women’s tournament, losing each 5 of their matches, but displayed plentifulness of endeavor connected Saturday.

All 3 of their tries successful Brisbane were scored by nan backs while some of Australia’s five-pointers came from adjacent scope guardant carries.

The Wallaroos were beardown successful nan scrum, but their lineout struggled arsenic they continued their preparations for adjacent month’s World Cup successful England.

The hosts had plentifulness of possession and territory successful nan 2nd half, but mediocre passing and handling errors, mixed pinch stout Welsh defence kept them scoreless complete nan past 40 minutes.

Wales players observe aft defeating nan Wallaroos 21-12 for their first triumph connected nan roadworthy successful 818 days. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

“We had excessively galore dropped balls and we didn’t play for illustration we cognize we can, truthful I deliberation it’s backmost to nan drafting committee for us,” Wallaroos skipper and flanker Emily Chancellor told Stan.

“I deliberation we came retired really good successful those first 10 minutes aft nan lightning truthful you can’t really usage that arsenic an excuse.”

It was a fourth nonaccomplishment successful six matches this twelvemonth for Australia, while Wales ended a spell of 818 days without an distant victory.

“Bloody awesome, I americium genuinely truthful proud of nan girls,” Wales skipper and No 8 Alex Callender told Stan.

“We wanted to beryllium beingness and I deliberation our defence was outstanding today, I’m truthful proud of nan girls.”

The Wallaroos had already had a effort rubbed retired for obstruction earlier scoring nan opening points successful nan ninth minute, erstwhile fastener Annabelle Codey plunged complete from adjacent scope and her effort was converted by winger Desiree Miller.

Rain continued to autumn aft play resumed, but Wales scored from a good executed move from a 21st infinitesimal scrum adjacent to nan Wallaroos line.

Halfback Keira Bevan and five-eighth Lleucu George mixed to nonstop fullback Nel Metcalfe, over, pinch Bevan converting to level nan score.

In an breathtaking decorativeness to nan half, each broadside scored wrong nan past 2 minutes.

George and wrong centre Courtney Keight group up Metcalf for her 2nd effort pinch Bevan adding nan extras.

A infinitesimal later, pinch conscionable seconds left, Wallaroos No 8 Tabua Tuinakauvadara, smashed complete nan statement from a powerful guardant thrust disconnected a rolling maul, but Miller couldn’t convert.

Ahead 14-12 astatine nan break, Wales added nan only points of nan 2nd half, pinch nan influential George’s grubber footwear mounting up a 43rd infinitesimal effort to centre Hannah Dallavalle, pinch Bevan again converting.

The teams will play again astatine North Sydney Oval adjacent Friday.