SAINT ETIENNE, France: Australia did just enough to keep their miniscule World Cup hopes alive with an unconvincing but hardfought 34-14 bonus-point win over a lively Portugal team in their final Pool C match on Sunday (Oct 1). Losses to Fiji and Wales had left Australia's campaign on life support and the
SAINT ETIENNE, France: Australia did just enough to keep their miniscule World Cup hopes alive with an unconvincing but hardfought 34-14 bonus-point win over a lively Portugal team in their final Pool C match on Sunday .
Marika Koroibete finally got the Australian backs on the board in the 74th minute but only after the Wallabies had weathered a storm playing with 13 men for the best part of 10 minutes. Roared on by their own passionate support and most of the neutrals at Stade Geoffrey Guichard, Portugal dominated large parts of the match and were well worth the two tries they scored through Pedro Bettencourt and Rafael Simoes.
Number eight Rob Valetini and prop Bell were a big presence up front, however, and the threat Izaia Perese presented every time he touched the ball in midfield begged the question of why this was his first start of the tournament.
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