Aussie non-negotiables for World Cup success

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Improving tackle method and muscling up against Wales' choky guardant play person been identified arsenic the keys to Australia's crunch Rugby World Cup excavation clash connected Saturday.

Australia is 2nd successful Pool A with a 1 win, 1 nonaccomplishment record. Wales is besides 1 from 2 successful New Zealand but beryllium down the Wallaroos connected points differential.

Victory successful the last excavation crippled successful Whangarei would warrant Australia's progression to the quarter-finals portion a nonaccomplishment would permission them reliant connected different results.

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Wallaroos descend Scotland hearts astatine the death

The apical 2 teams successful each excavation suffice straight to the knock-out stages on with the 2 highest ranked third-placed teams. Australia is ranked seventh successful the satellite and Wales are eighth.

The Wallaroos will beryllium without hooker Ashley Masters, who was suspended aft being sent disconnected for a unsafe tackle successful the thrilling triumph against Scotland.

Australia's different cardinal rake, Adiana Talakai, was besides sent disconnected aft copping 2 yellowish cards but she escaped immoderate further sanction.

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"From a antiaircraft viewpoint, and arsenic the defence coach, each the girls request to beryllium alert that we request to little our tackle tallness and we've worked hard connected that," Wallaroos adjunct manager Scott Fava said.

"Ash has borne the brunt of that and she's going to beryllium sorely missed by the team. It's attraction to detail, peculiarly erstwhile you're fatigued... it comes down to method consciousness but besides grooming successful those conditions and that's what we've tried to do."

Wales were thrashed 56-12 successful their past commencement against New Zealand but caused the defending champions issues with their well-drilled guardant play.

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"There's nary uncertainty they scrum and maul for tries and that's a large area, their set-piece is massive," erstwhile Wallaby Fava said.

"It's going to beryllium a conflict - they're truly carnal successful that country and showed up New Zealand galore times successful those areas which contributed to them getting tract position.

"I backmost our guardant battalion - they cognize what the situation is and they're going to beryllium successful a truly bully presumption to enactment Wales to the trial successful those set-piece areas."

Wallaroos skittle Scotland astatine the effort line

Wallaroos manager Jay Tregonning said the gritty 14-12 triumph against Scotland had fixed the broadside a monolithic dose of assurance aft losing their erstwhile 7 games.

"Hopefully it's not that adjacent for my wellness this play but if it is we person assurance successful the girls to beryllium capable to bring it home," Tregonning said.

"The mode that Wales scrum got connected apical of New Zealand is simply a absorption for us."

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Wales manager Ioan Cunningham, meanwhile, was connected precocious alert for Australia's onslaught weapons, headlined by stone coagulated centre Sharni Williams and teenage helping sensation Bienne Terita, scorer of 5 tries successful her archetypal 3 Tests.

"This is wherefore we play the game, we privation to play these large games," Cunningham said.

"They volition beryllium physical, they are a carnal broadside that comes consecutive astatine you. It's thing we person to lucifer adjacent week. They person large athletes arsenic well. They person the sevens girls who play with width."

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