Aussies survive 'horrendous' World Cup moment

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Australia booked a spot successful the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals with a tense 13-7 triumph implicit Wales successful their last excavation crippled successful Whangarei connected Saturday.

Two Lori Cramer penalties separated the teams who scored 1 effort apiece successful windy conditions.

A 2nd fractional yellowish paper to Wallaroos fastener Kaitlan Leaney added to Australian nerves but Cramer's footwear and a important Piper Duck breakdown punishment sealed the woody late.

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Wallaroos halfback catches Wales napping

The Wallaroos - with 2 wins and 1 nonaccomplishment - volition present hold connected different results to observe their quarterfinal hostile adjacent weekend.

"It's monolithic for this group, we've travel a agelong way," Australia skipper Shannon Parry said.

"Very arrogant to guts retired a triumph against a precise beardown Wales team. We've been moving truly hard connected our antiaircraft systems and bully to spot it paying disconnected today."

Wallaroo sinbinned for precocious shot

The triumph mightiness person been much comfy if it wasn't for a archetypal fractional blunder from referee Sara Cox.

Australia was blistery connected onslaught and had a 5 connected 2 overlap earlier Cox moved successful the mode of a walk from halfback Iliseva Batibasaga.

"This was an implicit shocker," erstwhile planetary Allana Ferguson said connected Stan Sport.

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"Honestly, similar person a look astatine this overlap, that was a dead-set try. We couldn't person not scored successful that scenario. A monolithic shame that the ref was successful the mode determination due to the fact that that could person been a tipping point, we could person gone connected with it then.

"That was horrendous, hard to watch."

Wallaroos No.8 Grace Hamilton was again outstanding, making 28 carries against a good drilled battalion and winning subordinate of the lucifer honours.

"She is outrageous today, successful each areas of the game," erstwhile New Zealand prima Melodie Robinson said successful commentary.

"She is immoderate athlete, her conditioning... she has carried the shot much than anyone astatine this World Cup.

"Her battalion doesn't ever predominate yet she is inactive lasting out. She is the spell forward."

Batibasaga scored Australia's try, catching the Welsh defence napping aboriginal on.

Veteran backrower Sioned Harries scored Wales' effort from adjacent quarters.

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