Wallabies crushed by hosts on eve of World Cup

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Eddie Jones' Wallabies volition participate the Rugby World Cup without a azygous triumph aft being outclassed 41-17 by rampant hosts France successful Paris connected Monday (AEST).

Australia, present 0-5 successful 2023, were ne'er earnestly competitory against 1 of the tourney favourites, who were led superbly by prima halfback Antoine Dupont.

Suliasi Vunivalu scored his archetypal Test effort and the winger's engaged show was 1 of the fewer agleam lights for the inexperienced Wallabies.

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Gabin Villiere of France scores a 2nd fractional effort successful Paris. (Getty)

Carter Gordon's wayward goalkicking volition beryllium ringing alarm bells, on with an ineffective maul, leaky defence and shaky lineout.

The Wallabies, ranked eighth successful the satellite but favoured to apical a anemic Pool C, unfastened their run against satellite No.11 Georgia connected September 10 (AEST).

"The solutions are going to travel from the radical - helium (Jones) is doing his champion for america but we're conscionable letting ourselves down retired there," Wallabies vice skipper Tate McDermott told Stan Sport's Justin Harrison.

"There's times wherever we're walking - you can't spend to walk, peculiarly successful the large games coming up. We've got 2 weeks to find a solution for Georgia due to the fact that they're a bloody bully side.

"So we've got to marque definite we beforehand determination and it's going to commencement Tuesday erstwhile we deed the grooming paddock."

Wallabies fable Tim Horan declared France arsenic World Cup favourites aft their crisp four effort show successful beforehand of a bumper crowd.

It was Australia's worst nonaccomplishment against Les Bleus since 2012 and came astatine the aforesaid Stade de France venue astatine which they were pipped 30-29 nether erstwhile manager Dave Rennie past year.

Damian Penaud scored the matchwinner that time and the classy winger tormented the Wallabies again with a brace of tries, including a superb spot and pursuit that had the fans connected their feet.

France led 16-5 astatine halftime and got plentifulness of interaction from their almighty seat successful the 2nd term.

"The scoreboard doesn't bespeak it but we enactment them nether a batch of pressure," Wallabies effort scorer Fraser McReight claimed.

"We conscionable fto ourselves down successful immoderate definite areas... it's going to beryllium a hard road.

"We're going to instrumentality the acquisition and travel acceptable for Georgia."

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