Wallaroos sink Scotland hearts in key World Cup clash

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Australia has kept its Rugby World Cup quarter-final hopes live with an inspired come-from-behind triumph implicit Scotland.

The Wallaroos walked distant with a seemingly improbable 14-12 triumph astatine the Northland Events Centre successful Whangarei having remained scoreless astatine halftime and good into the 2nd half.

Despite doubly seeing red, Australia fought backmost to people 2 unanswered tries and clinch the victory, aiding their ambition of a quarter-finals berth.

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The triumph drew the astonishment of erstwhile Wallabies ace turned Stan Sport commentator Morgan Turunui, who commented, "I inactive don't cognize however they won there," aft the triumphant instrumentality of service by the Wallaroos.

"A spot of a nerve-wracking one," said Wallaroos skipper Shannon Perry.

"It was a truly pugnacious conflict determination against Scotland and they truly showed america however to play footy retired determination today.

"Immensely proud. We gutted it retired each the mode to the extremity – an 80-minute show – and to travel distant with triumph is simply a truly bully reward."

Perry conceded the triumph wasn't clean-cut but said they would instrumentality it whichever mode it came.

"We didn't astir apt play arsenic bully and arsenic clinically arsenic we would person liked to, but hey, we'll instrumentality the points. We're inactive live successful this tournament, that's what matters."

"It's monolithic for this group. We've travel a agelong mode successful the past 12 months and I deliberation it conscionable shows that hard enactment is yet paying off.

"It decidedly wasn't beauteous retired determination today, but hey, we gutted it retired to the 84th infinitesimal and we came distant with the triumph today."

Wallaroos skittle Scotland astatine the effort line

Scotland opened the scoring successful the ninth infinitesimal courtesy of Lana Skeldon, taking them retired to a 5-nil lead.

Scotland threatened to stroke their pb retired successful the 19th infinitesimal erstwhile Rhona Llyod burst done the Australia defence, lone for Lori Cramer to enactment successful an tremendous tackle conscionable a fewer metres abbreviated of the effort line.

In the pb up the match, the Wallaroos had bemoaned their ill-discipline. That would haunt them successful the 26th infinitesimal erstwhile a punishment effort was awarded.

Adiana Talakai was sin-binned for collapsing the maul, reducing the Wallaroos to 14 women and allowing Scotland to get retired to a 12-nil lead.

Having been dominated by Scotland successful the archetypal half, the tide turned successful the second.

The Wallaroos would person to hold until the 59th infinitesimal erstwhile a wide receiving walk retired to the helping allowed Beinne Tarita to transverse the chalk, which was converted by Cramer.

Wallaroos yet interruption Scotland defence astatine RWC

Come the 73rd minute, Ashley Marsters evened the scores and different conversion from Cramer gave them a two-point pb with conscionable 5 minutes remaining.

After her heroics conscionable minutes earlier, Marsters copped a reddish paper conscionable 4 minutes shy of the decorativeness for nonstop caput contact.

The Wallaroos thought they had the triumph sewn up erstwhile the siren went and the shot trickled retired into touch, lone for the referee to reappraisal an lawsuit of foul play.

Having copped a yellowish paper successful the archetypal half, Adiana Talakai was fixed a reddish paper for her 2nd precocious tackle.

Wallaroos descend Scotland hearts astatine the death

It was a tense hold for the Wallaroos, who infringed again and gave Scotland 1 past opportunity.

However, 4 minutes into overtime, the referee cried "strip" arsenic Arabella McKenzie tore the shot from Scotland's grasp.

With the ruck formed, the shot emerged and was swiftly kicked into touch, sending the Wallaroos into raptures.

Australia volition look Wales successful their adjacent Rugby World Cup lucifer connected Sunday, October 16 astatine 1.35pm astatine Waitakere Stadium successful Auckland.

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