When the ball was booted into the stands and wild celebrations erupted around the Toulouse arena, a couple of hundred kilometres to the east the Wallabies will have sunk deep into their Saint-Galmier armchairs. 9 split the uprights, Os Lobos had just under a minute of the clock left to kill.

Portugal's pulsating 24-23 win over Fiji prolonged Australia's agony right to the end of the pool stage, with the Europeans twice holding a seven-point lead that would have only required a further score of any kind for the Wallabies to earn a late reprieve.īut the islanders instead regained the lead in the final quarter and looked to have done enough to record a third pool victory, with back-to-back penalties, only for Portugal wingers Rodrigo Marta and Raffaele Storti to combine down the short side for a breathtaking five-pointer, setting up what was effectively a match-winning conversion for scrum-half Samuel Marques. What now for Australian rugby and the Wallabies after Rugby World Cup flop?Įddie Jones said the Wallabies weren't going to France for the croissants, but here's hoping they at least enjoyed a baguette or two and some of the local fromage - because they sure as the proverbial aren't hanging around for the Rugby World Cup knockout phase this week. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser

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