Australia’s Rugby World Cup campaign has started in near perfect fashion in France as the Wallabies muscled their way to a comprehensive 35-15 victory over Georgia.
After 288 days without a win, the Wallabies and their loyal fans finally have something to smile about.
After Dave Rennie was sacked as coach in January, returning Wallabies boss Eddie Jones was under pressure coming into the tournament but will breathe a major sigh of relief after watching Australia run in four tries to Georgia’s two. Captain Will Skelton had his best game this year, pulling off two important turnovers at the breakdown and carrying the ball up with purpose.Australia’s final try on a sweltering Paris afternoon in temperatures above 30 degrees came via Donaldson thanks to a well-timed pass from No.10 Carter Gordon who grew in confidence as the match went on.
It was a shaky period thereafter as Gordon had a kick charged down and prop Angus Bell dropped the ball from a first phase carry. Donaldson booted six of his seven kicks for goal, a fortnight after Gordon left 10 points out on the field in a 41-17 defeat to France. Ben Donaldson, who was named man of the match, scores his team’s third try during the Rugby World Cup match against Georgia.Luke Matkava scored Georgia’s first try in the 47th minute when they were down to 14 men as the Wallabies found themselves short down the right edge. An 80th minute try from the world No.11 ranked Georgians helped restore some pride.
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