Five in a row: Wallabies suffer crushing loss in final World Cup warm-up
Winger Damian Penaud scored twice as Rugby World Cup hosts France eased past Australia 41-17 in Paris on Sunday in both sides’ final warm-up game before the tournament.
Matthieu Jalibert started at fly-half for the home side in a line-up which is also expected to face the All Blacks early next month.Lock Will Skelton captained the Wallabies for the first time as they looked for their maiden victory in four games under Eddie Jones. France fullback Thomas Ramos slotted the conversion to make it 7-0 before the visitors then responded.
Galthie reacted by changing his front five after 48 minutes and was rewarded shortly after as replacement lock Cameron Woki stole a dangerous Wallabies lineout. Ramos slotted the extras and with the score at 26-5 the Stade de France crowd burst into life before Dupont left the field after an hour, the hosts protecting him less than two weeks out from meeting with the All Blacks.
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