After a bonus point win over Portugal, Australia’s hopes of staying in the World Cup now depend on the very same team winning well against Fiji.
Australia’s Rugby World Cup hopes are still narrowly alive after a bonus point victory, against a relentless Portugal in Saint-Etienne.
Eddie Jones and the Wallabies will now have to prepare this week with enormous focus and discipline, knowing they are basically dead but mathematically still alive. For the Wallabies, it’s only really the first two that count. Portugal needs to beat Fiji, and stop them getting any bonus points, through either scoring four tries or losing by seven or less. One bonus point would bring Fiji level with Australia. Because Fiji beat Australia, that would trump the points differential and be enough to send Fiji through.But Portugal’s strong showing this morning, and Fiji’s lucky escape against Georgia, means hope is not completely lost.
There will be concerns around Semi Radradra, who may have injured his hamstring after returning from 10 minutes in the sin bin. Tonga were enormously brave in a bruising and entertaining contest, with nine tries scored – six to South Africa and three to Tonga.One of the Tongan tries was scored by Patrick Pellegrini, a junior I coached at Randwick and now plying his skills as a flyhalf in English Rugby – what an occasion for a young man who has always dreamed of playing at the highest level of the game.
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