Wallabies keep World Cup dream alive with bonus-point win over minnow
Australia kept their faint hopes of reaching the Rugby World Cup knockout stages alive with an unconvincing 34-14 victory over minnows Portugal on Sunday.
“We pride ourselves on the forwards trying to get over their forwards. A lot of things we did at training transferred over to the field, we knew the game was going to be won by the forwards.” Despite an early penalty from Australia’s Ben Donaldson, Portugal deservedly took the lead when, playing with a penalty advantage.Samuel Marques converted but moments later Bettencourt hit his opposite number Izaia Perese with a high tackle and was sent to the sin bin.
And before Portugal were back up 15 men again, prop Bell launched himself at the line from close in to score Australia’s third try.Portugal thought they had scored a richly deserved second try but Wallaby fullback Andrew Kellaway’s last-ditched tackle forced flanker Nicolas Martins into touch before he dotted down, leaving Australia 24-7 up at the break.
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