Australia 36-5 Wales: Visitors escape record loss with late call

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Update:
Date: 12:06 BST
Title: Thank you and good afternoon!
Content: FT: Australia 36-5 Wales
Wales will fly home with plenty to think about following the two-Test tour of Australia which ended 1-1.
You can read Ceri Coleman-Phillips' match report here for Wales' 36-5 defeat in Sydney.
Wales face Scotland in the World Cup opener in Salford on 23 August before further group games against Canada (30 August) and Fiji (6 September).
Thanks for joining us and see you later this month for full coverage of that World Cup across the BBC.
Goodbye for now.
Update:
Date: 12:00 BST
Title: Post
Content: FT: Australia 36-5 Wales
Caryl JamesFormer Wales wing on BBC Radio Wales Extra
Looking ahead to the World Cup, I truly hope they win that first game against Scotland.
That's the big one for Wales in the group stages.
Update:
Date: 11:58 BST
Title: Australia's day
Content: FT: Australia 36-5 Wales
Caryl JamesFormer Wales wing on BBC Radio Wales Extra
It was Australia's day today.
Australia made no mistakes today and Wales' discipline was poor.
It was the complete opposite from the game in Brisbane.
Update:
Date: 11:56 BST
Title: Post
Content: FT: Australia 36-5 Wales
Caryl JamesFormer Wales wing on BBC Radio Wales Extra
Wales need to keep working hard before the World Cup.
They knew Australia were wounded and they'd come back with a better game plan, and they've certainly done that.
Update:
Date: 11:55 BST
Title: Post
Content: FT: Australia 36-5 Wales
Sioned HarriesFormer Wales captain on BBC Cymru Fyw
Australia have been clinical, in the way they control the game, in attack and defence.
They were on the front foot from the opening whistle.
Update:
Date: 11:55 BST
Title: Full-time: Australia 36-5 Wales
Content: Wales have not suffered a record defeat against Australia but do have a reality check after the 21-12 win in Brisbane six days ago.
Update:
Date: 80 mins
Title: Disallowed try
Content: Australia 36-5 Wales
Drama at the end as it appears there was a record defeat for Wales against Australia as the excellent Ashley Marsters powers over from the final maul of the game for her second try.
But the score was ruled out and Wales slip to a 36-5 defeat instead.
Update:
Date: 78 mins
Title: Post
Content: Australia 36-5 Wales
Caryl JamesFormer Wales wing on BBC Radio Wales Extra
Such a well worked try from the Wallaroos.
They're too dominant, too strong, the space opens up and it's easy to just roll over the try-line.
Update:
Date: 76 mins
Title: Try Australia 36-5 Wales
Content: Ashley Marsters
Australia's replacement flanker Ashley
Marsters powers over for another try but the conversion is missed by wing Desiree
Miller which means it is not currently a record defeat.
As it stands.
Update:
Date: 76 mins
Title: Post
Content: Australia 31-5 Wales
Sioned HarriesFormer Wales captain on BBC Cymru Fyw
Wales have conceded yet another penalty, discipline has really let them down today.
Update:
Date: 72 mins
Title: Post
Content: Australia 31-5 Wales
Just got a bit scrappy in the past few minutes.
Wales will hope in the final eight minutes to avoid a record defeat against Australia which was in September 2024 at WXV2 in Cape Town. Wales lost 37-5 on that occasion.
Update:
Date: 68 mins
Title: Post
Content: Australia 31-5 Wales
Caryl JamesFormer Wales wing on BBC Radio Wales Extra
Wales are not setting up properly, they're too flat receiving the ball.
Simple things like that should be far better organised.
Update:
Date: 66 mins
Title: Post
Content: Australia 31-5 Wales
Wales' first attack for a while as Carys Cox took the ball up the Australia 22 and Sean Lynn's side gain a penalty. Kayleigh Powell was instrumental in the build-up but the hosts respond with a brilliant 50-22 from Caitlyn
Halse.
Update:
Date: 64 mins
Title: Post
Content: Australia 31-5 Wales
Sioned HarriesFormer Wales captain on BBC Cymru Fyw
That was a lively phase of play from both teams.
Australia were looking to keep the ball alive with the offloads, that's so hard to defend because you don't know whether to make the tackle, or stay on your feet to stop the pass.
Update:
Date: 62 mins
Title: More replacements
Content: Australia 31-5 Wales
Prop Sisilia
Tuipulotu and scrum-half Keira Bevan leave the field with Jenni
Scoble and Meg Davies coming on.
Update:
Date: 59 mins
Title: Post
Content: Australia 31-5 Wales
It is all Australia in this second half.
It is like attack against defence as Wales look to resist the green and gold onslaught.
Update:
Date: 55 mins
Title: Replacement
Content: Australia 31-5 Wales
Just to mention that prop Maisie Davies had come on for Wales just before Australia's fifth try after Gwenllian Pyrs was sent to the sin-bin.
Wing Jasmine Joyce-Butchers made way so Wales had a specialist scrummager and eight forwards.
Update:
Date: 53 mins
Title: Post
Content: Australia 31-5 Wales
Alisha Joyce-ButchersWales flanker on BBC Sport Wales
That was extremely hard to stop.
You've got no chance when the number eight is running straight at the half-backs.
Update:
Date: 52 mins
Title: Try - Australia 31-5 Wales
Content: Tabua Tuinakauvadra
It is a second try for the Wallaroos number eight who powers over from a scrum with Wales struggling with 14 players.
Update:
Date: 51 mins
Title: Post
Content: Australia 26-5 Wales
Caryl JamesFormer Wales wing on BBC Radio Wales Extra
I think Gwenllian Pyrs was going in for the tackle, that was unlucky.