The Wallaroos’s hopes of reaching the ladies’s Rugby World Cup quarterfinals stay alive after they scrapped their approach to a tense 14-12 victory over Scotland of their second pool match.
Key factors:
- The win was the Wallaroos’s first of the match
- They scored transformed tries by way of Ashley Marsters and Bienne Terita
- Scotland had led the Wallaroos 12-0 at half-time
The Australians had been on shaky floor on Saturday at Whangārei, solely hitting the lead within the 73rd minute after reserve hooker Ashley Marsters dragged Scottish defenders over the purpose line for a strive.
Fullback Lori Cramer then transformed to offer the Wallaroos a 14-12 benefit.
However the Wallaroos confronted a nervous remaining 5 minutes when Marsters was despatched off for a excessive deal with.
Marsters was changed by beginning hooker Adiana Talakai, however she was additionally despatched off for a excessive shot, with the offence escalated to a crimson card after she had already had a yellow card within the first half.
The Scots saved the ball in play earlier than the Wallaroos had been capable of power a penalty on the breakdown within the 83rd minute to safe the win.
Having opened their marketing campaign with a 41-17 defeat towards defending champion New Zealand, the Wallaroos desperately wanted the victory over the Tenth-ranked Scots.
The Wallaroos trailed 12-0 at half-time earlier than overpowering Scotland within the second time period.(Getty Photos: Phil Walter)
In contrast to their match towards the Black Ferns — the place they raced to a 17-0 lead earlier than being overhauled — the Wallaroos struggled to search out tries within the first half.
They had been unable to make the most of the efforts of barnstorming quantity eight Grace Hamilton and hardworking props Eva Karpani and Liz Patu.
With a powerful wind at their backs, the Wallaroos lastly obtained throughout the road within the 59th minute when teenage winger Bienne Terita scored her third strive of the match after a build-up of 12 phases.
The transformed strive closed the hole to 12-7 after Scotland had opened the scoring by way of Lana Skeldon’s strive within the ninth minute.
Scotland was additionally awarded a penalty strive within the twenty sixth minute with Talakai yellow-carded for illegally attempting to break down a maul after repeated crew infringements.
Down 12-0 at half-time, the Wallaroos needed to dig deep however with coach Jay Tregonning utilizing his bench they wore down the steely Scots’ defence.
The Wallaroos face Wales of their remaining pool match subsequent Saturday in Whangārei.
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Originally published at Gold Coast News HQ
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