Photo: REUTERSTwice champions Australia overcame a sloppy start to crush Uruguay 45-10 on Saturday, forging towards the World Cup quarter-finals with some exhilarating running rugby despite their problems with high tackles resurfacing at Oita Stadium. The result put Australia top of Pool D ahead of second-placed Wales, putting pressure on the Welsh to beat Fiji at the same venue on Wednesday. Australia coach Michael Cheika was disappointed with his team's third slow start for the tournament. "I think in the first half we did a really good job but Australia are a really big and fast team. A minute later, Australia were down a man, when Coleman was given a yellow card for also going high on fullback Rodrigo Silva.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 05, 2019 07:52 UTC