GB vs AUST: SPOILER!

[PeterB]

Halftime Australia lead 8 - 0.

 

[PeterB]

HALFTIME-Australia leads Great Britain 8-0 at halftime at JJB Stadium. The lone try of the half went to Matt Cooper at the 18th minute, intercepting a Kieron Cunningham pass and scoring under the posts. The game has been sorted out in the forwards thus far, with Australia's much larger pack proving to be too difficult to handle for the British. Great Britain will need to change their gameplan to have any chance in the second half, as their forwards have struggled to match the intensity of their Australian counterparts.

 

[PeterB]

Second half underway in Wigan, and Paul Wellens loses the ball off the kickoff, poor start by Great Britain.

42 min: Great effort by the British in defence, managing to hold Australia out.

49 min: TRY Great Britain
Adrian Morley scores under the posts after running onto a brilliant short-ball from hooker Kieron Cunningham.
Conversion is successful from Kevin Sinfield.
Australia 8 - 6

 

[PeterB]

53 min: Heavy rain falling in Wigan and this is becoming a slug-out between the two packs now. Willie Mason gets his first taste of the action for Australia, and the Aussies still hold a two-point advantage.

 

[PeterB]

57 min: Australia bomb a try with Gasnier putting a Minichiello pass to ground. 8 - 6 the score remains.

 

[PeterB]

63 min: Morley off injured for Great Britain but he should be returning shortly. Still 8 - 6 in favour of Australia.

 

[PeterB]

69 min: Morley back on for Great Britain. Australia still lead 8 - 6, both sides now looking for some individual brilliance from their playmakers to wrap this game up.

 

[PeterB]

73 min: Fitzgibbon misses a relatively easy shot at penalty goal. Australia will get the ball back from the 20 metre line drop-out.

 

[PeterB]

75 min: TRY Australia
Anthony Minichiello scores after receiving a crafty inside pass from Darren Lockyer. Australia have wrapped this game up now.
Fitzgibbon converts.
Australia 14 - 6.

 

[PeterB]

78 min: TRY Australia
Matt Cooper gets his second try after a brilliant ball movement from the Australians, with Ben Kennedy and Lockyer again involved.
Fitzgibbon's attempt at conversion is successful.
Australia 20 - 6.

 

[PeterB]

FULL TIME: Australia have defeated Great Britain by 20 points to 6 at JJB Stadium. In the end, the Australians were superior to the British in every aspect of the game and deserve their victory, lifting in the important areas of the game when it mattered most.

Scorers:
GREAT BRITAIN LIONS
Tries: Morley
Goals: Sinfield 1/1

AUSTRALIA KANGAROOS
Tries: Cooper 2, Minichiello
Goals: Fitzgibbon 4/5