That maul is deadly from Australia. They make a good few metres and then Faessler breaks away to power over. Amazing game management from the Wallabies.

52 min: Wales give away yet another penalty, we play on for a few phases but we come back to it. The Wallabies kick to the corner.

51 min: We saw last week, where Fiji had a 20 minute red with Semi Radradra, that it doesn’t mean a team will lose with Fiji coming away with the win. Australia are doing really well to weather the storm of only having 14 on the pitch right now. They are now into Wales’ 22.

50 min: So a 20 minute red card means Kerevi is not allowed to re-enter the game. But 20 minutes after he first left the pitch, Australia will be able to replace him with another player. Back to play Wales gives away another penalty and Australia kick upfield. So many penalties from the hosts.

A perfectly executed maul by Australia, a lovely move.

47 min: Bevan comes charging in at a ruck and there is shoulder on head contact with White. The referee judges it to be a penalty only as there’s a lot degree of danger. A contentious one. White is now off for a HIA with McDermott on.

47 min: Wales are really starting to wrack up the penalties now as they give another one away and we come back to it. There’s a break in play as there is potential foul play on White.

47 min: Australia kick to the corner but they don’t gain much advantage. The lineout is good and they opt for a maul once again. They make good metres before shifting to phases.

45 min: Australia kick upfield and they have a clean lineout as a result. They charge on in a maul but eventually White runs it through the hands but Wales win it back and the Principality erupts as they make good metres but then they give away a breakdown pen.

43 min: Wales look to capitalise on being a player up but it is Australia who win a breakdown penalty.

43 min: The bunker review for those who don’t know is another TMO reviewing an incident for the sin bin time to see if a card needs to be upgraded to a red. So it is an anxious wait for Australia.

42 min: Wales have a lineout on halfway, which is clean and they whip it out. A huge hit from Kerevi comes in on Morgan, they will have a look at this for foul play.

Some reaction to yesterday’s results:

A special mention for Tom Rogers on the Welsh wing. He hasn’t been perfect but he has probably been Wales’ best player so far. Wales need him in on more of the action in the second 40.

It’s poised at half-time to be another electric finish in this Autumn Nations Series. The games yesterday were edge-of-your-seat finishes, especially France’s win over New Zealand, and neutrals will most definitely want that again today.

40 min: Australia have a clean linout and they go on the march. They don’t get far and so White sends them on their way. They are asking questions of Wales right now.

39 min: Wales cough up a penalty at the breakdown and Australia kick upfield.

38 min: Wales come away with it from the scrum and a grubber kick is put in but Wright mops it up to clear the danger.

36 min: The referee and TMO discuss the incident and it’s judged to be absolutely fine. We come back for a Wales scrum.

36 min: Botham has a great carry, trucking up a fair few metres to take them into Australia’s half. Anscombe puts the ball to boot and it find Rogers but the referee blows up and he wants to see if there is a dangerous clearout by prop Thomas.

35 min: Excellent response from Wales. After 20 minutes it looked bleak for the hosts but they have really clawed their way back into this contest.

33 min: Wales knock on but we come back for an advantage as Frost was offside. Anscombe points to the sticks once again.

32 min: Wales in the ascendency at the moment and they look to compound their momentum with an attack.

30 min: Wales’ attack ends with the referee going back to an advantage from a no arms tackle from Bell. Will Wales go to corner or posts? Anscombe points to the sticks.

29 min: Wales win another scrum penalty and this is really starting to paint a picture for the referee. The set piece not great from the Wallabies so far.

28 min: A chip over the top almost goes to hand for Ikitau but he knocks on, Wales scrum.

Wales’ attack there looked good, they just kept hitting the Aussie wall and Wainwright found a way through.

25 min: Wales win the scrum penalty and they play on with advantage as they smell the try line.

25 min: Wright knocks on from the restart which gives Wales a good platform with a scrum.

The lineout was lovely, the maul was stunning and Faessler is easily over the line. Gatland looks slightly shocked.

21 min: It’s a good lineout but Wales do well to stop the resulting maul. Australia are playing with an advantage with Bevan offside and we come back to it a few phases later. The Wallabies opt for the corner again.

20 min: Australia win a breakdown penalty and they opt to kick to the corner. They did have the option to kick at posts but they are backing themselves.

19 min: This must be slightly crushing for Wales, they haven’t done much wrong but they find themselves on the back foot. They must be the next to score to find some momentum int his Test.

Wales were patiently knocking on the door and run through the phases in search of their first points. But Rogers tries to offload and Frost nabs it, runs over half the pitch and scores. Wow.

15 min: Lolesio missed the conversion and so Australia have to settle for the five points.

Wright weaves in and out of Wales traffic and is over. A really deadly threat for Australia.

13 min: Australia are continually hitting Wales’ red wall but it is holding strong for now.

And for those wondering how Italy Georgia panned out this afternoon, Italy won 20-17.

12 min: The referee stops play as Botham was hit in the head, he is concerned for the flanker and he has raised the alarm to the medics. The official wanted Botham to go for a HIA but the doctors say he is okay. We restart with Australia ball, really great intervention from the referee as player welfare must always come first.

11 min: Donaldson makes an incredible run and he lays it off to Kerevi and it looks like a sure try until Rogers gets in his way and holds him up. An absolutely beautiful try-saving tackle.

10 min: Australia’s lineout is clean but a final pass isn’t caught and so it is out for a Wales lineout. The men in red won every single lineout last weekend in one of their positives from their performance. Anscombe looked in some trouble but he is staying on pitch, it looked like a hand injury. It’s a good lineout again but then Australia collapse the maul legally and they win the penalty to clear their lines.

8 min: A crossfield kick comes in to find Rogers on the wing as Wales become the latest to attack but he can’t catch. Australia opt for a line-out instead of a scrum, the first of the match. Before that can be played Beard needs some treatment and it looks like he is coming off. He is, Tshiunza is on.

8 min: Some slick hands from Kerevi keeps Australia’s attack going but they knock on again with Wales playing the advantage as they to attack. The kicking game comes into play so the Wallabies are on the charge again. Possession flipping between teams so frequently.

6 min: Rogers makes a blistering run to make the crowd come to life but then Wales knock on and so we scrum again. This time Aus have the put in and its clean the first time of asking. They kick across field to try and find Kellaway but Wales recover it well.

4 min: Wales’ defence has largely been good and it pays off as Australia knock on, a scrum to come. The first scrum is always interesting as it starts to set precedent for the rest of the match so teams like to make a good impression to the referee early on. The scrum is straight down and in need of an reset for the first two attempts, referee James Doleman has a word with both front rows and then they get a clean set piece. Wales come away with it to set their first attack.

2 min: It’s not a clean start from Wales and so Australia have the first attacking set. Phase-by-phase the visitors edge up the pitch.

The atmosphere is crackling as always at the Principality. Emotional and loud anthems, a light show and some ACDC. Kick-off imminent.

The anthems will come shortly. The roof is closed once again at the Principality so we expect them to be loud. Then we have kick-off shortly after. Grab a cup of tea and the biscuits.

If you have read one of my blogs before you will know I love a bit of snack chat so do get in touch and let me know what you’re tucking into for this one. I’d also like to hear from you if you think Gatland should remain in charge. You can send me an email to let me know your thoughts.

Another match, another inquest into the state of Welsh rugby. This time, the hand-wringing is particularly ­fervent, for Wales stand on the brink of an unwanted threshold. Should they lose to Australia in Cardiff on Sunday they will surpass their longest run of Test defeats.

Losing to Fiji last Sunday was upsetting on any number of levels, but the sharpest pain was the fact it was a 10th defeat in a row, ­equalling the run under Steve Hansen that stretched from 2002 to 2003, the last time they collected the wooden spoon in the Six Nations.

Until this year, of course, when they picked up another after a ­couple of decades of unrivalled success. Now the Wallabies stride into town, suddenly feeling a bit better about themselves after their own recent ­travails were eased by a dramatic win against England at Twickenham.

Fiji, Australia, feeling better about themselves – these are all achingly familiar terms to Wales, whose recent travails extend back a few years, but were temporarily eased by their World Cup, or at least their pool ­campaign. Wales negotiated that without ­mishap, riding their luck against Fiji in the opener in one of the games of the tournament, before fairly ­dismantling Australia. See? Easy.

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Australia head coach Joe Schmidt said on Wales’ bad run: “I’m sure Warren is feeling some pressure, just like any international coach. He was obviously highly successful in his previous tenure with Wales.

“He was successful with Wasps. I think anyone can have a lean spell, when teams are transitioning. I look at some of the players he had when I first started competing with Ireland against Wales.

“There are some good players there now like Adam Beard, Jac Morgan, Tommy Reffell, Aaron Wainwright and Dewi Lake to name but a few. There is a period of time that it takes for them to adjust to Test rugby. That’s part of that transition Gats is trying to accelerate at the moment.”

Some have been questioning whether Warren Gatland should remain in charge with the current run of results. The head coach was asked about his job speculation: “We’ve tried to point out from the outset we need to go through some pain. I didn’t think there’d be this much pain.

“There have been games where we haven’t been able to get over the finishing line and some close fixtures. If a decision is made in terms of what you’re talking about [Gatland’s future], I’m more than comfortable with that. I’ve been around the game for long enough.

“I’ll probably go back to the beach, have a glass of wine and enjoy myself away from some of the pressure!”

Some painful stats for Wales fans. Wales have not won a game since they beat Georgia at the 2023 Rugby World Cup pool stage. The team are at their lowest world ranking at 11th and they will hit their worst ever losing run if they fall to defeat today. Since Warren Gatland re-joined the side in December 2022 he has won just six of 22 games.

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The team news is here. Wales make four changes from their defeat last week.

Ellis Bevan starts in place of the injured Tomos Williams and Tom Rogers is in for Mason Grady. Warren Gatland has also replaced both flankers with Jac Morgan and James Botham coming in.

Wales: Winnett; Rogers, Llewellyn, B Thomas, Murray; Anscombe, Bevan; G Thomas, Lake (capt), Griffin, Rowlands, Beard, Botham, Morgan, Wainwright.

Subs: Elias, N Smith, Assiratti, Tshiunza, Reffell, R Williams, Costelow, James.

Australia, meanwhile, make six changes from last weekend with the big news being Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii dropping to the bench. Samu Kerevi starts ahead of him with the other new faces being Nic White, Seru Uru, Will Skelton, Max Jorgenson and Allan Alaalatoa.

Rob Valetini and Kerevi will win their 50th caps.

Australia: Wright; Kellaway, Ikitau, Kerevi, Jorgensen; Lolesio, White; Bell, Faessler, Alaalatoa, Frost, Skelton, Uru, McReight, Valetini

Subs: Paenga-Amosa, Slipper, Nonggorr, Salakaia-Loto, Gleeson, McDermott, Donaldson, Suaalii