Wales 8-32 Australia: Wallabies extend winning run over Welsh

Man of the match Bernard Foley dives over to score Australia's fourth try

Australia overpowered Wales and delivered their 12th successive triumph over their hosts with a 32-8 victory in Cardiff.

It was Wales' heaviest home defeat since New Zealand beat them 46-10 in November 2006.

Australia centres Reece Hodge and Tevita Kuridrani both scored tries, while skipper Stephen Moore, fly-half Bernard Foley and wing Dane Haylett-Petty also touched down, with Foley adding a penalty and two conversions.

Full-back Leigh Halfpenny, making his first Wales appearance since suffering a knee ligament injury 14 months ago, kicked a penalty, while centre Scott Williams claimed a try to deliver points for Wales, who have not beaten the Wallabies since 2008.

Leigh Halfpenny kicked Wales' only points of the first half

Foley and Halfpenny exchanged early penalties, but there was no disguising Australia's dominance in terms of territory and possession. Their control was underlined after just 11 minutes, when the visitors' pack drove over and Moore pounced for a try.

Foley could not add the conversion, but Wales were then temporarily reduced to 14 men when fly-half Dan Biggar was yellow-carded for challenging Wallabies wing Haylett-Petty off the ball as Australia attacked through full-back Israel Folau.

Tevita Kuridrani powers over for Australia's third try

Although Australia could not score when Biggar was off, they quickly made amends by pouncing for two further touchdowns during an eight-minute spell before the break.

Hodge scored following brilliant work by Foley and Folau, then Kuridrani crashed through porous defence and Foley converted to give Australia a 20-3 interval lead.

Israel Folau on the attack for Australia

Wales, mainly through the work of openside flanker Justin Tipuric, enjoyed a better spell early in the second half, yet Australia still looked far more dangerous with ball in hand.

It was only a matter of time before Australia scored again, this time Foley applied the finish to put the Wallabies 22 points clear.

Scott Williams' try gave the crowd something to cheer, but such promise quickly evaporated as scrum-half Rhys Webb went off nursing an ankle injury and was replaced by Gareth Davies.

David Pocock providing the quick ball for Australia

Wales can only hope that Webb will be fit to play a further part in the autumn series, and they at least finished strongly, reserving their best spell for the final 15 minutes, with Amos particularly making an impact.

Australia, though, predictably had the final say when Haylett-Petty burst into space to complete the rout, and Foley converted.