Australia dispel rumours of demise with five-try demolition of Wales
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• Wales 8-32 Australia• Rob Howley’s first game in charge ends in embarrassing demolitionAustralia usually leave it late against Wales but this time they had secured victory by half-time against a team that look very much as they did in the last meeting between the sides, 13 months ago: big and powerful but ponderous and slow-witted. The men in red have become known as slow burners in the autumn and here, on bonfire night, they spluttered like a damp firework, unable to hold a Roman candle to a side supposedly in crisis. Related: Wales 8-32 Australia – as it happened Related: Pat Lambie misse…





