'Australia played smart' - Ashley-Cooper

Adam Ashley-Cooper felt that Australia were smart to not play the ball wide into Fiji’s hands during their win on Wednesday. 

The Wallabies focused their efforts on the power of their rolling maul but failed to secure a try bonus point. 

"I pulled up well but I didn't see too much ball out on the edge. It wasn't one of those games where the ball found the edges a lot, which I thought it may have been because the conditions were perfect - the roof was closed, the pitch was fast, Australia was taking on Fiji - so you would have thought it would be a wide open game." 

"We probably, though, didn't want to allow Fiji to play that type of game because they're dangerous when they play that type of game." 

"I thought we did really well to stay disciplined and stay to our shape and just play smart, controlled football." 

"It was a shaky start but we did really well to overcome those errors and stay in control of the game because it could have been anything at half-time with that type of start." 

"I was happy not to get as many touches as I normally would so long as the team were staying on top."