Australia show ominous form while Wales’s southern hoodoo worsens

Wales’s crushing 32-8 defeat was their 12th in succession against Australia and the performance among their worst, while the visitors are sharpening their clawsA sharp start to the season, this, and a defeat that stung like the autumn weather. Wales have now lost their past 12 games to Australia, a run that started in 2008. It already felt like they had lost in pretty much every which way a team can, undone by penalties, drop goals and tries in the final minutes, beaten in both kicking contests and try-fests. But none of the previous 11 defeats were quite like this. They were utterly outplayed…