Wales man marking
Leigh Halfpenny
Levelled scores with an early penalty but uncharacteristically wayward from the tee and offered little in counter-attack.
5 Ken Owen
One miscommunication at start of second half, when not a single Wales player jumped for his throw-in, summed up Wales’s day.
5 Alex Cuthbert
Struggled to get into the game. Should maybe have straightened up his line and looked for support when involved in a race for corner.
5 Samson Lee
Lucky to escape Joubert’s attention for persistently binding on to Sio’s arm. Brilliantly targeted by Australia for Hodge’s first-half try.
5 Scott Williams
Late replacement for Jonathan Davies and scored try after chasing his own grubber. But part of back line that struggled to contain Australia.
6 Luke Charteris
Alun Wyn Jones was badly missed. Charteris singled out for criticism in failing to halt the rolling maul that led to Stephen Moore’s try.
5 Jamie Roberts
Largely anonymous. Not a reassuring ‘truck it up the middle’ to speak of and powerless to stem the tide in defence.
5 Bradley Davies
Work-rate was unquestioned, as usual, but needed to make more of an impact in the Wales engine room.
5 George North
Struggled positionally out on the left wing. Missed a worrying number of tackles in the first 40 minutes.
5 Dan Lydiate
Took over the captaincy after Gethin Jenkins went off but completely anonymous up until that point.
4 Dan Biggar
Earned an early yellow card for a tug back on Haylett-Petty, to make an already difficult task mountainous.
6 Justin Tipuric
Lovely dummy to help set up Scott Williams’s try, but struggled to snaffle any balls up against the world’s best in Hooper and Pocock.
5 Rhys Webb
One of Wales’ better players on the day. Carried off with what looked like a twisted ankle.
7 Ross Moriarty
Wales’ standout performer. Made an impression early on with a nice pick and go and a great tackle on Scott Sio. Promising from 22-year-old.
8 Gethin Jenkins
Typically lionhearted on his 137th Test appearance. Gave his all in the first 40 minutes but powerless to stop Australia’s momentum.
6 Replacements
Scott Baldwin (Jenkins 58), Nicky Smith (Owens 58), Tomas Francis (Lee 58), Cory Hill (Davies 63), James King (Lydiate 68), Gareth Davies (Webb 64), Sam Davies (Biggar 65), Hallam Amos (North 61).