Summary

  • Quarter-final result: Australia 35-34 Scotland

  • Foley kicks last-minute penalty to secure Wallaby win

  • Ashley-Cooper, Mitchell 2, Hooper, Kuridrani tries for Aus

  • Horne, Seymour, Bennett tries, Laidlaw 5 pens, 2 cons for Sco

  • Australia to play Argentina in the semi-finals

  1. Australia 10-16 Scotlandpublished at 38 mins

    Penalty to Australia as David Denton infringes inside his own 22m line.

    Now then. A brief chat among the Aussie backs. And Bernard Foley boots to the corner.

    Little more than a minute on the clock.

  2. Australia 10-16 Scotlandpublished at 36 mins

    Scotland are growing with confidence all the time. The passes are sticking and the offloads are landing.

    Stuart Hogg on a jagging break, David Denton making yards when the ball switches back across.

    But Scott Sio has snufffed out this free-running festival of rugby with a smart bit of turnover work, swallowing up Greig Laidlaw and earning a penalty.

  3. Upset on the cards?published at 16:40 British Summer Time 18 October 2015

    England Rugby World Cup winner Andy Gomarsall thinks there might be an upset on the cards. Let's hope you're right Andy.

  4. Australia 10-16 Scotlandpublished at 16:38 British Summer Time 18 October 2015

    Paul Grayson
    Former England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 live

    "It's guerilla warfare for Scotland. They've got to pick their battles. They've got to be harder on the edges to slow the ball down, but have to do it wisely to avoid conceding any silly penalties. Scotland were guilty of over competing at the ruck in the build-up to that last Australia try."

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    Greg Laidlaw looks on at the scrumImage source, Reuters
  6. Australia 10-16 Scotlandpublished at 16:38 British Summer Time 18 October 2015

    Scotland still leading but before that penalty the momentum had swung back to the men in gold.

    possessionImage source, Opta
  7. Penalty - Laidlawpublished at 33 mins

    Australia 10-16 Scotland

    Greg LaidlawImage source, AP

    Install him at the Greenwich Observatory next to the atomic clock.

    Greig Laidlaw's ever-reliable right boot sends another pearl tumbling between the sticks.

  8. Australia 10-13 Scotlandpublished at 32 mins

    Scott Sio is getting a working over from WP Nel at scrum-time. The Australia prop nosedives into the dirt and it is a very kickable penalty for Scotland.

  9. Australia 10-13 Scotlandpublished at 16:35 British Summer Time 18 October 2015

    Matt Dawson
    2003 World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 live

    "It was wave after wave of Australia attack. They always seem to make yardage. Scotland have got to meet them on the Australian side of the gain line. The one thing that is going to kill this Scotland side is fast ball, and at the moment, Australia have too much of it."

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    Try - Mitchellpublished at 29 mins

    Australia 10-13 Scotland

    Drew Mitchell scores a tryImage source, Rex Features

    The classic one-two punch.

    Big beefy runners - Scott Sio and Kane Douglas particularly destructive - sucked in the defence close to the breakdown, before Australia slung the ball into the open spaces out wide for the speedsters.

    Drew Mitchell crosses in the corner as isolated as a man on a prairie.

    Foley, yet to locate his kicking boots, muffs a tricky conversion attempt.

  11. Australia 5-13 Scotlandpublished at 27 mins

    Kane Douglas pumps the thighs. Sekope Kefu carries on. Australia to within five metres.

  12. Australia 5-13 Scotlandpublished at 26 mins

    Peter Horne has a little nibble too many at the breakdown in midfield.

    That is costly. Bernard Foley has kicked the penalty into the Scotland 22m and the Wallabies have a line-out and the Scots where they want them.

  13. Australia 5-13 Scotlandpublished at 16:30 British Summer Time 18 October 2015

    Gavin Hastings
    Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio 5 live

    Matt Giteau is tackledImage source, AFP

    "The defence has been absolutely ferocious from Scotland. The big question is: Can they hang on? But at the moment, they are doing, very, very well indeed."

  14. Australia 5-13 Scotlandpublished at 25 mins

    Tevita Kuridrani pops an offload straight into the hands of Scotland's Finn Russell. Interception!

    Where is the gap? Scotland never get to fully probe the Australia defence as Russell's pass to Tommy Seymour squirms out of the wing's grasp.

  15. Australia 5-13 Scotlandpublished at 16:29 British Summer Time 18 October 2015

    Tevita Kuridrani gets away from Richie GrayImage source, Rex Features

    Scotland lock Richie Gray did not miss a tackle in the pool stages with 45 from 45.

    He has missed his first tackle today, but still made five successful ones.

  16. Australia 5-13 Scotlandpublished at 16:29 British Summer Time 18 October 2015

    Gavin Hastings
    Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio 5 live

    David DentonImage source, AFP

    "I'm really pleased with the way Scotland have attacked the Australia defence. They are looking around and wondering what Scotland are going to do next, because they are not doing anything predictable. David Denton has been outstanding, and the Gray brothers are very much to the fore too."

  17. Australia 5-13 Scotlandpublished at 24 mins

    Finn Russell is picking on Bernard Foley like a child with a week-old scab.

    The Scotland fly-half hoists another sky-scraping bomb toward Foley who is stationed out the wing.

    Kurtley Beale gets across to take the ball and help out his man, but Scotland will keep plugging away at that weakness.

  18. The hopes of a hemispherepublished at 16:25 British Summer Time 18 October 2015

    Former Scotland International Andy Nicol tweets his support.

  19. Australia 5-13 Scotlandpublished at 16:25 British Summer Time 18 October 2015

    What a difference five minutes makes.

    After Greig Laidlaw gets them on the board with three points after 14 minutes, the Scots suddenly had a spring in their step and they have reversed the early pressure from Australia.

    The Wallabies were forced to make 33 tackles while Scotland attacked and the Scots now have more metres and carries than the Wallabies.

    possession statsImage source, Opta
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