Straight from the kick-off, Wales are in trouble once more.

Nic White jags an extraordinary right-angle side step to leave the chasing Josh Adams on the seat of his pants.

He offloads to Dane Haylett Petty who makes metres but knocks on as he attempts to gather his own kick.

DIllion Lewis and Aaron Shingler are on in play of Tomas Francis and Jake Ball for Wales.

Gareth Griffiths
BBC Sport Wales in Tokyo

That was relentless and probably inevitable. Australia just kept battering at the Wales line and the resolute Red Wall defence had to breach.

Momentum with Australia now. Just a word for Wales captain though. Alun Wyn Jones has made 21 tackles so far, a remarkable stat for a lock. He will need to make a few more.

Andrew Mehrtens
Former New Zealand fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Live

Not particularly pretty but you have to say it was gripping and thrilling, it was great control from the Australians, hammering away. They have thrown everything at it including the kitchen sink whatever dishes were in it and the dishwasher.

Michael Hooper is up to within a metre.

Can Wales hold out once more?

Australia are held up over the line, but Wales have strayed offiside earlier in the piece.

Are we getting close to penalty try territory?

Not yet.

Australia kick to the corner once more. Cleanly taken by Rory Arnold again...

Australia are knocking on the ball with big forward rumbles round the corner. They are only a metre short...

• Wales won their first Rugby World Cup encounter with Australia in 1987 by 22-21, however, the Wallabies have secured victory in each the five meetings since then at the tournament.
• Wales haven’t won consecutive Tests against the Wallabies since a three-match span from 1969 to 1975.

Wales bring up the handbrake illegally, boring into the side of the driven maul. Josh Navidi is the guilty man.

Australia go to the line-out again...

Stirling Mortlock
Former Australia international on BBC Radio 5 Live

This game right now is in the balance.

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Another big carry from Australia number eight Isi Naisarani and Wales are off their feet as they attempt to halt the green and gold momentum at the breakdown.

Penalty Australia.

And they kick to the corner...

Time for the big heave-ho driven maul?

Gareth Davies throws a dummy.Michael Hooper throws a shoulder into the Wales scrum-half's ribs.

A massive hit as Davies attempts to snipe blind. And Hooper heaps some trash talk on top of the flattened Welshman.

WIll Genia will have Gareth Davies racing up the in the periphery of his nightmares tonight.

The Australia scrum-half gives way to Nic White.

Stirling Mortlock
Former Australia international on BBC Radio 5 Live

I was exhausted just watching that passage of play. A couple of times both teams looked out on their feet, both were very close to breaking each other.

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James O'Connor spills the ball, Jonathan Davies hammers a kick downfield, Dane Haylett-Petty returns fire and the end result is an Aussie throw-in to the line-out on Wales 22m.

Josh Adams under the video official's microscope now.

The Aussies in the crowd want a card and the replay does not look great for the Wales wing.

He has gone high on Australia number eight Isi Naisarani. But the referee decides it is worthy only of a penalty. Could easily have been yellow for me with no attempt to go low.

Can the Wallabies extract their own punishment? They kick into Wales 22m.

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Stirling Mortlock
Former Australia international on BBC Radio 5 Live

It is dumbfounding that Australia has not adapted to this strategy from Gareth Davies, he has done it three or four times.

Gareth Davies so close to another intercept!

He juggles and drops with the line beckoning after picking off Will Genia's pass.

Genia will be getting twitchy on that pass surely now...

Gareth Griffiths
BBC Sport Wales in Tokyo

Flanker Aaron Wainwright has come off after 49 minutes to be replaced by Ross Moriarty.

The Dragons back-rower has had the match of his life and might be aggrieved he has not had more game time. Prop Nicky Smith also on for Wyn Jones.

Australia make another change with Kurtley Beale on in place of old man Adam Ashley-Cooper.

Wales have also shuffled the pack with Wyn Jones and Aaron Wainwright replaced by Nicky Smith and Ross Moriarty.