Cymru and Australia are teams that are both in transition. In the end it was the wallabies who got the chocolates but in truth the 29-21 scoreline flattered the visitors. Cymru made a number of costly errors and struggled at times to exit their 22. This really hurt them. Nonetheless, for much of the second half Cymru looked the better team and only a stolen try by Beale (playing at full back in the absence of Izzy) gave Australia a wee bit of breathing space.
Cymru as ever were passionate and entertaining but they are clearly not in the same class as the teams of 2012/13. So whilst defeating them was an achievement the wallabies will know that they need to find another gear to compete against England. Indeed, some in the English media have stated that a good English club side would beat Australia.
For Australia Will Genia had a very impressive match whilst Foley was solid. Beale at full back was good as were Kuridrani and Polota-Nau.
There were a couple of times in the first half where Australia was able to maintain possession and build pressure. In the second half however the Wallabies were back to forcing passes early and needlessly kicking away possession. The scrum was also a concern at times. Like I said, there is a lot of room for improvement and they are going to need to find that improvement very quickly or else England will record a comfortable victory.