Wales ready for one final push in Sydney

International Rugby; 3rd TestTodayAustralia  vs  Wales   06:45 SS1New Zealand  vs  Ireland         09:25 SS1South Africa  vs  England

Friday, June 22, 2012

International Rugby; 3rd TestTodayAustralia  vs  Wales   06:45 SS1New Zealand  vs  Ireland         09:25 SS1South Africa  vs  England     16:00 SS12nd TestArgentina  vs  France   23:00 SS1SYDNEY - Having got so close to their goal only to come up just short in the first two tests, Wales are ready for one final push this weekend to end their country’s 43 years without a win over the Wallabies in Australia.The Six Nations champions named an unchanged side for Saturday’s third test at the Sydney Football Stadium, an indication of that the Welsh believe victory is a matter of better execution rather than wholesale changes to their game."We know what we have to do to beat Australia, but there is a difference between knowing how to win and achieving that aim,” Wales caretaker coach Rob Howley said."The players can take some credit for the way they played for the large part of the match on Saturday, but that will be scant consolation if we don’t come home with a win in this series.”Australia have ridden their luck a little to clinch the series 2-0 and rack up five straight wins over the Welsh, not least when they needed Mike Harris’s late penalty to edge the tourists 25-23 in Melbourne last weekend.They have had to do it without a trio of their best attacking backline talents, however, with Quade Cooper, Kurtley Beale and James O’Connor all missing the first two tests through injury.Beale, who has an assault charge for a bar fracas hanging over his head, returns at fullback in one of two changes to the Wallabies team along with the recall of hard-running lock Sitaleki Timani.