The Wallabies completed a series sweep of Warren Gatland’s Wales with a 36-28 win on a soggy night in Melbourne, retaining the James Bevan trophy and ensuring a promising start for Joe Schmidt’s time as Wallaby head coach.
Continuing the trend from Sydney the week before, nearly all players – bar two – earned a pass mark. The Roar audience was notably more reserved compared to the opening Test in Sydney, will most players scoring lower than last week.
However, several players saw notable increases in ratings, with the backline seeing every player improve. Filipo Daugunu’s phenomenal performance saw him earn the highest average of the week at 8.10, enough for him to unseat Rob Valetini and end his streak of the highest-averaging Wallaby.
However, the Brumbies loose forward took the silver and enjoyed a strong improvement on his previous week picking up an average of 8.06, and he was joined by Fraser McReight (7.23), Jake Gordon (7.20) and Andrew Kellaway (7.03).
Daugunu, Valetini and Gordon also enjoyed an additional record, with all three earning a most common rating of 8.
1. James Slipper (c)
Average score: 5.99
Most common rating: 6 (41%)
2. Matt Faessler
Average score: 5.65
Most common rating: 6 (38.8%)
3. Taniela Tupou
Average score: 5.89
Most common rating: 6 (34.1%)
4. Jeremy Williams
Average score: 5.68
Most common rating: 6 (34.8%)
5. Lukhan Salakaia-Loto
Average score: 5.99
Most common rating: 6 (32.5%)
6. Rob Valetini
Average score: 8.06
Most common rating: 8 (48.6%)
7. Fraser McReight
Average score: 7.23
Most common rating: 7 (33.7%)
8. Charlie Cale
Average score: 5.77
Most common rating: 6 (36.6%)
9. Jake Gordon
Average score: 7.20
Most common rating: 8 (35.8%)
10. Noah Lolesio
Average score: 4.55
Most common rating: 5 (25.4%)
11. Filipo Daugunu
Average score: 8.10
Most common rating: 8 (38.3%)
12. Hunter Paisami
Average score: 6.06
Most common rating: 6 (40.4%)
13. Josh Flook
Average score: 5.91
Most common rating: 6 (38.2%)
14. Andrew Kellaway
Average score: 7.03
Most common rating: 7 (33.3%)
15. Tom Wright
Average score: 5.86
Most common rating: 6 (38.7%)
Reserves
16. Josh Nasser (Sub on in 60th minute)
Average score: 5.26
Most common rating: 5 (46.7%)
17. Isaac Kailea (Sub on in 55th minute)
Average score: 6.03
Most common rating: 6 (39.7%)
18. Allan Alaalatoa (Sub on in 41st minute)
Average score: 6.57
Most common rating: 7 (42.2%)
19. Angus Blyth (Sub on in 58th minute)
Average score: 5.11
Most common rating: 5 (42.3%)
20. Langi Gleeson (Sub on in 59th minute)
Average score: 5.44
Most common rating: 6 (33.5%)
21. Nic White (Sub on in 61st minute)
Average score: 4.62
Most common rating: 5 (31.3%)
22. Ben Donaldson (Sub on in 70th minute)
Average score: 5.46
Most common rating: 6 (37.8%)
23. Dylan Pietsch (Did Not Play)
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