It’s a tough scoreline this - if you wandered in you’d think it was a comfortable margin for the Wallabies, but for 60 or so minutes it was anything but. Love it - very Iron Chef. So emotions all round, you’d think. Game on! this time it’s Botia who collects the fly half. Your thoughts on that first half? A good yarn on this topic from last week - here’s Ben Ryan on the topic for your half-time reading: So! We play on. Available for everyone, funded by readers. Some big tired bodies out there. Our players have had their dressing room huddles - and they’ve just left the tunnel to a tremendous reception. 37 min: Rodda with the receive deep after Fiji restart. It gets the job done, though, and that’s the main thing. With a flurry of pomp and pageantry the Rugby World Cup is officially underway - and in pretty positive fashion for the home nation after their opening night triumph. Follow our Rugby World Cup homepage which we update regularly with news and features. 27 min: They go left Fiji, but it’s good defence from Hodge once again and Botia spills the ball in the contact! Your thoughts on this contest? Michael Hooper looks a relieved man after the match. The Wallabies going wide early on on several occasions, and not getting any rewards from it. And after a bonus five minutes (that might have felt an eternity for aching limbs) its Pocock who gets his hands on the pill and boots it into touch! Australia: Kurtley Beale (Dane Haylett-Petty 70); Reece Hodge, James O’Connor, Samu Kerevi, Marika Koroibete; Christian Lealiifano (Matt To’omua 59), Nic White (Will Genia 52); Scott Sio (James Slipper 64), Tolu Latu (Jordan Uelese 64), Allan Alaalatoa (Sekope Kepu 64), Izack Rodda, Rory Arnold (Adam Coleman 68), David Pocock, Michael Hooper (captain), Isi Naisarani (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto 57). 56 min: Australia try the cross-field kick - but the fullback Murimurivalu cleans up. No walk in the park for the Wallabies and what a test for the Pasifika nation. Volavola with the conversion from dead in front. And can you blame him. Pens: Hodge. At 24min that big last man tackle from Hodge on Yato looked an awful lot like a shoulder to the head! Hope we’re not returning to the bad old days of (tier-)one-eyed refereeing. One last chance for Fiji to show their backline pace. 13 min: Relieving penalty for Australia from the scrum - they need to win some little battles, the Wallabies - it’s been the Pasifika nation that’s on the front foot over the first 10 or so minutes. Volavola just hooks to the left with the conversion attempt. 48 min: It’s a burst from Hooper! That’s certainly been the case the last eleven times these two nations have met, including twice previously at World Cup level. What a crowd, what a stadium this looks! 24 min: Fiji with a lineout feed and it’s Yato bursting through - what a game he’s having, he’s broken the Australian line on at least three occasions already. Tries: Hooper 17, Hodge 35, Latu 57, 62, Kerevi 69, Koroibete 72. And it’s the big centre - Nayacalevu - who recovers and sprints away through the middle! What can they muster from the scrum, Fiji. Fijian lineout. A conflicted role for former Australian U20s assistant coach John McKee - Fiji’s coach. Australia v Fiji. 7 min: Lovely bust! That’s the game, that’s the win for Australia. A third different kicker for the Wallabies, as Matt Toomua - freshly on for Leali’ifano - who tries his hand (or foot). Are they targeting the Wallabies’ No 10, or is he just unlucky early on? I’m not sure about you, but I have genuine butterflies in the stomach - not for any partisan reasons, but simply because it’s the World Cup! They’re big, physical guys, they really took it to us. 73 min: Good work from Dane Haylett-Petty, fresh off the bench, to make space out wide for the flyer, Koroibete - and the former Melbourne Storm man scores in the corner! 10 min: Welly, well. The second half began in a similar way to the first, Fiji’s attack catching out the Wallabies and Waisea Nayacalevu bursting through to score. First blood! All rights reserved. 3 min: A well-weighted kick to the corner by Fiji - and it will be an Australian lineout just 5m out from their own line. Then Australia returned to the strength of their set-piece and Tolu Latu scored twice in the space of five minutes from close-range driving mauls. Good run from O’Connor who skips through one or two would-be tacklers. Did You Know? I dunno - see if it’s on Youtube somewhere. Australia captain Michael Hooper: “It was a testing match for us, going down like that in the fashion we did. Maybe nerves? Australia look to spread again, but Koroibete almost runs out of real estate. And now it’s time for the anthems, Fiji first, then Australia. A change of tactics - a reversion to a simpler form of rugby, built on clever kicking and solid metres up the centre - probably played a part in the significant shift of momentum. Leali’ifano from the touchline with the conversion attempt to level it - but he hooks it across the face. Sat 21 Sep 2019 02.54 EDT Also make sure you know about the Groups, Warm-ups, Dates, Fixtures, Venues, TV Coverage, Qualified Teams by clicking on the highlighted links. They win it, the men in gold - but Nakarawa isolates Nic White, and they’ve conceded an early penalty, the Wallabies! It’s a good point, Ben. The fullback gets it one-on-one from Latu, great strength, Murimurivalu. Draws – 1. Leali’ifano converts from just off to the side. As I noted in the preview, Australia have won the previous 11 clashes against Fiji - but with the last of those coming over two years ago it’s uncertain how little of that history will matter today. I don’t think guys like Pocock fancy this - it’s been a long hard road back from injury for some. Nobody can catch him, it’s about a 60m dash. But it just slides to the left! For nearly 50 minutes they were absolutely in a battle here - Fiji were expected to be fearsome with ball in hand, but especially in the first half the Pasifika nation also looked well-organised, disciplined and solid at the set piece. Important misses, these. They clear their lines, but not huge metres. @rrjparkin Great to see a Fiji team with proper prep behind them. 68 min: They’re besieging the Fijian line here - Australia, but so far the defence has been okay around the ball. Big last man tackle from Hodge - he may have saved a try there. Both sides head to the sheds to the applause of an appreciative crowd in Sapporo.

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