Wily Aussies see off Baa-Baas

AUSTRALIA ended their six-match tour with a hard-fought 18-11 win over the Barbarians in the Olympic Centenary match at Wembley last night.

Victory was sealed two minutes from time by replacement Lachie Turner’s breakaway try after South Africa’s Francois Steyn, who missed two goal-kicks, was turned over.

Lote Tuqiri, making his first start since knee surgery after this year’s Tri-Nations, opened the scoring for the Wallabies.

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