Warburton not counting on Welsh luck

Sam Warburton has delivered a brutally honest appraisal of Wales’ long losing run against Australia, admitting: "You are not unlucky nine times in a row."

Wales have not toppled the Wallabies since tries by Shane Williams and Lee Byrne underpinned a 21-18 Millennium Stadium success six years ago.

Nine successive defeats have followed — five of those reversals were by four points or less — with the countries’ rivalry set for another airing in Cardiff on Saturday.