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Wallabies win, Boks to face Wales

Cape Town - Australia have beaten Wales in their top of the table Pool A Rugby World Cup clash at Twickenham to set up a quarter-final clash against Scotland next Sunday (17:00), also at England's headquarters.

As it happened: Australia v Wales

Wales, brave 15-6 losers on the day, will face the Springboks next Saturday (17:00), also at Twickenham, in their quarter-final showdown.

Flyhalf Bernard Foley scored all of Australia's points with five penalties while his direct opponent Dan Biggar landed two penalties for Wales.

Teams:

Australia

15 Israel Folau, 14 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 13 Tevita Kuridrani, 12 Matt Giteau, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Bernard Foley, 9 Will Genia, 8 David Pocock, 7 Sean McMahon, 6 Scott Fardy, 5 Dean Mumm, 4 Kane Douglas, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Stephen Moore (captain) 1 Scott Sio  

Substitutes: 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 17 James Slipper, 18 Greg Holmes, 19 Rob Simmons, 20 Ben McCalman, 21 Nick Phipps, 22 Matt Toomua, 23 Kurtley Beale  

Wales

15 Gareth Anscombe, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 George North, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Liam Williams, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Sam Warburton (captain), 5 Alun Wyn Jones, 4 Luke Charteris, 3 Samson Lee, 2 Scott Baldwin, 1 Paul James  

Substitutes: 16 Ken Owens, 17 Aaron Jarvis, 18 Tom Francis, 19 Jake Ball, 20 Ross Moriarty, 21 Lloyd Williams, 22 Rhys Priestland, 23 James Hook

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