Cardiff - Australia gave themselves a morale boost on their faltering tour with a convincing 31-3 win over the Cardiff Blues.
Tuesday's victory here at the Cardiff City Stadium set the Wallabies up for this weekend's clash with Wales and was a much-needed win after last week's shock 9-8 reverse at Murrayfield - the first time Australia had lost to Scotland in 27 years - followed their grand slam-ending draw with Ireland.
The Wallabies lost six times to Cardiff but there was never any danger of then going down to the regional team which sprang out of one of the traditional powerhouses of Welsh rugby.
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New Zealander Ben Blair kicked the hosts' only points in the fourth minute but first-half tries from Ryan Cross and Kurtley Beale helped Australia into a 17-3 lead at the break.
Further tries late on from Luke Morahan and Beale again confirmed the Wallabies' superiority.
Full-back James O'Connor converted all four tries and kicked a penalty to leave Australia's under-pressure Kiwi coach Robbie Deans with some interesting selection calls to make ahead of Saturday's tour-ending Test against Wales here at the Millennium Stadium. - Sapa-AFP
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