Highlights: Australia vs Barbarians
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A tight affair in Sydney as the Wallabies claim a 3 point victory over the Barbarians. The Babaas went behind early in the match when Duncan Paia'au went over 8minutes into the game. They fought back and lead 21-12 at half time thanks to tries by Andrew Ready, Taqele Naiyaravoro and Tom Banks. Jack Dempsey closed the gap to just 4 points 13 minutes into the 2nd half and Duncan Paia'au scored his second and put the Wallabies into the lead not long after. Naiyaravoro then scored his second after a great cross kick by Quade Cooper, the pair were then sin-binned, Naiyaravoro for repeated infringements inside their 22 and Cooper for a high tackle on Israel Folau. Stephen Moore then went over at the back of the maul to give the Wallabies a 3 point lead with 6 minutes to play. The Wallabies held out the Babaas attack and won the match 31-28.