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Wales 40-6 Australia: Warren Gatland's side hammer Wallabies to seal World Cup quarter-final spot

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Gareth Anscombe kicked 23 points and tries from Gareth Davies, Nick Tompkins and Jac Morgan sealed a last-eight place with a game remaining in Pool C.The woeful Wallabies were humbled by Wales, who are celebrating a fourth consecutive World Cup quarter-final qualification under Warren Gatland as head coach.Eddie Jones' side are on the brink of becoming the first Australia team to suffer pool stage elimination.Australia managed just two penalties from Ben Donaldson.Morgan sealed the win with a try from a driving maul to take Wales to 40 points. This display must rank as one of Wales' finest performances under the New Zealander and the result beats their previous record win against Australia, a 28-3 triumph in 1975.Captain Morgan was again outstanding, while number eight Taulupe Faletau and scrum-half Gareth Davies showed their class.The only negative for Wales was a worrying injury that forced talismanic fly-half Dan Biggar off in the first half, but his withdrawal allowed Ansco