WALES became the first team to reach the 2023 World Cup quarter-finals as they celebrated a record win over Australia in Lyon.
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.
Australia managed just two penalties from Ben Donaldson.

Eddie Jones’ side are on the brink of becoming the first Australia team to suffer pool stage elimination.
The woeful Wallabies were humbled by Wales, who are celebrating a fourth consecutive World Cup quarter-final qualification under Warren Gatland as head coach.
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 Anscombe to excel with six penalties, a conversion and a drop-goal.

A victory over Georgia on 7 October in Nantes will officially ensure Wales finish as group winners but only two match points will be required.
That would set up a probable quarter-final against Argentina, Japan or Samoa in Marseille the following weekend, with England clear favourites to win Pool D.

A Welsh revival
A few months ago, very few people would have backed Wales to achieve quarter-final qualification so easily and so quickly.
Yet the army of Welsh fans that dominated the Lyon streets and OL Stadium this weekend are starting to believe again.
Welsh rugby was in disarray when Gatland returned for a second stint at the helm after replacing Wayne Pivac in December 2022.
They managed only one win in the 2023 Six Nations, a tournament in which players threatened strike action over contractual issues before that was averted.
Gatland regrouped and put his faith in youth following some high-profile retirements including Alun Wyn Jones and Justin Tipuric.
Brutal training camps in Switzerland and Turkey in the summer helped the players form a formidable bond and Gatland predicted his side would shock people by doing something special in France.

They started with maximum bonus-point wins against Fiji and Portugal and completed the job of getting out of the pool with this devastating display against an average Australia side