Rugby: Australia overcame early rustiness, indiscipline and indecisiveness to score eight tries Saturday and overwhelm the Barbarians 60-11 in the Wallabies' first match since finishing third at the Rugby World Cup last month. Australia had both Adam Ashley-Cooper and James Slipper sin-binned and spurned at least three try-scoring opportunities but Digby Ioane, Lachie Turner and James Horwill all touched down twice at Twickenham for the Tri-Nations champions. Rob Horne and Radike Samo also crossed while James O'Connor kicked 20 points but was also responsible for one of the three bad passes that cost his team more points. Despite its scintillating attacking play, Australia will expect to improve when it concludes its two-game tour at Wales next Saturday. Turner and Scott Higginbotham threw the other poor passes when Australia looked sure to score, while O'Connor took so long over the conversion of Turner's try that Barbarians scrumhalf Peter Stringer was able to trot forward and steal the ball from him. But the Wallabies' class and greater cohesiveness meant such errors did not cost them dearly. Ioane touched down following a pacy midfield break that caught the Baa-Baas defense flat-footed and O'Conner converted for 13-3. Turner went over in the corner from the last move of the first half before O'Connor's sleepy kicking routine. Australia should have been out of sight by then despite moments of class for the Barbarians from South Africa wing Bryan Habana, center Robbie ...Video Rating: 5 / 5
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