Mike Phillips required just one word to sum up the Welsh response to a third successive Australian smash-and-grab raid – devastation.
World Cup semi-finalists last year and the reigning RBS 6 Nation champions, Wales suffered their first four-Test autumn whitewash after Kurtley Beale's try 26 seconds from time gave the Wallabies a dramatic 14-12 success.
Four penalties by Leigh Halfpenny – he was carried off and taken to hospital for neck scans following some last-ditch defensive work – gave Wales every chance of ending a demoralising losing run.
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