AUSTRALIA completed their year with a convincing 24-18 victory over Wales at a packed Millennium Stadium, but the departing Shane Williams still had the final word.
JAMES O’Connor will start his maiden Test as a Wallabies flyhalf against Wales this wekeend.
THE father of French international Imanol Harinordoquy brought the Top 14 Basque derby between Biarritz and Bayonne to a halt on Tuesday after running onto the pitch to defend his son.
THE British Lions will play five games - and travel more than 7000km - before the first Test against Australia in 2013.
WALLABY five-eighth James O'Connor had the ball stolen off his goal-kicking tee by Barbarians halfback Peter Stringer in a bizarre incident during Saturday's match.