Live: Wallabies width hurts Fiji in entertaining clash in Newcastle

Max Jorgensen goes over!

Hang on — the TMO is involved and they are reviewing an earlier Tom Wright pass to see if it went forward.

The Fijians hit the ground running, having been awarded a penalty not long after half-time.

Josua Tuisova’s pressure over the ball at the breakdown saw Max Jorgensen pinged for holding the ball down the left edge.

A lesson for the Wallabies: don’t get isolated at the breakdown out wide.

Unfortunately for Fiji, it gave away possession in the phase play that followed the penalty.

The second half has made a start …

It’s the Wallabies leading Fiji 14-5.

Not the Test return Dave Porecki wanted, with the Wallabies hooker failing his HIA.

Billy Pollard will remain on the field for the hosts.

Unsurprisingly, it’s been a scratchy display so far from the Wallabies.

They have the upper hand in terms of territory, almost 80 per cent, especially with the inside-22 entries they have enjoyed.

The Wallabies have had 51 per cent possession but only have two tries to show for their efforts.

Forward passes, basic turnovers and breakdown penalties have cost the Wallabies when they have been on the march inside Fiji’s half.

Plenty to ponder for Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt at the half-time break.

Fiji scores!

Salesi Rayasi gets over the paint in the left-hand corner and it’s 14-5 at half-time.

Great work from the Fijians, who refused to bow their heads after Fraser McReight’s try.

They regained possession after the re-start, with Rayasi bulldozing his way through the Wallabies’ goaline defence to score.

The Wallabies score their second try through Fraser McReight!

Credit to the Wallabies, who get pay from an inside-22 entry.

An attacking movement was aided by superb work from Len Ikitau and Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, which left McReight largely unmarked on the left edge.

Noah Lolesio lands the conversion from the tee, and it’s the Wallabies leading 14-0.

We’re close to organges, and it’s the Wallabies still leading 7-0.

Again, they wasted a scoring opportunity inside the attacking 22 when a Tom Wright pass was intercepted by his Fiji counterpart Salesi Rayasi.

Fiji has fed off scraps in attack so far, but the visitors didn’t help their cause by turning over possession inside the Wallabies’ half.

They were building pressure in attack, however a knock-on from skipper Tevita Ikanivere saw the Wallabies awarded a scrum feed.

Reserve Wallabies hooker Billy Pollard is on the field, replacing Dave Porecki.

Porecki is off the field for an HIA.

Meanwhile, loose-head prop James Slipper has returned to the action after passing his HIA.

The Wallabies wasted a golden opportunity in attack while inside Fiji’s 22.

After 10 phases, Langi Gleeson gave away a penalty for an illegal cleanout at the breakdown.

The Wallabies cannot afford to blow their chances deep inside Fijian territory.

The Wallabies receive a penalty inside Fiji’s half, with the visitors nabbed for holding onto the ball at the brekadown.

Put that penalty down to Wallabies openside flanker Fraser McReight, whose work over the ball was outstanding.

Nothing came from the penalty for the Wallabies, though, and their lead remains 7-0.

Reserve Angus Bell has come onto the field for the Wallabies, replacing loose-head prop James Slipper, who is off for an HIA.

We’ll bring you more details as they come to hand.

The Wallabies seemed to have scored their second try through Harry Potter, but a forward pass denies the home side.

From a midfield scrum 10m out from Fiji’s line, the Wallabies swept right, however Tom Wright’s final pass to Potter was judgeed to have gone forward.

The Wallabies are spending sustained periods inside the Fijian half.

They already have a try to show for their efforts, but they need to be converting on more of the inside-22 entries.

The Wallabies go over and it’s Dave Porecki who crosses the stripe!

The hosts got over the line through Langi Gleeson, but the blindside flanker was held up.

The Wallabies, though, earned a penalty close to the Fijian goal line, and from a driving maul off the line-out they barged their way over.

Congrats to Porecki, scoring in his first Test since 2023.

The conversion was added by Noah Lolesio, and it’s the Wallabies leading 7-0.