Australia 12-21 Wales: women’s rugby union international – as it happened

Georgia Evans takes on the Wallaroos’ defence as Wales defeat Australia 21-12 in a women’s rugby union Test match at Ballymore Stadium in Brisbane. Photograph: Chloe Davis/Getty Images

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Thanks for following along today. We’ll be back to follow all the action from the second Test between the Wallaroos and Wales at North Sydney Oval on Friday night.

Here is the full report from Wales’ 21-12 win over Australia:

Updated at 9.22am BST

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Emily Chancellor is refusing to use the lightning delay as excuse for the Wallaroos’ surprise defeat to Wales.

We had too many drop balls and we didn’t really play like we know we can. So it’s back to the drawing board for us because it’s time for a bit of reflection.

[The lightning delay] is going to affect everyone but the reality is it happens to both teams. I thought we came out really well in the first 10 minutes after the lightning so we can’t use that as an excuse.