Wales vs Australia LIVE: Eddie Jones’ side look to bounce back from Fiji’s shock defeat to Dragons – start time, team news and how to follow

Wales can secure their place in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals by beating struggling Australia this weekend.

The Dragons won their opening two matches against Portugal and Fiji to put themselves in a dominant position.

Meanwhile, their opponents are in real danger of not making it out of the group stage unless they win here.

Australia were upset by Fiji in their last match, losing 22-15.

That leaves Eddie Jones’ men in a precarious position: they must beat Wales and hope Fiji fail against Georgia or Portugal to have any chance of qualifying.

Wales vs Australia: how to follow

This Rugby World Cup clash will take place on Sunday September 24.

The match is scheduled to kick off at 8 p.m. UK time at the Stade OL in Lyon.

It will be broadcast live and unencrypted on ITV1 or ITVX.

talkSPORT’s Andrew McKenna will be on hand to provide regular updates.

To connect to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 via the website, click HERE for live streaming.

You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, via your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

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Wales vs Australia: team news

Wales squad for the Rugby World Cup

Attackers: Taine Basham, Adam Beard, Elliot Dee, Corey Domachowski,
Ryan Elias, Taulupe Faletau, Tomas Francis, Dafydd Jenkins, Dewi Lake,
Dillon Lewis, Dan Lydiate, Jac Morgan, Tommy Refffell, Will Rowlands,
Nicky Smith, Gareth Thomas, Henry Thomas, Christ Tshiunza, Aaron Wainwright.

Back: Josh Adams, Gareth Anscombe, Dan Biggar, Sam Costelow,
Gareth Davies, Rio Dyer, Mason Grady, Leigh Halfpenny, George North,
Louis Rees-Zammit, Nick Tompkins, Johnny Williams, Liam Williams,
Tomos Williams.

Australia squad for the Rugby World Cup

Attackers: Angus Bell, Pone Fa’amausili, Zane Nonggorr, Blake Schoupp, James Slipper, Taniela Tupou, Matt Faessler, Dave Precki, Jordan Uelese, Richie Arnold, Nick Frost, Matt Philip, Will Skelton (captain), Langi Gleeson, Tom Hooper , Josh Kemeny, Rob Leota, Fraser McReight, Rob Valetini.

Back: Issak Fines-Leleiwasa, Tate McDermott, Nic White, Carter Gordon, Lalakai Foketi, Samu Kerevi, Izaia Perese, Jordan Petaia, Max Jorgensen, Andrew Kellaway, Marika Koroibete, Mark Nawaqanitawase, Suliasi Vunivalu, Ben Donaldson.

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Wales vs Australia: what was said?

Australian head coach Jones admits this match is the Wallabies’ last chance.

Speaking after Fiji’s defeat, he said: “If you do the numbers, it’s probably going to be a (do or die) game.

“We now head to Wales. These are the weeks you remember where you are under the pump a lot and you have to produce a good performance.

“We’re starting to think about how we should play against Wales. The only thing we’re worried about is Wales this week.

“We would be happy to play them tomorrow if they wanted to. We would arrange the television coverage. We look forward to the challenge.”