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CARDIFF, Wales -- Wales woke up on Saturday morning targeting the worlds top four, and with revenge against Australia very much on their collective mind.On arriving at the Principality Stadium, fans were implored to cheer on the team as red flags emblazoned with the word TRY were left dotted around the ground.But, while some fantastic attacking rugby did follow before those same supporters filed out into the Cardiff evening, it was played almost exclusively by players wearing gold. The Wallabies frenetic first-half assault on the Welsh line - which could have yielded a far greater margin of victory than the 32-8 final score - secured Australias 12th successive win in this fixture and only highlighted just how far Wales currently are from achieving their goal.The score shows we struggled a little bit in defence in the first half, Ross Moriarty admitted afterwards.You could obviously tell they had been together for a long time, on the back of the [Rugby] Championship. You could see how experienced and well-drilled they were.The Gloucester back-rower added: Obviously it was quick and its not comfortable when youre a forward coming out of the scrum and theyre making quite a decent gain off the first phase.Of course, there were mitigating factors. Interim head coach Rob Howley was already without Sam Warburton, Alun Wyn Jones and Taulupe Faletau when Jonathan Davies withdrew with a tight hamstring hours before kick-off.Scott Williams introduction from outside of the match-day squad would have disrupted defensive systems in a team that already featured Moriarty playing out of position at No. 8.But that does not completely explain how a side that not too long ago prided itself on its defence has shipped 26 tries in their last five Test matches.At times it looked as though the Wallabies were playing a different game to their hosts, as a sparsely populated Principality Stadium was subdued by the running lines of Bernard Foley, Tevita Kuridrani and Israel Folau.Australia were able to carve through the Welsh defence with such alarming ease that it was a surprise that the hosts were able to hold out when Dan Biggar went into the bin for 10 minutes.They were cutting us quite well in the backs, Moriarty conceded. A bit of composure in our defence and I think we would have been alright.The veracity of Australias start in Cardiff also hinted at another factor in their one-sided win - preparation time. Wallabies head coach Michael Cheika has been able to fine tune his squad following a series against England and a full Rugby Championship campaign.Australia might not have fared well in either but the time the squad has spent together, and the work it has done on the training pitch, will have been invaluable. By contrast, Howleys squad had less than a fortnight to pick up where they left off in New Zealand, in June.We always knew the challenges of coming in with such a short preparation and the Welsh probably faced that [on Saturday], Wallabies fly-half Bernard Foley said. Its tough when you get everyone back from their club sides and have a week to prepare.Test match footy is something totally different to your provincial and club competitions. It goes up a notch and you only have to be off by little margins and you lose Test matches.But as Howley prepares Wales to face Argentina next Saturday, it is not all doom and gloom. Warburton played 80 minutes for Cardiff Blues against Treviso on Friday night, suggesting a recall might not be far away, while Faletau was moving spritely as he left the Principality Stadium.Moreover, replacement Hallam Amos provided an electric cameo against Australia that threatened to inspire an improbable fightback.The Newport Gwent Dragons wing provided a much needed spark when he came on for George North, engineering the move that ended with Williams try and almost dotting down himself.Amos provides Howley -- and ultimately Warren Gatland -- with an alternative to the brute force of North and Alex Cuthbert. 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An extra round is staged in case of a tie. If there is still a tie, the fastest team wins.Team dressage (3 or 4 riders): 2 rounds. The competitors first take part in the Grand Prix, which determines the 6 best teams for the final event, the Grand Prix Special. The riders are awarded marks by a panel of judges. The points of the 3 best riders in each team are taken into account. The team with the highest points total for both the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Special is declared the winner.Individual dressage: 3 rounds. The Grand Prix determines the 36 competitors for the Grand Prix Special. The top 18 progress to the final, a free programme set to music.Individual eventing: 4 rounds, in the following order: dressage, cross-country and 2 rounds of show jumping. Only 1 horse per rider. The rider with the fewest penalty points is declared the winner. Only the top 25 riders in the standings take part in the second show jumping round.Team eventing (3 or 4 riders, but only the top 3 are taken into account): The results of the team event are determined by the first 3 rounds of the individual event: dressage, cross-country and show juumping.dddddddddddd. The team with the fewest penalty points is declared the winner.MILESTONES680 BCIn the 25th ancient Olympic Games, equestrian races are held for the first time in Olympia.1900Individual show jumping makes its Olympic debut at the Paris Games. The equestrian high jump and long jump are also included in the programme. Only military officers are allowed to participate.1912Olympic debuts for dressage and eventing. Absent from the 1904 and 1908 Games, individual show jumping makes its return along with a team event.1952Equestrian events are opened to civilians for the first time, and to all levels of military staff. Women are allowed to participate in the dressage event.1956With strict Australian quarantine laws in place before the Melbourne Games in 1956, the Olympic equestrian events are held in Stockholm.1988All events are mixed from this date onwards.STARSPierre Jonquères dOriola (France)The Frenchman is the only competitor to have won 2 indvidual show jumping titles, in 1952 and 1964. He also won Olympic silver in the team event in 1964 and 1968, and an individual world title in 1966.Reiner Klimke (Germany & West Germany)The king of dressage. Klimke won 6 Olympic gold medals, 1 in individual dressage and 5 in team dressage, the last in 1988 at the age of 52. A record for any rider across all equestrian disciplines. He was also a two-time world champion and three-time European champion in individual dressage.Mark Todd (New Zealand)The eventing specialist. Double Olympic champion in individual eventing in 1984 and 1988, bronze medallist in 2000, and silver medallist at the 1998 world championships. Also won 2 Olympic bronze medals and 2 world championship golds in team eventing. ' ' '