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Australia injuries mount ahead of high pressure Wales game

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DUBLIN : Australia's Andrew Kellaway, Hunter Paisami, Dave Porecki and Taniela Tupou are definitely out of next weekend's final Northern Hemisphere test series finale against Wales, coach Dave Rennie said after Saturday's 13-10 defeat to Ireland.Centre Paisami left the field after just three minutes with a knee problem, hooker Porecki was concussed, fullback Kellaway sustained a foot injury and prop Tupou was carted off clutching his Achilles in pain a minute after coming off the bench.

Number eight Rob Valetini is also doubtful with an ankle injury, Rennie said after his side slumped to their ninth loss in 13 games this season a week after their first ever defeat to lowly Italy."We'll be going to the depths of the squad again but I guarantee you there are guys itching for another opportunity after the Italy effort.

The medics are going to be busy," the under-pressure coach told a news conference.Although the defeat was the third in four games this tour, it was by another razor thin margin after one-point losses to Italy and France.

Their one victory was also by the same margin over Scotland.They also probably deserved to come away from Dublin with more after enjoying greater amount of possession and forcing Ireland to do more defending, although the host's were far from their clinical best without captain Johnny Sexton.

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