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Mon 09 Sep 2007Barnes storm puts wind in Wallaby sails Pool B/Wales 20 Australia 32:The Northern Hemisphere slump continues and it doesn't look like any European team possesses the physicality or technical proficiency to reverse Tri-Nations dominance.Wales folded, at home no less and with minimal resistance, though judging from the many empty seats in the Millennium Stadium their ultra-partisan public (this is the national pastime remember) feared as much from the start. To make matters worse, those nomadic Australians spattered with gold the red canvas that was the crowd of 71,022.