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28 mins. The plan for Wales on their own scrum is to get the ball in quick then boot it back to Wainwright to pick up as quick as he can. This has worked well twice now, and the latest version here allows Hardy to clear the ball.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n 26 mins. Excellent maul defence from Wales at the lineout forces it to the ground where the ball is trapped in. Wales must now weather a head and feed scrum on their own 5m line.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.39 EST<\/p>\n 24 mins. Another scrum, another total folding of the Wales pack leads to a penalty. There is an attempt to run the advantage, but it comes to nothing, so SA set up for a 5m lineout.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 22 mins. Wales have their best couple of minutes of the game with a well won lineout leading to an attack in the SA half. The ball is fizzed around before a clever kick from Murray puts Willemse under some pressure; that is immediately relived when Murray get his arms too high in the tackle and catches the Bok fullback\u2019s head.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 19 mins. South Africa are warming up now, with Feinberg-Mngomezulu to the fore dancing through a gap and finding Kolisi with an offload. The ball is recycled quickly on the 22, but Esterhuizen can\u2019t hold the next pass.<\/p>\n Wales quickly fish the ball out of the resulting scrum and send the ball away via the boot.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 17 mins. The ball is fumbled forward by a Wales hand on the restart, which means another scrum for Wales to survive. It takes a while to set before eventually the ref awards a free kick against SA for early engagement. Small victories.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>TRY! Wales 0 – 14 South Africa (Ethan Hooker)<\/p>\n 14 mins. Another Bok scrum puts a lot of pressure on the Wales pack, but this time on the penalty advantage they move to the blind side, with Feinberg-Mngomezulu drifting across the defence. His lateral movement creates a two-on-one out wide that Hooker takes advantage of.<\/p>\n Another two points added.<\/p>\n Ethan Hooker races in to score South Africa\u2019s second try. Photograph: Gareth Everett\/Huw Evans\/ShutterstockHooker (right) is congratulated by his teammates. Photograph: Andrew Matthews\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.35 EST<\/p>\n 11 mins. Wales defended that SA set pretty well, which I know sounds daft seeing as they conceded a try, but the organisation and physicality was good for large parts of it. There\u2019s some more positives for the home side when Hawkins and Roberts combine in midfield to very nearly create a chance for Mee to have run up the touchline. The pass from Roberts is just behind the winger, however.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>TRY! Wales 0 – 7 South Africa (Gerhard Steenekamp)<\/p>\n 9 mins. The visitors are up to double figures phases of punishing carries in the Wales 22, and the inevitable comes when the big prop crashes over with a run from three metres.<\/p>\n Two points added from the tee.<\/p>\n Gerhard Steenekamp of South Africa reaches out to score his team\u2019s first try. Photograph: Gareth Everett\/Huw Evans\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.37 EST<\/p>\n 6 mins. It\u2019s taken six minutes, but the first scrum penalty is awarded against Wales after the Boks drop the hammer and shove the Welsh pack back to Bridgend, splintering it along the way.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 4 mins. Two passes are all that\u2019s needed from the Boks to get Moodie running outside Mee on the blindside . The SA winger then completely airswipes his attempt to kick the ball forward to start a foot race with the retreating defence which cues some laughs from the crowd. Gotta take your fun where you can find it at Wales games these days\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.18 EST<\/p>\n 2 mins. Wales have the first lineout of the game on their own 22 after Willemse finds touch. Lake fires it long over the top to Mann running, but it comes to little and the ball is kicked away by Hardy.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.15 EST<\/p>\n Kick Off!<\/p>\n Dan Edwards boots the ball high to get us underway.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Our man in the stadium, Michael Aylwin, has this \u201cThe Principality Stadium is not full. They reckon on about 50,000. The roof is closed and the Welsh anthem ringing out with the usual gusto. Come back at full-time to check the latest update on the health of Welsh rugby\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The teams are out into the covered stadium in Cardiff. There are lots of empty seats as the teams settle in for the pre-match formalities.<\/p>\n In the filled seats you\u2019ll find a young Wales fan in a rather natty outfit. Photograph: Geraint Nicholas\/Huw Evans\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.12 EST<\/p>\n Pre match reading<\/p>\n Have a read of Dan Gallan\u2019s reflections on the November just gone<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n As you can tell, I\u2019m not happy with the WRU. You may have a different view and you can share that, or anything else with me on the email<\/a>.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Teams<\/p>\n The big selection news is that Rassie Erasmus has gone back to his patented 7-1 bench, with scrum-half Cobus Reinach the only back selected as cover.<\/p>\n The Wales bench has a total of 39 caps, while the Boks have 359. This is just one example of the experience gap between the two teams, and that\u2019s before you consider the ability gap. The game could be a good development experience for the unfledged home squad, but it could also get very messy.<\/p>\n Wales Replacements: Brodie Coghlan, Danny Southworth, Chris Coleman, James Ratti, Morgan Morse, Reuben Morgan-Williams, Callum Sheedy, Ben Thomas.<\/p>\n South Africa Replacements: Bongi Mbonambi, Zachary Porthen, Asenathi Ntlabakanye, Eben Etzebeth, Marco van Staden, Ben-Jason Dixon, Kwagga Smith, Cobus Reinach<\/p>\n
Blair Murray; Ellis Mee, Joe Roberts, Joe Hawkins, Rio Dyer; Dan Edwards, Kieran Hardy; Gareth Thomas, Dewi Lake, Keiron Assiratti, Ben Carter; Rhys Davies, Taine Plumtree, Alex Mann, Aaron Wainwright.<\/p>\n
Damian Willemse; Ethan Hooker, Damian de Allende, Andre Esterhuizen, Canan Moodie; Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Morne van den Berg; Gerhard Steenekamp, Johan Grobbelaar, Wilco Louw; Jean Kleyn, Ruan Nortje; Siya Kolisi, Franco Mostert, Jasper Wiese.<\/p>\n