South Africa v Wales - 2nd Test, Nelspruit

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South Africa:
15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 JP Pietersen, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Victor Matfield (c), 4 Flip van der Merwe ,3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.

Replacements:
16 Schalk Brits, 17 Gurthrö Steenkamp, 18 Coenie Oosthuizen, 19 Lodewyk de Jager, 20 Schalk Burger, 21 Ruan Pienaar, 22 Wynand Olivier,
23 Lwazi Mvovo.


Wales:
15 Liam Williams, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 George North, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Mike Phillips
8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Josh Turnbull, 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Alun-Wyn Jones (c), 4 Luke Charteris, 3 Samson Lee, 2 Ken Owens, 1 Gethin Jenkins

Replacements:
16 Matthew Rees, 17 Paul James, 18 Aaron Jarvis, 19 Jake Ball, 20 Dan Baker, 21 Gareth Davies, 22 James Hook, 23 Matthew Morgan


Date: Saturday, June 21
Venue: Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Kick-off: 15.00 (13.00 GMT)
Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)
Assistant referees: Romain Poite (France), Francesco Pastrana (Argentina)
TMO: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

I was confused as to why SA were throwing into that

I tell you what du plessis is right on the edge here, every tackle or breakdown could end up a penalty against him, or a turnover!

Wales are in the driving seat, they need possession, AND territory. Forget about running the clock down, they need another score

Kick it

I tell you what du plessis is right on the edge here, every tackle or breakdown could end up a penalty against him, or a turnover!

Wales are in the driving seat, they need possession, AND territory. Forget about running the clock down, they need another score

MOTM?

wales606 wrote:MOTM?

Can you give it 15 men???

Brilliant, keep it up Wales.

wales606 wrote:MOTM?

Jenkins for me.

Aaron Jarvis take a bow, he has come on and is dominating

One more penalty should do it Please

Just tuned in and was shocked by the score. This will be an epic result for Wales. When is the last time a European team achieved an away win against the Springboks?

rainbow-warrior wrote:One more penalty should do it Please

Please, please, please, please, please

Not sure I have felt this physically unwell watching a game!!

Dan Biggar has been phenomenal this tour - surely nobody can question his place anymore

Living dangerously, well done Liam Williams

It's going to be a Grandstand finish    

7 agonising minutes to hang on.

No!!!!!

SA lucky not to have been penalised twice for holding on in those phases.

If anyone could throw this game away...

It can't happen again? Can it?!

WHAT A TACKLE

Cmon Wales

Penalty try kick under the posts game over

Oh no. Definitely an illegal tackle.

NO!!!!!!!!!!


ARGGGGGG


I hate life

Aaaaargh. Tragedy.

Liam Williams again. He always seems to be involved with these acts of foul play. Doesnt have the right temperment and is lucky to be still on the pitch.

Come on Wales!

Game winner, only Wales could lose this game.

SA win, I thought they would by more but they have done it.

Really feel sorry for Wales, they deserve more, but sadly they just cannot close games out, their problem is that they are constantly trying to close games out instead of going on to win by more.

Wow, that kind of sucks.

This will be a penalty try and that is the correct decision.

Liam Williams is a bit of a fool because I really believe he would have been favourite to make the tackle if he just went in legally. Cheap shots have damaged Liam Williams in the past and cost his teams and it has happened again.

One minute for Wales to do something

I hate rugby

Have to say the law sounds pretty rubbish there. Worst case should really have been a draw, a kick under the posts in that instance is pretty harsh on them.

No yellow for Williams?

Wales Wales Wales, what have you done? Still time!

Impatient, should have gone more phases

so unlucky for wales. but i said last week that one day he was going to cost wales a big match with his dirty play and cheap shots. really gutted for wales...fingers crossed for a drop goal...

OMG a drop goal attempt from half way. Yup the same old same old

Gutted for Wales but for some time i've struggled to see why, when it comes to last gasp try-saving tackles in the corner, all kinds of illegal tackles seem to be allowed. Not only allowed but so many tackles which are applauded by the pundits would be yellows anywhere else on the field. Correct decision for me and one i'd like to see more consistently applied.

Heartbreaking.

And a drop goal pot shot from half way says everything that is wrong with NH rugby, down by 1 and no interest to go out and win the game, just hoping and praying for a penalty decision!

NH rugby is so far behind SH rugby mainly because of mindset

Should have kept the phases going for another few metres. Hard luck Wales so close. Williams is just a loose cannon and has cost his team again.

Liam Williams, never liked him, nasty player and in this case, stupid really. Hard luck Wales, very very unlucky.

How do NH teams always find a way to lose games?

Should have kept the phases going for another few metres. Hard luck Wales so close. Williams is just a loose cannon and has cost his team again.

STUPID STUPID IMPATIENCE!!!!

ARGGGGGGG

Jaysus these southern teams never accept defeat.

Seriously, this cannot keep happening. I don't understand

Wales will never win there with SH officials.
wont be allowed to happen, have to maintain the SH supremacy at all costs regardless of how many controversial decisions it takes.

If Biggar couldn't get over a drop goal from 30m why did he think he'd score from 50m?