The Springboks wanted an 83rd minute penalty from Damian Willemse to edge Wales 32-29 in an exciting first Test at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday night.
A dismal first half noticed the hosts in actual bother, trailing 18-3 on the break, however as soon as their maul began working, they powered again with 4 second-half tries, with the edges stage going over the 80-minute mark, earlier than Willemse stepped as much as win the sport.
Wales obtained off to a flying begin in the match as they went over for the opening strive after simply three minutes.
From a messy Bok lineout in the Welsh half, the guests steal the ball and assault at tempo, spreading the ball extensive wuickly the place proper wing Louis Rees-Zammit receives it on the overlap and sprints away to attain in the nook, with flyhalf Dan Biggar lacking the conversion.
Six minutes later with little on in the Bok half, Biggar seems up and hammers over an extended vary drop purpose to provide his facet an 8-0 lead.
The Boks then had an opportunity to get on the board in the 14th minute, however his lengthy vary penalty try from a tough place got here again off the put up, however his subsequent shot three minutes later was from a neater place and he duly put the Boks on the board at 8-3.
Biggar then responded together with his personal penalty in the 20th minute to place them again eight factors forward.
Another messy lineout in the 33rd minute, this time for Wales, noticed them rating their second as an overthrown ball was caught by Jantjies who then misplaced it, with the ball hacked forward for Rees-Zammit to run onto it and rating, with Biggar’s extras giving them a 15 level lead on the break.
Boks come alive
The Boks then lastly got here alive initially of the second half, as their maul lastly began working.
Two 5 metre lineouts in the 47th and 50th minutes ended with two tries as hooker Bongi Mbonambi dotted down the primary and substitute hooker Malcolm Marx broke off and powered over for the second, with Damian Willemse nailing one conversion to make it 18-15.
Biggar nevertheless saved Wales forward with two penalties in the 54th and 62nd minutes, taking their lead over a transformed strive forward at 24-15.
The Boks then went over for his or her third strive in the 66th minute as they attacked from a lineout on Wales 22m, spreading the ball a technique and again the opposite, with substitute again Willie le Roux stabbing by means of a grubber for proper wing Cheslin Kolbe to dot down, with Willemse’s extras making it 24-22.
Wales substitute lock Alun Wyn Jones was yellow carded for foul play in the construct as much as that strive, and was then joined in the sin bin by Rees-Zammit for a cynical foul at a ruck with the Boks simply metres out in the 74th minute.
The penalty was then kicked into the nook and the Boks had been rumbling their maul over when it was introduced down illegally resulting in a penalty strive, as they took the lead for the primary time in the match.
Replacement prop Rhys Carre was yellow carded for bringing the maul down, swapping locations with Wyn Jones who returned to the sphere.
Straight from the kick-off Wales then earned a penalty, kicked into the nook and arrange a maul, with substitute hooker Dewi Lake breaking off and powering over to attract the scores stage, with Biggar lacking the conversion and permitting Willemse to be the hero a couple of minutes later.
Scorers
Springboks: Tries – Bongi Mbonambi, Malcolm Marx, Cheslin Kolbe, Penalty Try; Conversions – Damian Willemse (2); Penalties – Elton Jantjies, Willemse
Wales: Tries – Louis Rees-Zammit (2), Dewi Lake; Conversion – Dan Biggar; Penalties – Biggar (3); Drop Goal: Biggar
