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Key occasions
YELLOW CARD! Aaron Wainwright (Wales)
Within the run up, Wainwright was excessive within the deal with and his shoulder made contact with the top. He’s off and the bunker will evaluation it.
TRY! Wales 0 – 54 South Africa (Andre Esterhuizen)
53 minutes. Each possession from the Boks within the Wales half now leads to a attempt, just about. The most recent is a straightforward draw and move transfer repeated all the way in which left to the massive centre to race over on the left touchline.
52 minutes. Wales have a lineout simply contained in the Bok half as Rassie empties the bench and makes all eight replacements in a single go. The ball is received by the house aspect and moved left, however there’s an comprehensible desperation about their passing and the ultimate one is behind Mee and into contact.
TRY! Wales 0 – 49 South Africa (Canan Moodie)
49 minutes. There’s some Wales possession within the Bok half, which strikes the ball left and proper, however it’s very lateral and in the end results in the ball going to floor. That is leapt on by Moodie who boots it ahead to chase to the road, collect it and rating with three Welsh defenders trailing in his jetwash.
TRY! Wales 0 – 42 South Africa (Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu)
46 minutes. It seems like Wales have performed a very good job spoiling SA possession however the ref concludes it was arms within the ruck. This provides Feinberg-Mngomezulu to rapidly faucet the ball and race 30 metres to the road.
He converts his personal rating.
YELLOW CARD! Taine Plumtree (Wales)
Plumtree was offside within the run as much as the try to pays the worth for the constant offside infringements by his workforce.
TRY! Wales 0 – 35 South Africa (Wilco Louw)
44 minutes. Wales do one other nice job of defending a Bok maul from a lineout near the road which forces the ball to the backs. However the effort undertaken to include the maul means there a gaps elsewhere and Louw is over.
42 minutes. Some phases with the ball within the center third by South Africa result in Wales being offside in defence. They’re understandably trying a giant blitz, however timing was barely off.
Second Half
The sport is afoot as soon as extra
Extra half-time postbag, this one from Matt Dony
“The WRU ought to have been watching the Welsh FA carefully over the past 15 years or so, and brought copious notes. The Welsh FA has made so many good choices, put the followers first, employed the suitable individuals with the suitable expertise, used the price range pretty throughout all Welsh soccer, simply typically helped the sport to flourish.
Sure, I do know it’s completely different, however the WRU haven’t performed ANY of these issues. And the outcomes communicate for themselves. A sport towards the Springboks, and the stadium is nowhere close to full? It’s simply one other symptom of a deeper malaise. Richard Collier-Keywood boasted about how he has ‘enjoyable on this job, day by day.’ These hooked up to Scarlets and Ospreys, who don’t know whether or not they have a future and might’t make plans, are usually not having enjoyable. The followers paying extortionate costs to observe poor performances are usually not having enjoyable. The entire set-up is simply not ok.”
“Your tone is patronising and unfair.” says Gareth Thomas “This sport was organized when Wales have been of their pomp. There needs to be a rebuilding course of and there’s a lot to reward on this Autumn collection.”
This fixture was organized in COVID, and there was loads of contracts and agreements that have been determined as not wanted since then. Wales have additionally performed SA seven occasions since 2020, so dropping this one wouldn’t have been a hardship for anybody. Wales additionally completed that 12 months shedding 32-9 to Eire, so I don’t agree along with your definition of their standing at the moment.
I agree that there are some positives from this Autumn for Wales, which I referenced within the preamble as being another excuse why this fixture was a silly thought given it was all the time more likely to be this fashion. Now the final fixture of the collection is an utter pasting
This sport has nothing to do with a rebuilding course of and the whole lot to do with the WRU being completely dreadful at their job.
Half time!
PEEEEEEP! That’s final act of a wholly anticipated half of rugby.
TRY! Wales 0 – 28 South Africa (Morne van den Berg)
40+3 minutes. A completely large carry by Esterhuizen clatters to inside a metre and two quick phases later the scrum half is over to attain.
40+1 minutes. South African rampage 80 metres again the opposite approach and are hammering away on the Wales line. The ball is fumbled, however the defence have been offside and so the guests will go once more earlier than half time.
39 minutes. A robust maul in the course of park by Wales is adopted by a very good declare of a kick chase by Dyer. The ball is fizzed to Edwards who tries to find Mee in acres of area on the suitable with a cross-kick. It’s overcooked and Mee can solely screw his try and volley it into contact.
38 minutes. A Boks catch and drive contained in the 22 is held nonetheless by Wales, which forces the guests to maneuver it out to the backs. They transfer all of it the way in which to the suitable the place Willemse joins the road out vast, however a double deal with from Roberts and Dyer stops him and forces a penalty.
35 minutes. The lineout, the one factor that has functioned for Wales on this sport, chooses now to go haywire with Lake overthrowing Mann on the tail. The unfastened ball is pounced on by Edwards however his workforce mates are penalised for sealing off after they arrive to help him.
33 minutes. WALES HAVE WON A SCRUM PENALTY! Blow the whistle, cease the rely, finish the sport, and many others, for absolutely it can not get higher than this.
22m lineout for Wales incoming.
TRY! Wales 0 – 21 South Africa (Jasper Wiese)
30 minutes. Kolisi has a dart on the line from quick metres after one other imperious march into the Wales 5m space from his forwards. The captain is held up quick and the ball is flung vast in direction of Hooker however it drifts ahead.
There was a bonus being performed nevertheless, and South Africa take the scrum choice and snowplough Wales off their path for Wiese to dot it down.
28 minutes. The plan for Wales on their very own scrum is to get the ball in fast then boot it again to Wainwright to select up as fast as he can. This has labored properly twice now, and the newest model right here permits Hardy to clear the ball.
26 minutes. Glorious maul defence from Wales on the lineout forces it to the bottom the place the ball is trapped in. Wales should now climate a head and feed scrum on their very own 5m line.
24 minutes. One other scrum, one other whole folding of the Wales pack results in a penalty. There’s an try and run the benefit, however it involves nothing, so SA arrange for a 5m lineout.
22 minutes. Wales have their finest couple of minutes of the sport with a properly received lineout resulting in an assault within the SA half. The ball is fizzed round earlier than a intelligent kick from Murray places Willemse below some strain; that’s instantly relived when Murray get his arms too excessive within the deal with and catches the Bok fullback’s head.
19 minutes. South Africa are warming up now, with Feinberg-Mngomezulu to the fore dancing by way of a spot and discovering Kolisi with an offload. The ball is recycled rapidly on the 22, however Esterhuizen can’t maintain the following move.
Wales rapidly fish the ball out of the ensuing scrum and ship the ball away by way of the boot.
17 minutes. The ball is fumbled ahead by a Wales hand on the restart, which implies one other scrum for Wales to outlive. It takes some time to set earlier than finally the ref awards a free kick towards SA for early engagement. Small victories.
TRY! Wales 0 – 14 South Africa (Ethan Hooker)
14 minutes. One other Bok scrum places loads of strain on the Wales pack, however this time on the penalty benefit they transfer to the blind aspect, with Feinberg-Mngomezulu drifting throughout the defence. His lateral motion creates a two-on-one out vast that Hooker takes benefit of.
One other two factors added.
11 minutes. Wales defended that SA set fairly properly, which I do know sounds daft seeing as they conceded a attempt, however the organisation and physicality was good for big components of it. There’s some extra positives for the house aspect when Hawkins and Roberts mix in midfield to very practically create an opportunity for Mee to have run up the touchline. The move from Roberts is simply behind the winger, nevertheless.
TRY! Wales 0 – 7 South Africa (Gerhard Steenekamp)
9 minutes. The guests are as much as double figures phases of punishing carries within the Wales 22, and the inevitable comes when the massive prop crashes over with a run from three metres.
Two factors added from the tee.
6 minutes. It’s taken six minutes, however the first scrum penalty is awarded towards Wales after the Boks drop the hammer and shove the Welsh pack again to Bridgend, splintering it alongside the way in which.
4 minutes. Two passes are all that’s wanted from the Boks to get Moodie operating exterior Mee on the blindside . The SA winger then fully airswipes his try and kick the ball ahead to start out a foot race with the retreating defence which cues some laughs from the group. Gotta take your enjoyable the place you could find it at Wales video games lately…
2 minutes. Wales have the primary lineout of the sport on their very own 22 after Willemse finds contact. Lake fires it lengthy excessive to Mann operating, however it involves little and the ball is kicked away by Hardy.
Kick Off!
Dan Edwards boots the ball excessive to get us underway.
Our man within the stadium, Michael Aylwin, has this “The Principality Stadium is just not full. They reckon on about 50,000. The roof is closed and the Welsh anthem ringing out with the same old gusto. Come again at full-time to test the newest replace on the well being of Welsh rugby”
The groups are out into the lined stadium in Cardiff. There are many empty seats because the groups settle in for the pre-match formalities.
Pre match studying
Have a learn of Dan Gallan’s reflections on the November simply gone
As you may inform, I’m not pleased with the WRU. You will have a unique view and you’ll share that, or the rest with me on the e-mail.
Groups
The massive choice information is that Rassie Erasmus has gone again to his patented 7-1 bench, with scrum-half Cobus Reinach the one again chosen as cowl.
The Wales bench has a complete of 39 caps, whereas the Boks have 359. This is only one instance of the expertise hole between the 2 groups, and that’s earlier than you contemplate the power hole. The sport could possibly be a very good growth expertise for the unfledged house squad, however it might additionally get very messy.
Wales
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.
Replacements: Brodie Coghlan, Danny Southworth, Chris Coleman, James Ratti, Morgan Morse, Reuben Morgan-Williams, Callum Sheedy, Ben Thomas.
South Africa
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.
Replacements: Bongi Mbonambi, Zachary Porthen, Asenathi Ntlabakanye, Eben Etzebeth, Marco van Staden, Ben-Jason Dixon, Kwagga Smith, Cobus Reinach
Preamble
It’s tempting at this level to explain the Welsh Rugby Union as a clown present. However that will unfairly overlook the dedication and dedication, coaching, experience, and preparation to provide that circus primarily based leisure. The general public additionally respects clowns, even those that oddly concern them.
The WRU are extra like a Baboons On LSD present. Whereby a big group of hallucinating monkeys run about screaming, break the whole lot within the constructing then begin viciously consuming one another, with little regard for the paying viewers.
The most recent symptom of this company strategy from the custodian of the sport of rugby union in Wales is right now’s match. Scheduled as it’s exterior the agreed worldwide window, because of this an already challenged Wales workforce is shorn of its non-Wales primarily based gamers, whereas the nation’s home professional golf equipment are having to subject youngsters and rugby pensioners in league video games on the identical day.
However wait, it will get worse. The nationwide aspect are additionally having to play towards essentially the most highly effective power in world rugby at current, because the Springboks arrive in Cardiff having put each workforce they’ve confronted this November by way of their industrial shredder. That is all of the extra galling within the context of the Wales vs New Zealand match final week, a efficiency of small comforts from the boys in crimson when all anticipated a walloping for the ages.
Nicely, barring a miracle, that’s what coming right now whereas within the home United Rugby Championship, the professional golf equipment of Cymru face their very own daunting duties.
So, an egregious instance of rugby governance and planning all spherical from the nationwide union. The gamers and public have been shamefully let down for the most effective a part of a decade (and extra) and the state of affairs this weekend is the crowning prime hat filled with turds that exemplifies the entire mess. At this level, it’d truly be price letting the baboons have a go. How a lot worse might or not it’s?