Courageous Wales go so close to beating world champs in a thriller

■By PETER JACKSON

South Africa ....32pts
Tries: Mbonambi 46, Marx 51, Kolbe 65, Penalty 74
Conversions: Willemse 48, 67
Penalties: Jantjies 18, Willemse 80

Wales ................29pts
Tries: Rees-Zammit 3, 32, Lake 77
Conversions: Biggar 33
Penalties: Biggar 20, 55, 63
Drop-goals: Biggar 9
Dan Biggar has endured some tumultuous times during 14 years in the hottest of seats but never anything to match the fateful finale of the most heroic Welsh performance under an African sky.
With time rapidly running out for the harassed World Cup holders, the captain had a conversion to give his 1...

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