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FT: South Africa 41-13 Wales
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So that’s it from west London where South Africa have eased to a five-try victory over Wales.
It’s a seventh defeat in a row for Wales and Warren Gatland who insists there were plenty of positives to take from the 41-13 loss.
Among those were up front where the likes of captain Dewi Lake, Taine Plumtree and Gareth Thomas showed up well.
Sam Costelow offered glimpses of control while Liam Williams was simply a step ahead of the rest of the Welsh backline.
And there were yet more new caps blooded with Ellis Bevan, James Ratti, Eddie James and Jacob Beetham all making their Test debuts.
But while Wales did well to recover from two early tries and two cards to come within a point at half-time, they were blown away in the second half.
The other positive was that the already depleted squad looks to have come through a bruising encounter with the only concern over tight-head Keiron Assiratti.
Wales’ gruelling 18-game season now ploughs on to Australia where they face two Tests against the Wallabies.
South Africa meanwhile will be glad to get that rusty display out of their system before taking on Six Nations champs Ireland.
So join us for more live coverage of both of those tours.
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