Wales scrape win as Leigh Halfpenny penalty halts South Africa fightback
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• Wales 24-22 South Africa• Wales escape embarrassment after buckling under to Springboks onslaughtA reasonably entertaining, if insubstantial, frolic ended the autumn series. The difference between two weakened sides was a conversion, Handré Pollard hitting a post after scoring his side’s second try, but Wales could take considerably more out of the game than the Springboks, who played as if they had been lobotomised. One of the game’s superpowers has become mind-numbingly ordinary, in effect beaten by two early sucker punches.Wales went back to a habit they have found hard to kick and scored…





