FULLBACK Damian Willemse slotted a penalty after the full-time hooter sounded to give the Springboks a narrow 32-29 win over Wales on Saturday in Pretoria.
The hotly fancied Springboks, who trailed by 15 points after a woeful first-half performance, took full advantage of Welsh ill-discipline to snatch victory.
Wales, nine places below top-ranked South Africa, were reduced to 12 men at one point in the closing stages due to yellow cards and finished with 13 men.
Captain and flyhalf Dan Biggar was sin-binned late in the opening half and Alun Wyn Jones, two-try star Louis Rees-Zammit and Rhys Carre later suffered similar fates.
After a penalty try gave South Africa a 29-24 lead on 75 minutes, Wales hit back with hooker Dewi Lake barging over for a try to level the scores, but Biggar saw his conversion veer just right of the post.
Biggar was then penalised for a deliberate
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