South Africa v Wales LIVE rugby: Result and reaction as Springboks win the series in Cape Town

Reaction from Cape Town as Wales lose to the Springboks in the series decider

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South Africa won a decisive third Test 30-14 versus Wales to secure the series 2-1 and halt a run of northern hemisphere victories after success for Ireland and England earlier in the day.

Fly-half Handre Polland scored 20 points, including the first try, as the world champions outscored the tourists three tries to one.

Bongi Mbonambi and captain Siya Kolisi added the other Springbok tries with Pollard kicking three conversions and three penalties.

Tommy Reffell went over for the Welsh try and skipper Dan Bigger added three penalties for the tourists, who upset the hosts in last week’s second Test in Bloemfontein to set up a series decider.

Follow all the action from South Africa vs Wales below with our live blog:

South Africa vs Wales - deciding Test

• Springboks beat Wales in Cape Town to take the series victory 2-1
• FULL-TIME! South Africa 30-14 Wales
• 78’ - PENALTY! Pollard seals the victory ofr Springboks (SA 27-14)
• 53’ - TRY! Kolisi forces his way over(SA 24-14 Wal)
• 48’ - PENALTY! A third Biggar penalty of the day tightens the game further (SA 17-14 Wal)
• 38’ - TRY! Mbonambi scores a try on his 50th cap (SA 17-8 Wal)
• 19’ - TRY! Adams offloads to Reffell for the score (SA 10-5 Wal)
• 15’ - TRY! Pollard crash over after sustained Springbok pressure (SA 10-0 Wal)

[16 July 2022 16:25 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

TRY! SOUTH AFRICA 10-0 Wales (Handre Pollard try, 15 minutes)

And his fly-half completes the job! Hendrikse was hasty in tapping just as Matt Carley appeared set to give Wales a final warning about their scrum-time conduct, but his gamble pays off.

The scrum-half provides sharp service as the big bodies create craters up the centre. South Africa play wider, and Handre Pollard takes Hendrikse’s pass and burrows between two Welsh tacklers to dive over. Pollard adds the extra two.

[16 July 2022 16:24 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

South Africa 3-0 Wales, 13 minutes

Wales are penalised again and this time Jaden Hendrikse taps and goes quickly! Wales somehow halt the little scrum-half, who passes the baton over to his forwards...

[16 July 2022 16:23 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

South Africa 3-0 Wales, 12 minutes

Pressure on Wales’ eight again and Gareth Thomas is penalised. Frans Malherbe is a great boulder of a man and he is winning the intial hit, turning Thomas in.

South Africa, unsurprisingly, fancy another heave-ho.

[16 July 2022 16:22 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

South Africa 3-0 Wales, 11 minutes

Six heads hit the deck as the two front rows struggle to keep their feet. The suggestion from all interested parties were that it would be tough to stay up at scrum time on a turf known to churn up.

[16 July 2022 16:21 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

South Africa 3-0 Wales, 10 minutes

Wales are marched back at a rate of knots on this occasion and South Africa have the advantage. Jasper Wiese bristles away in search of more, but is just about held.

Around the corner pile the forwards, with Wiese again carrying close to the posts. But it all goes awry, Handre Pollard running out of options and prodding meekly into the belly of a Welshman in front of him.

South Africa will scrum again.

[16 July 2022 16:20 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

South Africa 3-0 Wales, 9 minutes

A huge test for the Welsh front row as South Africa look to attack this scrum. The Springboks are perhaps fortunate that their lunge on set, which appears to unsteady things, results only in a reset rather than a free kick to the Welsh.

The front rows will try again.

[16 July 2022 16:18 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

No try! South Africa 3-0 Wales, 8 minutes

Just short? De Allende had kept his legs pumping and the timely arrival of Lukhanyo Am propelled him onwards, and while the suspicion is that the nose of the ball might just have brushed a painted blade of grass, there isn’t an angle that shows it.

The on-field call is no try - and it will stay that way. South Africa scrum five out.

[16 July 2022 16:17 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

Try? Damian de Allende looks to be just short, but this one is going upstairs to the TMO

South Africa’s maul had advanced to within a couple of metres, and a powerful surge from De Allende got the Springboks closer still. But did he place it over the line?

[16 July 2022 16:16 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

South Africa 3-0 Wales, 7 minutes

Damian Willemse claims and nearly scores! South Africa are getting such aerial joy, this time their full-back haring up on the chase and cutting beautiful shapes in the Cape Town air, beating a grounded Dan Biggar. Biggar holds on desperately to an ankle as Willemse eyes the line - and concedes the penalty as Willemse tries to release and go again. South Africa kick into the left corner, from where they’ll launch a mighty rumble.

[16 July 2022 16:14 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

South Africa 3-0 Wales, 6 minutes

This is an electric start from South Africa. Again they steal ball in the air and Eben Etzebeth stomps around Nick Tompkins, threatening to burn the centre on the outside. A stray pass ends the movement but Wales look rocked by this fast start.