Semi Final - South Africa

[francoisfou]

Good luck, boys, although you must be nervous. I am, and I’m not Welsh!

[normanski]

Been awake since 4.00 fretting in my mind.

Nervous as hell but if we can play well in the first twenty minutes I will feel more confident we can come through.

[Galfon]

Pretty even so far..Faf's kicking had caused some confusion.

[Galfon]

Wal 0 - 3 SA 14 mins.
Pen. Pollard.

[Galfon]

Good riposte.Slick interplay on left
Wal 3 - 3 SA, 17 mins.
Pen. Biggar.
SA going for a kicky-kicky game.

[Galfon]

First scrum creak -
Wal 3 - 6 SA, 20 mins.
Pen. Pollard.

[Galfon]

Wal 3 - 9 SA, 35 mins.
Pen. Pollard
Francis takes nasty shoulder hit.

[normanski]

Tomas is off

[Galfon]

North's right hammy gone ?..still on.maybe cramp then.

[Galfon]

Wal 6 - 9 SA, 39 mins.
Pen Biggar.
North off.

[francoisfou]

Tough on “Georgia” North, as the French tv commentators call him.

[Galfon]

HT 6 - 9
Wales fitness vs. SA power / size game, including 6 forwards on bench to be unleashed.
Anyone's game.

[normanski]

Not a good advert for Wales rugby but we’re hanging in there.

[switchskier]

Not a thrilling watch so far. Neither team see to have an attacking tactic beyond the garryowen.

[Sandydragon]

As expected, it’s pretty brutal. Wales beginning to take casualties which isn’t great and when we get the ball we are taking an age to get it ways from the ruck.

We don’t look like scoring a try, but we need some territory and possession if we are relying on penalties.

[Galfon]

2 unforced errors by SA - a chink.
Faf has a strop about it..
9 - 9 Pen Biggar, 45 mins.

[J Dory]

Wales - pick and go twice then box kick, rinse and repeat. I was hoping for a Wales England final, based on this game plan I'm rooting for SA.

[Spy]

This is fucking terrible

[Galfon]

Williams has upped the pace.
Biggar's given up posession twice in few minutes.

[Galfon]

3 SA dive off feet into ruck.

[Renniks]

Surely change Biggar now - multiple mistakes - and the game plan hasn't worked - it's kept you in touch but that's it

[Galfon]

de Allende can be unstoppable -
Try , con. Pollard 58 mins.
9 - 16

[Mikey Brown]

I still don’t understand what happened with the karate kick/power bomb thing between du Toit and Moriarty. Was it nothing?

[switchskier]

Big call to go to the corner. Must get something here.

[Lizard]

This is a fucking horrible game. 60 minutes of poorly received box kicks. At this rate, for the good of the game, I think it would be best if England won the final.

I’ve just poured about a quadruple Laphroaig to get the taste of that statement out of my mouth.