Wales 12-45 South Africa: Dominant Springboks inflict 12th Wales loss in row

South Africa easily out-muscled an inexperienced Wales to underline the gulf between the teams.

That the world champions would extend Wales’ winless run to 12 games came as little surprise.

And once second-rows Franco Mostert and Eben Etzebeth had crossed inside eight minutes, it looked almost a certainty.

Kurt-Lee Arendse and Elrigh Louw also crossed in the first half before Aphelele Fassi, Gerhard Steenekamp and man of the match Jordan Hendrikse all followed in a disjointed second half as South Africa showed no let up in the final game of their season.

Rio Dyer and James Botham crossed for what were consolation tries that, if anything, ensured Wales avoided a worst ever home defeat.

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