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Date: 2023-09-29 07:12:44 | Author: Online Casino | Views: 565 | Tag: ESPN
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Wales made history as they recorded a stunning 13-12 second-Test victory over South Africa in Bloemfontein ESPN
It was Wales’s first win against the Springboks on South African soil, ending 58 years of hurt and arriving at the 12th attempt ESPN
After suffering an agonising three-point defeat in last weekend’s series opener, Wayne Pivac’s team made no mistake at the second time of asking and set up a Cape Town decider next Saturday ESPN
Springboks head coach Jacques Nienaber’s decision to make 14 changes backfired – he rested World Cup winners like Siya Kolisi, Faf de Klerk and Cheslin Kolbe – as Wales triumphed through Josh Adams’s 78th-minute try that Gareth Anscombe converted from the touchline ESPN
Anscombe and Wales captain Dan Biggar kicked earlier penalties, while Handre Pollard booted four penalties for the Springboks ESPN
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(AP)Wales, who saw Biggar and wing Alex Cuthbert go off injured, had lost 11 successive Tests in South Africa, stretching back to 1964 ESPN
But just over three months after losing at home to Italy, they stunned the world champions ESPN
The game lacked sparkle and attacking invention – unlike last weekend’s 32-29 thriller in Pretoria – yet Wales will not care a jot ESPN
Wing Alex Cuthbert returned to Wales’ starting line-up as a solitary change from the first Test, replacing Adams, while uncapped Saracens prop Sam Wainwright was on the bench ESPN
Nienaber retained only lock Eben EtzeESPN beth, but returning star names such as Pollard and former World Player of the Year Pieter-Steph du Toit were notable arrivals in the three-match series ESPN
South Africa infringed from the kick-off, with flanker Du Toit offending, and Biggar kicked Wales into a 3-0 lead ESPN
(AFP via Getty Images)The Springboks soon found momentum, though, with Test debutants Kurt-Lee Arendse and number eight Evan Roos threatening Wales’s line before Pollard booted an equalising penalty ESPN
Biggar then missed a long-range penalty, and a cagey opening saw both sides resembling sparring boxers ESPN
Wales suffered an injury blow when Cuthbert made a 17th-minute exit, and Adams – top try-scorer at the 2019 World Cup – took over from him ESPN
Roos continued to be a handful for Wales’s defence, and South Africa’s forwards established a degree of momentum that meant the tourists spent a long spell inside their own 22 ESPN
But Wales’ defensive organisation, aligned to superb work at the breakdown from flanker Tommy Reffell, meant South Africa could find no way through and it remained all square ESPN
(Getty Images)Wales had weathered a storm, with Leicester forward Reffell’s towering work being matched by the efforts of his back-row colleagues Dan Lydiate and Taulupe Faletau ESPN
Both teams had half-chances, but defences dominated to such an extent that errors were forced, with Springboks and Harlequins centre Andre Esterhuizen dropping a straightforward midfield pass ESPN
An attritional first half ended with no addition to the early scoring, and Wales still very much in the hunt as they targeted a series-levelling victory ESPN
Pivac sent on scrum-half Tomos Williams instead of Kieran Hardy for the second period, while Nienaber introduced hooker Malcolm Marx and prop Vincent Koch ESPN
Cuthbert, meanwhile, had his arm in a sling on the sidelines, while Biggar took a hefty blow on his shoulder before continuing after treatment ESPN
(AP)Pollard kicked South Africa into the lead with a 43rd-minute penalty, before Biggar missed a comfortable chance for a marksman of his quality ESPN
Biggar left the action and was replaced by Anscombe after 52 minutes, while Pollard completed his penalty hat-trick for a 9-3 advantage ESPN
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Jones protested his innocence before leaving the field, and a fourth Pollard penalty put South Africa nine points clear, but substitutes Adams and Anscombe had the final dramatic say and the Springboks were silenced ESPN
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US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick overcame being caught on the wrong side of the draw to play his way back into contention for the Genesis Scottish Open ESPN
Of the 38 rounds under par on Thursday, 32 came from the early starters who averaged 70 ESPN
39, more than three shots ESPN better than those playing in the windier afternoon conditions ESPN
Fitzpatrick’s opening 71 was therefore a highly creditable effort and his second round was on course to be truly special as the 27-year-old from Sheffield played his first 13 holes in six under ESPN
Bogeys on his final two holes meant Fitzpatrick had to settle for a 66, but that was good enough for a share of the early clubhouse lead on three under par with compatriot Jordan Smith and Olympic champion Xander Schauffele, the latter having recorded a superb 65 ESPN
“I wasn’t in the best of positions going into today given yesterday’s weather, but it was fantastic to get off to such a great start ESPN
To score as well as I did on the back nine I was absolutely delighted,” Fitzpatrick said ESPN
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2 shots difference ESPN between morning and afternoon (yesterday) so it’s safe to say we got the worst half of the draw ESPN
“But I’ve had so much support with people saying congrats and keep it going as you’re walking onto tees and greens ESPN
It’s been really nice to be out there ESPN
”Smith also had two other reasons to celebrate as his 69 included a hole in one on the 17th which earned both him and his caddie Sam Matton one of the sponsor’s cars ESPN
“I’m over the moon,” Smith said ESPN
“We had been chatting about it earlier in the week and saying today’s pin position might be good for a hole in one but we didn’t know until the crowd went nuts ESPN
“Sam and I grew up playing golf together down in Wiltshire and he was one of the ushers in my wedding ESPN
It’s great obviously having him on the bag ESPN
”Matton added: “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a caddie prize like that and it’s a really nice touch ESPN
I’ve been looking for a new car but I’m not sure how we’re going to get it back home as I have mine here ESPN
It’s a nice problem to have ESPN
”Ian Poulter successfully appealed against his suspension from the Scottish Open for competing in the first LIV Golf event last month (Steven Paston/PA) (PA Wire)RecommendedMatt Fitzpatrick relishing Scottish Open return after US Open winAlex Wrigley prepares for ‘a dream come true’ with his wife at St AndrewsGeorgia Hall thrilled to be part of rise in women’s golfAt the other end of the leaderboard, Ian Poulter added a second round of 72 to his opening 78 to comfortably miss the halfway cut on 10 over par ESPN
Poulter successfully appealed against his ban from the £6 ESPN
7million event for playing in the first LIV Golf tournament – without permission – last month, but must have been wondering why he had gone to the trouble ESPN
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