Summary

  • Full-time: Wales 17-13 Fiji

  • North & Cuthbert score Wales' opening tries, with a further penalty try

  • Nadolo with a converted try & two penalties for Fiji

  • Fiji's Campese Ma'afu sent off on 52 mins

  • Priestland misses two touchline conversions, but converts penalty try

  • Wales full-back Liam Williams named man of the match

  • Catch up with the whole match using the Live Coverage tab

  1. Goodbye for nowpublished at 16:54 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2014

    Time for us in the Scrum V hotseats to say goodbye. So, Wales avoid another upset against Fiji, but only just.

    Warren Gatland clearly wasn't happy with a "frustrating" match, and the Millennium Stadium crowd seemed disgruntled too.

    You can read the match report here, and don't forget to tune into Scrum V live on BBC Two Wales tomorrow from 19:00 GMT for Ross Harries and the Scrum V pundits' dissection of the weekend's action.

    WalesImage source, Getty Images

    And join us for Wales v New Zealand next Saturday, 22 November from 16:30 GMT with kick-off at 17:30 GMT.

  2. Postpublished at 16:50 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2014

    Jeremy Guscott
    Former England centre on BBC One

    Selection for New Zealand next weekend has been made easy because nobody has really put their hand up today for Wales.

    WalesImage source, Getty Images

    I didn't think they would be so disjointed with the changes because as a squad they're together a lot. But the amount of ball they lost shows it was the changes that disrupted them.

  3. Postpublished at 16:45 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2014

    Garin Jenkins
    Former Wales hooker on BBC Radio Wales

    If Fiji are cute at slowing the ball down, we're playing the masters at it next weekend in New Zealand.

    BreakdownImage source, Getty Images

    We have to get that support man there quicker because these southern hemisphere sides really contest the breakdown fiercely.

  4. Attendancepublished at 16:45 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2014

    Whatever they thought, more than 61,000 people were at the Millennium Stadium this afternoon to see Wales beat Fiji 17-13.

  5. Get involvedpublished at 16:43 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2014

    Michael Rees tweets: New Zealand are going to destroy us next weekend!!!

    Mark Krawiecki adds: Poor by Wales. Lucky to hang on. Much to do against the All Blacks.

  6. Postpublished at 16:43 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2014

    Adrian Hadley
    Former Wales wing on BBC Radio Wales

    It's just unforced errors. You can't coach that. These are professional rugby players.

  7. Postpublished at 16:43 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2014

    Wales head coach Warren Gatland bemoans a "frustrating" afternoon: "They tried to slow the game down and we probably butchered a number of opportunities."

    FaletauImage source, Huw Evans picture agency

    On Taulupe Faletau's disallowed try: "It's frustrating. All we ask for is consistency and we do not seem to be getting consistency."

  8. Postpublished at 16:38 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2014

    Martyn Williams
    Former Wales captain on BBC One

    Liam Williams was a shining light. He's a very brave player but a very natural footballer as well.

    He was very unlucky with the disallowed try.

    Liam WilliamsImage source, Getty Images

    He was probably the only player who has done his reputation any good today.

  9. Full timepublished at 16:28 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2014

    Well, that was a bit too close for comfort, wasn't it?

    There had been a couple of warnings from history - Fiji's 38-34 win which knocked Wales out of the 2007 World Cup and the 16-16 draw in Cardiff in 2010 - but Wales were close to suffering another embarrassing result here.

    Fiji played most of the second half with 14 men after Campese Ma'afu's red card, but Nemani Nadolo's late interception try gave them hope of causing another upset.

    Wales did not manage a single score in the second period, having crossed for three tries in the first half.

    One wonders what it will be like in the Wales changing room. Relief to have won? Disappointment with a disjointed performance?

    What did you make of it? Let us know on Twitter by using the hashtag #ScrumV or by emailing scrumv@bbc.co.uk

  10. Postpublished at 16:27 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2014

    Wales captain Gethin Jenkins says: "We'll take a win, but we're disappointed with the performance... we lacked basic skills

    "We lost the ball way too often but credit to Fiji, they came here and gave us a hell of a game.

    Gethin JenkinsImage source, Getty Images

    "We weren't at the races but we'll take the result."

  11. Get involvedpublished at 16:26 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2014

    Steven Stokes tweets: Ah well, we've had worse results against Fiji in recent years. Hope we've got an easy game next...

  12. Postpublished at 16:25 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2014

    Adrian Hadley
    Former Wales wing on BBC Radio Wales

    The second half was absolutely shocking. Wales should have built on a reasonable first half.

    But in the second half they couldn't get the line-out right and overturned too much ball.

    In the end Wales were the ones slowing the ball to get the clock down.

  13. Get involvedpublished at 16:22 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2014

    Matt Flye tweets: This doesn't bode well for the Rugby World Cup #groupofdeath

  14. Full timepublished at 16:22 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2014

  15. Postpublished at 16:21 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2014

    Garin Jenkins
    Former Wales hooker on BBC Radio Wales

    That was coming wasn't it? Fiji have applied pressure in close quarter play.

    But I didn't envisage it coming from deep inside their half!

  16. Converted try for Fiji (Nadolo, con Nadolo)published at 16:19 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2014

    Would you believe it? Fiji are still in this.

    The man-mountain of a centre Nemani Nadolo picks off Priestland's pass and runs the length of the field to give Fiji a chance to claim another famous result against Wales.

    NadoloImage source, Getty Images

    Nadolo converts and this is now dangerously close for Wales.

  17. Get involvedpublished at 16:19 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2014

    Kevin Hoey writes: On holiday in Goa but ended up listening via Radio Wales. Loving the sun with it being 27 degrees at 21:30 and listening to the match.

    Very nice too!

  18. Near misspublished at 16:16 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2014

    Wales are living dangerously here, with Fiji letting the ball squirm loose on the Welsh try line.

    This will be an important scrum for Wales.

  19. Man of the Matchpublished at 16:16 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2014

    Liam WilliamsImage source, Huw Evans picture agency

    Wales full-back Liam Williams takes the accolade, to rapturous applause from the Millennium Stadium crowd.

  20. Postpublished at 16:13 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2014

    Fair to say that decision was less than popular at the Millennium Stadium.

    Liam Williams was adjudged to have been held by Tevita Cavubati, but the Wales full-back certainly seems to feel he has been harshly penalised.