Summary

  • Handre Pollard kicked winning penalty four minutes from time

  • South Africa will face England in Saturday's World Cup final

  • Wales will face New Zealand in third-place play-off on Friday

  • Wales lost George North and Tomas Francis to first-half injuries

  • South Africa's Damian de Allende scored first try after 57 minutes

  • Josh Adams went over in corner to level scores eight minutes later

Live Reporting

Alex Bysouth

  1. Penalty - Wales 9-9 South Africa

    Dan Biggar

    Dan Biggar slots his penalty between the sticks and Wales are level.

    Dan BiggarEPA

  2. Wales 6-9 South Africa

    And after all that, Dan Biggar will get a crack at the posts...

  3. Wales 6-9 South Africa

    Faf's having one - the diminutive Springbok 9 goes nose to nose with giant Wales lock Jake Ball. My money's on the Welshman...

  4. 'Springboks looking one-dimensional'

    Wales 6-9 South Africa

    Tom Shanklin
    Former Wales international on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Poor kick, it shows they haven’t got any other option out of the backline apart from the kick.

  5. Springboks not attack-minded

    Wales 6-9 South Africa

    Adrian Hadley
    Former Wales international on BBC Radio Wales

    Handre Pollard had men out wide just then, but true to form he checked and kicked for the corner - they have no intention of attacking out wide.

    Handre PollardAFP

  6. Wales 6-9 South Africa

    Handre Pollard's keen to show off his whole armoury, but he's not happy with that effort as Leigh Halfpenny collects easily in his own 22.

    And what's this? Now Faf de Klerk is dropping catches... the South Africa scrum-half lets it slip from his grasp and watches on despairingly as it bobbles into touch.

  7. Will we see a try?

    Wales 6-9 South Africa

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  8. Wales 6-9 South Africa

    Wonderful stuff from Handre Pollard, skipping a kick into touch on the bounce as it hops away from a number of red shirts. A touch of class.

  9. Wales 6-9 South Africa

    It's scrappy in the opening moments of the second half.

    Wales grind through the midfield with Wyn Jones and then Gareth Davies decides to lash it into Springbok territory.

    Duane Vermeulen gobbles up the high ball.

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  10. 'It's what South Africa do'

    Wales 6-9 South Africa

    Tom Fordyce
    BBC chief sports writer at International Stadium Yokohama

    South Africa are one-dimensional but sometimes you have to play to your strengths - they have good kickers, powerful runners and a huge pack.

    This is the style of rugby that helps South Africa get the best from their players.

  11. Kick-off

    Wales 6-9 South Africa

    Dan Biggar gets the second half up and running.

  12. HT: Wales 6-9 South Africa

    Massive second half coming up in Yokohama.

    Wales have been here twice before and lost, while two-time winners South Africa have history on their side at this stage.

    Will it be third time lucky for Warren Gatland's side? They're potentially 40 minutes from a first ever World Cup final...

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    Francis Edwards: We’ve waited weeks for exciting and close games - but this one I don’t think is as close as the score line suggests. Early score for SA and you can see this ending quickly - they have almost pushed Wales over the edge.

    Alun Wyn needs to rally his troops this second half and put the performance of their life in to out muscle SA at the breakdown! Come on Wales!!!

    Richard Jones

  14. 'What will Wales do?'

    HT: Wales 6-9 South Africa

    Matt Dawson
    England World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 Live

    The area of worry for me from the glimpse of Welsh position in the 22 when they don’t kick is what do they do with static ball?

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    Shane O'Neill: South Africa employing the same tactic as last week. With these injuries, I fear for Wales in the second half.

    Henry Ellison: #SouthAfrica will win. Beating in the gainline in every collision whilst #Wales are getting consistently knocked back by the Saffer’s sheer physicality. Hopefully the game opens up a bit next half

    Mark Davies: We are more likely to score tries if we can up our game 10% and get the ball. If it remains tight, then we have the pointless bronze medal match to look forward to

  16. Match stats

    HT: Wales 6-9 South Africa

    Willie Le RouxGetty

    Wales - South Africa

    Possession: 59%-41%

    Territory: 55%-45%

    Metres made: 129-145

    Defenders beaten: 9-6

    Offloads made: 0-1

    Tackles made/missed: 34/40 - 60/69

    Turnover conceded: 7-4

    Penalties conceded: 4-4

  17. Injury issues

    HT: Wales 6-9 South Africa

    Gareth Griffiths
    BBC Sport Wales at International Stadium Yokohama

    Tomos FrancisReuters

    Wales have lost wing George North and prop Tomas Francis through injury in a disastrous five minutes to be replaced by Owen Watkin and Dillon Lewis.

    The injuries have mounted up. Gareth Anscombe and Taulupe Faletau were missing before the tournament started and lock Cory Hill left Japan without playing a game.

    Josh Navidi’s tournament ended with a hamstring injury at the last eight stage before the devastating accidental training ground collision that put full-back Liam Williams on crutches with an ankle injury and resulted in his his World Cup dream ending. Centre Jonathan Davies is only back after missing the quarter-final win over France with a knee injury

    Now North and Francis have been ruled out of the rest of this game. A patched up Wales will have to battle for a World Cup final place after a cagey first-half dominated by kicking from both sides.

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  19. 'Springboks sticking to their script'

    HT: Wales 6-9 South Africa

    Tom Shanklin
    Former Wales international on BBC Radio 5 Live

    South Africa can set the world alight, but it’s clear tactics, they are here to take it out of Wales.

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    Will be a real shame if injuries are the death of Wales' momentum as they're putting together some good moves that could be built upon over the rest of the game.

    Anonymous

    It's often said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Any beholder perceiving beauty in this match needs to get down to Specsavers though. Having said that, credit to South Africa for being so unabashedly physical (emphasis on "bash") and Wales for not wilting under such defensive ferocity.

    Gareth Vaughan