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

  1. 'It's tense, it's tight'published at 09:39 Greenwich Mean Time 27 October 2019

    Wales 3-6 South Africa

    Adrian Hadley
    Former Wales international on BBC Radio Wales

    It's very tense and very tight. We know how South Africa are going to play, it's just stopping it and Wales have got better offensive players than they have, that's for sure.

    Alun Wyn-JonesImage source, Getty Images
  2. Postpublished at 33 mins

    Wales 3-6 South Africa

    Wales turn it over as Hadleigh Parkes puts his head down and drives into a huddle of bodies. Dan Biggar decides the best option is a long-range touch-finder.

  3. Wales are creakingpublished at 09:38 Greenwich Mean Time 27 October 2019

    Wales 3-6 South Africa

    Paul Grayson
    Former England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Wales are creaking, their back three are hurting but the pack are working so hard to get parity with the South Africans.

    George NorthImage source, Getty Images
  4. Postpublished at 32 mins

    Wales 3-6 South Africa

    It's gritty, route one stuff at the minute.

    Leigh Halfpenny chases a long ball but catches opposite number Willie le Roux in mid-flight and that gives Handre Pollard a chance to hoof downfield into touch.

  5. Get Involvedpublished at 09:36 Greenwich Mean Time 27 October 2019

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    John Curry: Have we gone back in time? What a dull game this is

    SeriousFace: Baffling how both sides are persisting with a kicking game, when neither side can catch!!

    The quality of the rugby is desperate but the tension is unbearable. Yesterday we saw the evolution of the game with England's performance. Today Wales and SA are doing their best to drag it back into the Stone Age. Too close to call.

    Mark B

  6. Parkes is everywherepublished at 09:36 Greenwich Mean Time 27 October 2019

    Wales 3-6 South Africa

    Matt Dawson
    England World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Parkes is everywhere, ripping the ball out, making tackles, sliding on the ball, and epitomizing the Welsh commitment. They just need to get possession of the ball.

    Hadleigh ParkesImage source, AFP
  7. Postpublished at 29 mins

    Wales 3-6 South Africa

    Eventually the green and golds look to whip it along the line but it's pinched by Jonathan Davies and his giant boot will mean South Africa have to start in their own 22 again.

    Wonderful hands!

    A great break from S'bu Nkosi and the Springboks keep it moving forward.

    Faf de Klerk is looking for someone on his shoulder, but all he sees is red and Wales recover.

  8. Postpublished at 26 mins

    Wales 3-6 South Africa

    Here comes the rolling maul, it was so effective against Japan in the quarter-finals...

    The Springboks are gathering momentum.

  9. Errors creeping inpublished at 09:32 Greenwich Mean Time 27 October 2019

    Tom Shanklin
    Former Wales international on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Errors are creeping in. At the moment, South Africa are winning the bounce and winning the aerial battle. Wales need to make the call and dominate that air collection.

  10. It's scrappy out therepublished at 09:32 Greenwich Mean Time 27 October 2019

    Wales 3-6 South Africa

    Adrian Hadley
    Former Wales international on BBC Radio Wales

    It's very, very scrappy. Neither side can win quick ball and defensively both sides are very sharp at the moment.

    Ken OwensImage source, AFP
  11. Postpublished at 27 mins

    Wales 3-6 South Africa

    Well taken from a dangerous grubber by Leigh Halfpenny, who quickly nails it back into Springbok territory. Back it comes in the air, and Josh Adams carries into touch.

    He's shaking his head, but that'll be a South Africa line-out.

  12. Not much for Eddie Jones to learn so farpublished at 09:30 Greenwich Mean Time 27 October 2019

    Wales 3-6 South Africa

    Adrian Hadley
    Former Wales international on BBC Radio Wales

    I wouldn't have thought Eddie Jones will have made much of this so far. I think we'd rather play England than New Zealand in the final too.

  13. Postpublished at 26 mins

    Wales 3-6 South Africa

    The answer is Wales scrum-half Gareth Davies, 10 metres inside his own half.

    Gareth DaviesImage source, Getty Images
  14. Postpublished at 24 mins

    Wales 3-6 South Africa

    Gareth Davies fancies a go himself, wriggling and stepping from behind the scrum before being hauled down by a green and gold jersey.

    Wales go high, but the smallest man on the pitch gobbles it up - Faf de Klerk is everywhere.

    It's a game of volleys at the minute, who'll drop it first...

  15. Playing to your strengthspublished at 09:28 Greenwich Mean Time 27 October 2019

    Wales 3-6 South Africa

    Matt Dawson
    England World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Lots of box kicks, they will do this all day long. It might get to the point in the second half where South Africa don’t care if they knock it on in the Wales 22, they will fancy the scrum.

  16. Here's... Eddie!published at 23 mins

    Wales 3-6 South Africa

    There's a spy in the Yokohama stands. England head coach Eddie Jones watches on, hidden away under a baseball cap...

  17. Postpublished at 23 mins

    Wales 3-6 South Africa

    Oooh!

    Makazole Mapimpi was a fingernail from snatching that out of the Yokohama sky and sailing through to the line, but the Springbok wing just fumbles.

    South Africa are looking for the box kick at every opportunity.

  18. Wales scrum worrypublished at 09:24 Greenwich Mean Time 27 October 2019

    Wales 3-6 South Africa

    Adrian Hadley
    Former Wales international on BBC Radio Wales

    That was the third Wales scrum to be destroyed - that's a bit of a worry.

    ScrumImage source, AFP
  19. Penalty - Wales 3-6 South Africapublished at 20 mins

    Handre Pollard

    Bingo.

    The South Africa fly-half splits the sticks from distance.

    Right on the money.

  20. Postpublished at 20 mins

    Wales 3-3 South Africa

    Huge South African scrum.

    Handre Pollard drops Faf de Klerk's pass but the Springboks already had a penalty.

    Pollard will try his luck from just right of the posts.

    South African scrumImage source, Getty Images