Big test of character now for Wales for these next five minutes or so down to 13.

As if they weren't up against it already!

Kwagga Smith is pinged but Sam Costelow misses the penalty from similar range to his first.

Wales really need any point they can get at this stage.

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They've set it well, they just spun off the front, South Africa.

There's just too many South African bodies.

It's (yellow card) gone against Aaron Wainwright, he is on the side. Fifteen minutes in, two yellow cards, Wales are down to 13.

Just 15 minutes gone and Wales are down to 13 men... against the world champions! Gulp!

Wales have done realy well there to hold out the South Africa scrum who must have fancied a crack at a pushover.

Taine Plumtree does well at the breakdown as South Africa look to go wide.

Dyer was penalised for being offside as he got back to his feet and played the ball.

It was one of those fouls where you take one for the team to save a try.. but Wales are down to 14 and the Springboks have an attacking scrum five metres out.

Perfect attacking position.

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Evan Roos tears clear from the halfway line off de Klerk's zipped pass.

Rio Dyer hauls him down just in front of the Welsh posts.

Oooh... but the first lineout and Malcolm Marx completely overthrows and Wales regather.

Perhaps a sign of rustiness on his return to Test rugby.

First scrum and it's a penalty to South Africa. Ox Nche doing a job on Keiron Assiratti. Could be a long day for the Welsh front row.

Franco Mostert is penalised for not rolling away in midfield and Sam Costelow gets Wales off the mark.

They needed that swift response.

This try all comes from a poor defensive read from Mason Grady in that wide channel.

He bites in on that short decoy runner and they just play straight out from the back.

Yes Derwyn, it was a worry how quickly the Welsh defence lost its shape after just two phases from the drop out.

They have to tighten up.

It was a simple move. The passing was straight.

Maybe Wales lost their defensive shape there, Costelow and Dewi Lake.

I don't quite know what happened to the structure of the Welsh defence there. It was a bit all over the place.

I can't see Wales winning this match. If I was a betting man I wouldn't bother wasting my money.

But it's a huge opportunity for some of these Welsh players.

You look at the likes of Taine Plumtree, James Botham, Ellis Bevan Mason Grady, they've got to now put their hands up.

They're playing against what is the world number one team.

Put your hand up and say 'I can represent Wales for the next eight, nine or 10 years'.

Not a great start for Hendrikse on his debut... he's just missed a penalty from distance... but straight in front of the posts

ooh, Wales prop Gareth Thomas just got clocked on the chin by Faf de Klerk's knee.

It was accidental but that will hurt nonetheless!

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Wales could climb from their equal lowest position in the world rankings with victory today against the number one side.

A draw or victory would see them overtake ninth-placed Australia - who they face next.

And should something truly remarkable happen today and they win by more than 15 points, they would even jump two places above Italy into eighth.

They will not slip further in the rankings with defeat because South Africa are ranked so high.

Irish referee Chris Busby blows his whistle and Jordan Hendrikse gets us underway with his first touch at international level.

We're off...