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Bad luck for Scotland there, but no arguing with South Africa’s two other first-half tries, both finished expertly by Makazole Mapimpi, but brilliant in the construction. Scotland’s defence out wide seemed strangely absent for both, but the cross-kicks that set up Mapimpi, by Handre Pollard in the fourth minute and Willie le Roux in the 35th, for each were spot on, Le Roux’s in particular a thing of genius.
Their purplest patch followed, the Scots tearing through the Springbok defence, one minute Jones stepping this way and that, the next Jordan doing much the same. Surely Scotland must score, all the more so when Mapimpi was shown yellow at the height of the excitement. An ugly scoreline for a vaguely encouraging performance by Scotland, but some narratives are set in stone. These South Africans can beat you in any number of different ways. They are well worth their status as the world’s best. – GuardianWales slumped to a record-equalling 10th successive Test match defeat as Fiji claimed a 24-19 Autumn Nations Series victory in Cardiff.
Wales led 14-3 through a try from debutant wing Blair Murray and a penalty try, plus one Gareth Anscombe conversion, but Fiji – inspired by outhalf Caleb Muntz – were not to be denied a famous triumph.
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