Rugby: Australia believe Wales will be a whole different team playing at home, and are expecting a tough challenge.
Wallabies wary of struggling Wales | 02:05 Cheslin Kolbe scored two tries as world champions South Africa inflicted yet more November international misery upon England with a 29-20 win at Twickenham on Saturday.
Ollie Sleightholme and Sam Underhill went over for England in their first meeting with South Africa since the Springboks’ dramatic 16-15 World Cup semi-final win in France last year. “You cannot fault the effort but we didn’t have enough today and credit to South Africa, they shut the game out well,” England full-back Freddie Steward told the BBC.
Smith dummied a drop-goal and went wide before sending in Sleightholme, fresh from two tries off the bench against Australia, in the wing’s first Test start. England, to their credit, cut the deficit to two points when Underhill powered over from a close-range ruck for a 27th-minute try converted by Smith.
Smith, however, edged England a point ahead at 20-19 in the 51st minute with a simple penalty only for replacement stand-off Pollard to land a monster penalty from just inside half-way that bounced off the crossbar.
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