Wales face South Africa in a Test series decider on Saturday that would have seemed inconceivable just four months ago. After losing at home to Italy in the final game of this year’s Guinness Six Nations, Wales were written off against the world champions, but a second-Test victory – their first over the Springboks in South Africa – has set up a winner-takes-all clash.
Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the key talking points heading into the game. Make no mistake, the Springboks would not have seen Wales coming.
After winning 10 successive home Tests against them and seeing the Azzurri humiliate Wayne Pivac’s team in Cardiff, the series had a 3-0 South Africa triumph written all over it.
Wales, though, have made a mockery of pre-tour predictions, bouncing back in Bloemfontein after losing a first-Test thriller 32-29.