Biggar's regret as South Africa edge Wales in classic

Wales captain Dan Biggar reflected on a "missed opportunity" after his team suffered an agonising 32-29 first-Test defeat against world champions South Africa in Pretoria.

Damian Willemse broke Welsh hearts with the final kick of a pulsating game at Loftus Versfeld after Biggar infringed through a deliberate knock-on.

For large parts of an epic contest, Wales looked destined to end 58 years of hurt by claiming a first victory over the Springboks in South Africa at the 11th attempt.

But despite wing Louis Rees-Zammit's try double and a Dewi Lake touchdown - plus 14 points from Biggar - Wales were edged out.

They also had four players sin-binned, Biggar included, and were briefly down to 12 men during a frenzied finale after Alun Wyn Jones, Rees-Zammit and Rhys Carre received yellow cards from Georgian referee Nika Amashukeli.

Biggar, who missed the conversion of Lake's try that hauled Wales back to 29-29, said: "I have been around the game long enough to have had some good moments, and that was a bit of a disappointing moment not to nail off.

"I thought the penalty at the end was a little bit harsh. The ball has just hit my hand, as opposed to me slapping it down. It's the way it is.

"I don't think anybody would have predicted the game would have worked out like that at midday today.

"The last thing I want to do is to come into a press conference and be brave losers. It was a definite missed opportunity.

"For us to put up a show in the first Test at altitude and against the world champions, there is no reason why we can't get better next week.

"It is a Test match. We wanted to get in amongst it and not take a backward step. That is part of the game at the minute.

"If you stand off South Africa out here, you are going to get