Tonight's rugby news as Wales rookies 'have no fear' and Cardiff flanker returns from England

Here are the latest rugby evening headlines on Friday, July 1.

Wales captain Dan Biggar believes his team's younger faces have no fear about facing the Springboks, but he readily admits that Saturday's first Test assignment against world champions South Africa at altitude in Pretoria is "about as tough as it gets".

Nonetheless, Biggar is upbeat about Wales' prospects across a three-match series, which begins at a sold-out Loftus Versfeld. Wales have never beaten the Springboks in South Africa, losing 10 previous encounters and conceding a total of more than 400 points. They also tackle Siya Kolisi's team on the back of a dismal home defeat against Italy which consigned them to a fifth-place Six Nations finish.

Biggar is at the helm of a team which shows eight changes from the Italy debacle, with the likes of full-back Liam Williams, centre George North and lock Will Rowlands all returning, while Leicester flanker Tommy Reffell makes his Test debut. For a number of others, too, it will be a first Springboks experience away from home.

"Obviously, a few of us were here last year when it was very different in terms of being stuck in a hotel for 23 hours of the day and an hour out for training. It was really tough work," he said of the Lions tour.

"When you have got young guys who perhaps haven't experienced what it is like to play against this side, you have nothing to compare it to and you have no fear because you haven't faced it, and I think that is a really good thing for us as a squad.

"There are a lot of boys who haven't experienced it and are just chomping at the bit to go out and get stuck into what is a world-class XV that the Springboks have named."

But there is also the realisation that Wales face an uphill