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Matthew Southcombe

A heartbreaking 60 seconds dissected as fatal decisions and an exposed kick-chase result in yet another last-minute disaster

Losing big Test matches in the dying moments is becoming a painfully familiar reality for Welsh rugby.

Without thinking too hard, examples of missed opportunities flood back. The almost comical tour of Australia in 2012, the Kurtley Beale try in the autumn of that same year, Elliot Daly in Cardiff in 2017, South Africa at the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

Then, more recently - and perhaps pertinently - the Grand Slam showdown in Paris in 2021, where Les Bleus denied Wayne Pivac's side the clean sweep in heartbreaking fashion. Again, at Loftus Versfeld, Wales were unable to close the game out.

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