Wales proved yet again in the first Test that they are a tough team to beat in an arm wrestle. Having competed so intensely for 79 minutes they had a draw in their grasp before one solitary moment of tactical ineptitude exposed their 13-man defence to one last South African attack.
I thought Dan Biggar led the side perfectly up until that point. Wales were physically outgunned by their superior opponents, but he embodied an unbending and indefatigable attitude to put Wales in that position.
That is the only way to play against the Springboks and it applies to this weekend's second Test, too. You cannot give an inch. They are rugby hard men and if you don’t stand up to them they will crush you. The game was tetchy and fractious. Biggar and his team disrupted and frustrated South Africa as the game descended into a pitch battle.
