The story was written on the faces of the Wales players on the final whistle — a win at last over the Springboks on South African soil.
Welsh teams had lost all 11 previous Tests against the men in myrtle green since first playing them in the republic in 1964.
But on Saturday the class of 2022 made the reigning world champions pay for a selection policy that had seen coach Jacques Nienaber make 14 changes to the starting line-up from the week before in Pretoria.
