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Wales Fight Bravely but Reality Bites Ahead of Springboks Showdown
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Wales delivered their most spirited performance in months against New Zealand, a display overflowing with passion, precision, and defiance — yet it still ended with a sobering reminder of the gulf between them and the world’s elite.
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Wales delivered their most spirited performance in months against New Zealand, a display overflowing
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with passion, precision and defiance, yet it still ended with a sobering reminder of the gulf
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between them and the world's elite. This was a Wales side far removed from the flat frantic team
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that scraped past Japan a week earlier, led superbly by Nafif Jenkins and Toon Plumtree
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and energised by revitalised Louis Rees-Zamit. They produced four tries against the All Blacks,
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including a historic hat-trick from Tom Rogers, the first Welshman to score three against New Zealand.
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For long stretches, Wales genuinely flattened something extraordinary. Rogers' third try early
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in the second half dragged the deficit back to 21-24, where it remained through a tense spell
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in which two All Blacks scored were almost ruled out. More than 68,000 supporters roared their
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approval as Wales, heavily penalised by referee Holly Davidson, refused to wield. But the issues
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run deeper than 80 minutes of execution. The off-field chaos within Welsh rugby, the secrecy,
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the mismanagement, the visible anxiety in the Principality Stadium's executive tears
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continues to seep into the national side. And when New Zealand finally stabilised their superior
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size, pace and depth, Damian McKenzie's orchestration, the brute force of Tomati Williams
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and two of Suri Rees' tries pushed the visitors beyond reach, despite Wales' admirable resilience.
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Wales' first half was courageous, full of clever handling and bold attacking style,
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with Max Lewin and Joe Hawkins finally offering the midfield clarity that has so often been
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missing. Yet basic errors and the physical mismatch eventually caught up, and New Zealand
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hit 50 despite having two scores chalked off.
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After such exertion and many bruises, Wales faced the Springboks desperately short of bodies,
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confidence and recovery time. In truth, if offered a 26-point defeat next week, they might
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quietly accept it.
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