Australia v England LIVE rugby: Result and reaction as Wallabies win despite Darcy Swain red card
Follow all the reaction from the first Test of England’s summer tour
England went down 30-28 to Australia in a rollercoaster first game of the three-match series in Perth on Saturday.
The Wallabies’ win snaps an eight-match losing streak against their old rivals despite the loss of lock Darcy Swain to a red card before half-time.
Winger Jordan Petaia, hooker Folau Fainga’a and loose forward Pete Samu scored tries in the last quarter as Australia recorded their first win over England since knocking the co-hosts out of the 2015 World Cup.
Samu’s try took Australia to a 30-14 lead but England debutants Henry Arundell and Jack van Poortvliet scored tries in the dying minutes to make the scoreline more respectable.
The series continues over the next two weeks with tests at Brisbane’s Lang Park and the Sydney Cricket Ground. Follow all the reaction with our live blog:
TRY! South Africa 29-29 WALES (Dewi Lake try, 77 minutes)
Try for Wales! The scores are level!
Remarkable fight from Wales. They maul strongly, replying in kind to the South African score with Dewi Lake sharp to spot space and ground.
Can Dan Biggar convert? No! 29-29 it remains.
South Africa 29-24 Wales, 76 minutes
A blow for Wales, but could this be a glimmer of hope? South Africa penalised, and Dan Biggar kicks towards the corner...
PENALTY TRY! SOUTH AFRICA 29-24 Wales (75 minutes)
Disaster for Wales, delight for South Africa!
The maul is again unstoppable from South Africa as the backs join in, and the awarding of the penalty try means a full seven-pointer and another Welsh player lost to the now rather crowded naughty step - Rhys Carre is given his marching orders with South Africa in the lead.
Yellow card! Louis Rees-Zammit is sent to the sin bin! South Africa 22-24 Wales, 74 minutes
Amashukeli just wants to know Rees-Zammit’s number - he reckons that there is no clear release and Rees-Zammit has slowed the ball cynically as South Africa looked for a swift recycle after his tackle on le Roux.
Off Rees-Zammit goes, throwing something in disgust. South Africa kick to the corner.
South Africa 22-24 Wales, 74 minutes
Yet every time South Africa attack they look like cracking Wales open. Cheslin Kolbe threatens to beat half of the Welsh defence by himself with a typically deadly meander. Damian Willemse dances into a hole and connects with Willie le Roux, who is held on to by Louis Rees-Zammit.
Jasper Wiese goes close, did he get it down? No! Fine work from Wales to hold him up. But Nika Amashukeli wants a chat with TMO Joy Neville...
South Africa 22-24 Wales, 73 minutes
Wales must play in their own territory. First they survive the scrum rigours of a powerful South African drive and then create enough space for Dan Biggar to clear.
South Africa 22-24 Wales, 71 minutes
Nearly for South Africa, making rapid inroads up the left but the pass from Lukhanyo Am to Makazole Mapimpi drifts forwards after a brilliant tap tackle from Louis Rees-Zammit.
Herschel Jantjies is on for Faf de Klerk.
South Africa 22-24 Wales, 69 minutes
Eleven minutes left then, and Wales down to 14 players for most of what remains. Can they cling on to a first ever victory in South Africa?
A long kick from Damian de Allende is one roll from crossing the dead ball line, but just about stays in play, with George North forced to ground hastily as Cheslin Kolbe tries to steal in. Goalline dropout.
South Africa’s second debutant of the evening is Salmaan Moerat in the second row.
Yellow card! Alun Wyn Jones is sent to the sin bin! South Africa 22-24 Wales, 68 minutes
Yes, immediately after the awarding of that score, Nika Amashukeli produced a yellow card, shown to Alun Wyn Jones. Not quite sure for what, but the Georgian referee is certain - Jones initially tries to return for the restart, but is told to sit back down.
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