three penalties from fly—half andre pollard and penalties from fly—half andre polla rd and then penaltiesollard and then two late tries sealed their passage through. the first from scrum—half faf de klerk before they got a second to seal the victory. so south africa go through to the semifinals, where they will face wales. as forjapan, it has been somejourney, their face wales. as forjapan, it has been some journey, their first ever quarterfinal in world cup history. but their brave efforts of making it through to the last four have ended in disappointment. wales next for south africa as andy was saying there. their head coach warren gatland admitted the better side lost after wales needed a late converted try to give them a 20—19 win over france — they were a man down for over half an hour because of a red card. our sports editor dan roan has the story of the game. it was france who started and they we re it was france who started and they were the better. two early tries and then wales responded to aaron wainwright, who scored a try of his own. at that point it was anybody‘s. france 19—

andre pollard booting them 9—6 ahead at the break.ales‘ task got even tougher, as de allende bulldozed through to put south africa in command. but wales are a side of remarkable resilience, and back they came. commentator: world cup semifinal try! josh adams giving their fans fresh hope. suddenly it was 16—16. what drama. with less than five minutes to go, a penalty to south africa, and pollard held his nerve. it had not been pretty from the springboks, but it was enough, and while they celebrated, for wales, the dream was once again dashed, a third world cup semifinal defeat and desperate disappointment. proud of us when we went to 16—16 but obviously we piggyback to the penalties down the park and south africa took advantage so congratulations to them. really proud of these guys, they've given 100%, they continue to do so and we got ourselves back in that game, really close contest. absolutely gutted, it could have gone either way. was it a bit of a sickener? a third one? fourth for me, to be honest, i went to the football well! ago

andre pollard booting them 9—6 ahead at the break.put south africa in command. but wales are a side of remarkable resilience, and back they came. commentator: world cup semifinal try! josh adams giving their fans fresh hope. suddenly, it was 16—16. what drama! with less than five minutes to go, a penalty to south africa, and pollard held his nerve. it had not been pretty from the springboks, but it was enough and, while they celebrated, for wales, the dream was once again dashed, a third world cup semifinal defeat and desperate disappointment. gutted, it could have gone either way. i went to the euros in lyon and we lost that as well! fingers crossed one day we will get there. agonisingly close for wales, but for their fans, it won't be much consolation. it is south africa who will face england here next weekend in the world cup final. lewis hamilton won the mexican grand prix, but he'll have to wait at least another week to seal his 6th formula one world title, as patrick geary reports. flying in formation works by carefully coordina

andre pollard booting them 9—6 ahead at the break.are a side of remarkable resilience, and back they came. commentator: world cup semifinal try! josh adams giving their fans fresh hope. suddenly it was 16—16. what drama. with less than five minutes to go, a penalty to south africa, and pollard held his nerve. it had not been pretty from the springboks, but it was enough, and while they celebrated, for wales, the dream was once again dashed, a third world cup semifinal defeat and desperate disappointment. proud of us when we went to 16—16 but obviously we piggyback to the penalties down the park and south africa took advantage so congratulations to them. really proud of these guys, they've given 100%, they continue to do so and we got ourselves back in that game, really close contest. absolutely gutted, it could have gone either way. was it a bit of a sickener? a third one? fourth for me, to be honest, i went to the football well! agonisingly close for wales, but for their fans, it won't be much consolation. it is south africa who will

in the second half south africa stretched clear, three penalties from andre pollard, and two late triesan, it has been some journey for them, this, their first ever quarterfinal in world cup history. but their brave efforts of making it through to the last four have ended in disappointment. meanwhile the other semi—final was decided yesterday, it‘ll be england vs new zealand in yokohama on saturday. the all blacks looked in ominous form with the reigning champions thrashing ireland but speaking this morning the england head coach eddiejones thinks they are beatable. the all blacks are a great side. they have great leadership. if you give them the sort of ball they want they are difficult to defend against but like any team they have weaknesses. are they beatable? every tea m weaknesses. are they beatable? every team is, no one has 100% record in test rug by, team is, no one has 100% record in test rugby, nobody averages 100 in test cricket, nobody wins every grand slam 6—0, 6—0, so every team has got its weakness. in the premier league, liverpool had to come from behind to draw 1—1 agai

in the second half south africa stretched clear, three penalties from andre pollard, and two late triesto seal their victory. south africa go through to the semifinals where they will face wales. as for japan, it has been somejourney where they will face wales. as for japan, it has been some journey for them, this, theirfirst ever quarterfinal in world cup history. but their brave efforts of making it through to the last four have ended in disappointment. the other semifinal was decided yesterday. it'll be england against new zealand on saturday. the all blacks are in ominous form with the reigning champions beating ireland. but eddiejones think s they are beatable. they have got good leadership. if you give them the sort of ball they want they are difficult to defend against. but they have weaknesses. are they beatable? every team is beatable, nobody has a 100% record in rugby, nobody has a 100% record in rugby, no one averages 100 percent in any sport. any team has a chance. michael cheika has stood down as australia's head coach following yesterday's heavy defeat to england. his cont