Fiji, down to 14 men for the first 10 minutes of the half, struggled in those minutes as Wales battled for their lives. The Welsh had to score first - and they gave the Fijians a taste of their own medicine. Martyn Williams snaffled possession at the breakdown and Tom Shanklin sent Shane Williams away on a searing counter-attack down the right. The diminutive Ospreys winger stepped inside three defenders to score a brilliant 60-metre solo try, topped off by a swan dive, to breath life back into Wales' campaign.

After Dwayne Peel's break had moved Wales back into Fijian territory they struck again as Hook combined with Mark Jones for Gareth Thomas to score and mark his test centenary with a try.

Stephen Jones . . . now kicking again . . . struck the post with his conversion attempt and Fiji still led but Wales had cut the margin to just three points at 25-22. And when Peel scampered through the middle and Mark Jones finished off Wales' third try the turnaround looked complete however with just three minutes to go Naevo rumbled over to stun the Welsh.

WALES G Thomas; M Jones, T Shanklin, J Hook, S Williams; S Jones, D Peel; G Jenkins, M Rees, C Horsman, A W Jones, I Evans, C Charvis, M Williams, A Popham FIJI K Ratuvou; V Delasau, S Rabeni, S Bai, I Neivua; N Little, M Rauluni; G Dewes, S Koto, J Railomo, K Leawere, I Rawaqa, S Naevo, A Qera, S Koyamaibole Referee S Dickinson (Australia)