Unfortunately for Thomas he hooked the simple kick left of the posts, spoiling the fly-half's previous good work.
From Hodgson's little left-foot kick-through, Myler then scampered in for try number two under the posts on 16 minutes.
Smith beat Butch James to the touchdown from McCaw's left-footed kick-through on seven minutes but for the remainder of the half the Springboks looked threatening.
The Gunners were handed a penalty try when Leonelli's kick left the Connacht defence in tatters and, when Paterson raced upfield in pursuit, he was held back.
Rooney made it 2-0 moments later as his left wing free kick went through a crowd of bodies inside the area and crept into the far corner of the net.
Agbonlahor drilled his shot into the side netting via the fingertips of Wiese after a fine pass by midfielder Michael Carrick, then the keeper did well to block a dipping free-kick by left-winger Downing.
Van Persie came close again shortly after the restart, bending a left-footed free-kick just over the bar.
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The Baggies went ahead against the run of play when Graham Dorrans smashed his free-kick into the left corner.
Dorrans' free kick from the left caused yet more disarray in the penalty area, deflecting off Reid and into his own net.
Now a dentist in the north Alabama town of Athens, Davis no longer remembers if he missed the kick to the left or the right.
The nerves spread and Wales found themselves behind nine minutes later as Sam Ricketts and Morgan left a deep free-kick from Yiasoumis Yiasoumi to each other.
Cardiff looked capable of taking a firm stranglehold on the final but the inspirational Adam quickly restored parity with his left-foot free-kick over the Cardiff wall.
Sapara's dangerous free-kick from the left flank was met with a perfect flick from Koppinen at the near post that left Chelsea keeper Petr Cech helpless.
Lampard kept his cool and sent Pletikosa the wrong way as he steered his spot kick into the left hand corner to spark an unlikely comeback.
Cipriani failed with a similar effort and Wasps were left to rue that missed kick as Munster took their opportunity to take control of the game.
Alexander Geynrikh fired against the post for the visitors, while Brazilian-born Cesar curled a left-footed free-kick onto the post for the home side seven minutes before half-time.
Richie Vernon forced a five-metre scrum and from the pressure, Parks produced a lovely kick to the left for the unmarked Stortoni to catch and touch down.
In the 27th minute, the hosts went back in front when Wilkin collected a pass from Scott Moore and flighted a high kick into the left corner.
Wales reasserted themselves, with Ramsey starting to pull the strings from midfield, and a Bale free-kick from wide left fizzed across goal but just lacked a final touch.
Eleven years ago this Saturday, during the 1999 Women's World Cup, U.S. player Brandi Chastain left-footed a penalty kick past a Chinese goalkeeper to win the World Cup.
Aiden McGeady's wickedly inswinging free-kick from the left caught Vedran Corluka cold at the back post, as Sean St Ledger sneaked in to head past Croatia keeper Stipe Pletikosa.
Ma-Kalambay had hearts in mouths again moments later when he missed a Hay free-kick from the left and Wright was allowed to head narrowly wide of the left-hand post.
Leinster's kicking game was atrocious at times, Brian O'Driscoll, Isa Nacewa and Contepomi all booting the ball out on the full, while Contepomi over-cooked a kick to the left corner.
Kearney ran onto Contepomi's grubber kick down the left wing and slid the ball inside with his boot for O'Driscoll with a pin-point pass Wayne Rooney would have been proud of.
Harlequins hit back early in the second half when Malone's high kick to the left corner was gathered by Monye before he went through Nicolas Jeanjean's tackle to score in the corner.
Wondolowski scored in the 92nd minute with his second try at the penalty kick, which initially came about when Jahn headed a corner kick into the left arm of New York defender Roy Miller.
Following centre Matt King's burst, Briers floated a beautifully lofted kick to the left corner, a bemused Brett Delaney mistimed his jump and Atkins stole in ahead of him to catch and dive over.
Cheick Tiote leveled with a header from veteran captain Drogba's free-kick on the left, but Sunday Mba gave Nigeria victory as he beat three men and unleashed a 20-yard shot that was deflected past Barry.
Twice later in the half Chimenti was beaten, but on both occasions the woodwork came to his rescue, firstly from a Simon Davies free-kick from the left and then from Dickson Etuhu's header from a corner.
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