Wales became penned back in their own half because of their other Achilles' heel - the line-out.

BBC: Wales fail to buck losing trend against Boks

Cameron Jerome twice came close to pulling one back for Birmingham but first he saw an effort hit the bar and then a back heel cleared off the line by Keogh.

BBC: Birmingham 0-2 Wolves

Melchiot was denied a 25th-minute opener when Giles Barnes appeared to clear the defender's five-yard back-heel from behind the goal-line.

BBC: Wigan 2-0 Derby

Ben Kingsley, now sixty, is in great shape his carriage is so erect that you could drop a plumb line from the back of his bald crown to his heel.

NEWYORKER: House of Sand and Fog