Friday dawned to a beautiful hot sunny summer morning yet amidst the calm tranquillity a global event occurred that caused panic, consternation, chaos, and disbelief right across the world. 

Despite the assurances of experts, the unthinkable actually happened, Wales won a rugby match.

Sky Sports gave in to demands from Amnesty International and pulled the plug on television coverage of the match between Queensland Reds v Wales. 

The Red Cross has already been concerned about the welfare of Welsh rugby fans globally since the start of 2024. 

There were fears that a loss to a club side would have catastrophic consequences and put an end to an even greater strain on a beleaguered NHS.

With Wales leading 24-14 at half-time, Sky took the courageous step of plugging in the broadcast with the away side having established a healthy lead.

Given Wales recent record, this an extremely brave call, which looked to be bordering on the edge of foolishness when Queensland Reds clawed back the deficit to take the lead 35-31 with just six minutes remaining.

A 79th minute try from replacement scrum-half Kieran Hardy saved the day for Wales, the Red Cross and Amnesty International to give the tourists their first win of 2024.

Four first half tries from Archie Griffin, Regan Grace, Rio Dyer and Chris Tshiunza to two from Reds hooker Richie Asiata put Wales in front at the interval.

A try from Nick Tompkins seven minutes into the second half gave Wales a surely unassailable 31-14 lead, sadly in Wales we don’t do surely these days.

But just as Amnesty International were about to put on their out-of-office reply, Asiata completed his hat-trick with a try on 53 mins. A try by Mac Grealy seven minutes later narrowed Wales lead to a slender 31-28.

Grealy’s second score came on 70 mins and was the try of the match, an outstanding coast-to-coast effort converted by James O’Connor’s gave Queensland a 35-31 lead, before Hardy earned Wales the victory laurels.