Habana alerted to Halfpenny threat

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Halfpenny, 19, will become the 60th teenager to represent Wales in 590 Tests when he lines up against South Africa on Saturday. And World Cup winner Habana, one of the international game's deadliest finishers with 31 tries, is the man set to mark him.

Habana said: "I have heard about him in the newspapers this week, and I heard he has had quite a good season over here. I have not seen a lot of his play, but I have heard a lot, and I will probably be doing a lot of analysis on him leading into the Test match."

He added: "Any guy on the wing is going to be a great test for me."

Wales boss Warren Gatland and his coaching staff have encouraged Halfpenny to enjoy the occasion, although it will be a huge ask for the Cardiff Blues wing.

He has played just seven matches of top-flight rugby but Gatland had no intention of adopting a perceived safety-first selection approach.

Gatland said: "At 19 years old our message to Leigh has been to just go out there and enjoy himself. He needs to play without fear and enjoy the experience.

"The last thing he needs from us is to start talking too much about Bryan Habana, because he could get more worked up and nervous. He needs to go out there and really enjoy the occasion.

"The message to him will be to have some fun. A few months ago he was in the (Wales) Under-20s looking up to these guys, thinking it might be a number of years before he got there, but now he will be running out on the field with them.

"The great thing about Leigh is that he's a wing who has been scoring tries. He should go into the game with nothing to fear."