Wales started strongly with powerful forward drives and Hardy sniped over.

Cardiff lock Teddy Williams, who made a welcome return from a dislocated right foot suffered in October, failed to gather the restart.

South African prop Koch forced Gareth Thomas to concede a scrum penalty and gained his reward by burrowing over for a try.

Hooker Elliot Dee, left out by Tandy this summer, was the one Welsh player starting for the Barbarians and was denied a try in the left corner,.

Dee's opposite number Wales captain Dewi Lake, who kept the leadership despite the return of British and Irish Lions flanker Jac Morgan from injury, had a productive opening quarter with powerful carries and a penalty turnover.

Barbarians finally provided some typical flair with countless offloads following a de Klerk break but the move broke down to bring up the first water break.

Wales had lacked structure since their opening try but that cohesion briefly returned with a well-worked move, with bursts from centre Joe Hawkins and man of the match Aaron Wainwright, finished off by Edwards.

Scarlets back rower Taine Plumtree produced a searing break but could not claim his own kick to score while another Wales try went begging after a poor Lake pass to Wainwright.

Handling mistakes were rife from both sides as Wales led by nine points at half-time with the break extended to 20 minutes because of the warm weather.

Barbarians: Spring; Kellaway, Ward, Nankivell, Vakatawa; Plummer, de Klerk (capt); Kharaishvili, Dee, Koch, Rodda, Taofifenua, Salakaia-Loto, Boshier, Hughes.

Replacements: Thacker, Iscaro, Alo-Emile, Tanga, Joseph, Arata, North, McConnell.

Wales: Murray; Rogers, James, Hawkins, Mee; Edwards, Hardy; G Thomas, Lake (capt), Lewis, Carter, T Williams, Plumtree, Morgan, Wainwright.

Replacements: Elias, Barratt, Warren, Woodman, Keddie, Morgan-Williams, Costelow, Grady.

Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe (England)

Assistant referees: Alex Thomas, Jamie Parr (England)

TMO: Stuart Terheege (England).