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South Africa vs Wales

Detail	Played	Won by SA SA	Won by Wales	Drawn	SA Points	Wales Points
In South Africa	13	12	1	0	489	212
In Wales	24	18	5	1	502	365
Neutral Venue	6	5	1	0	148	106
Overall	43	35	7	1	1157	683

Record	South Africa	Wales
Longest winning streak	16 (26 Nov 2000 – 29 Nov 2014)	4 (26 Nov 2016 – 27 Oct 2019)
	Largest points for
Home	96 (27 Jun 1998)	36 (6 Nov 2004)
Away	52 (19 August 2023)	30 (21 Jun 2014)
	Largest winning margin
Home	83 (27 Jun 1998)	14 (26 Nov 2016)
Away	36 (19 August 2023)	2 (2 Jun 2018)

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner
1	1 December 1906	Swansea	11-0	SA
2	14 December 1912	Cardiff	3-0	SA
3	5 December 1931	Swansea	8-3	SA
4	22 December 1951	Cardiff	6-3	SA
5	3 December 1960	Cardiff	0-3	SA
6	23 May 1964	Durban	24-3	SA
7	24 January 1970	Cardiff	6-6	Draw
8	26 November 1994	Cardiff	20-12	SA
9	2 September 1995	Johannesburg	40-11	SA
10	15 December 1996	Cardiff	37-20	SA
11	27 June 1998	Pretoria	96-13	SA
12	14 November 1998	England	28-20	SA
13	26 June 1999	Cardiff	19-29	Wales
14	26 November 2000	Cardiff	23-13	SA
15	8 June 2002	Bloemfontein	34-19	SA
16	15 June 2002	Cape Town	19-8	SA
17	26 June 2004	Pretoria	53-18	SA
18	6 November 2004	Cardiff	38-36	SA
19	19 November 2005	Cardiff	33-16	SA
20	24 November 2007	Cardiff	34-12	SA
21	7 June 2008	Bloemfontein	43-17	SA
22	14 June 2008	Pretoria	37-21	SA
23	8 November 2008	Cardiff	20-15	SA
24	5 June 2012	Cardiff	34-31	SA
25	13 November 2012	Cardiff	29-25	SA
26	11 September 2011	Wellington (RWC)	17-16	SA
27	9 November 2013	Cardiff	24-15	SA
28	14 June 2014	Durban	38-16	SA
29	21 June 2014	Nelspruit	31-30	SA
30	29 November 2014	Cardiff	6-12	Wales
31	17 October 2015	England (RWC)	23-19	SA
32	26 November 2016	Cardiff	13-27	Wales
33	2 December 2017	Cardiff	22-24	Wales
34	2 June 2018	Washington (USA)	20-22	Wales
35	24 November 2018	Cardiff	11-20	Wales
36	27 October 2019	Yokohama (RWC)	19-16	SA
37	6 November 2021	Cardiff	23-18	SA
38	2 July 2022	Pretoria	32-29	SA
39	9 July 2022	Bloemfontein	12-13	Wales
40	16 July 2022	Cape Town	30-14	SA
41	19 August 2023	Cardiff	52-16	SA
42	22/06/2024	Twickenham	41-13	SA
43	20/11/2024	Cardiff	45-12	SA

Springbok team to face Wales in Cardiff: 20/11/2024

15 – Aphelele Fassi (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 10 caps, 30 points (6t)
14 – Cheslin Kolbe (Suntory Sungoliath) – 39 caps, 111 points (18t, 3c, 5p)
13 – Jesse Kriel (Canon Eagles) – 78 caps, 90 points (18t)
12 – Damian de Allende (Wild Knights) – 86 caps, 55 points (11t)
11 – Kurt-Lee Arendse (Vodacom Bulls) – 23 caps, 85 points (17t)
10 – Jordan Hendrikse (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 1 cap, 7 pts (2c, 1p)
9 – Jaden Hendrikse (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 19 caps, 19 pts (2t, 3c, 1p)

8 – Jasper Wiese (Urayasu D-Rocks) – 33 caps, 10 points (2t)
7 – Elrigh Louw (Vodacom Bulls) – 12 caps, 0 points
6 – Siya Kolisi (captain, Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 91 caps, 60 points (12t)
5 – Franco Mostert (Honda Heat) – 77 caps, 15 points (3t)
4 – Jean Kleyn (Munster) – 7 caps, 0 pts (Ireland 5 caps)
3 – Thomas du Toit (Bath) – 22 caps, 5 pts (1t)
2 – Johan Grobbelaar (Vodacom Bulls) – 2 caps, 0 points
1 – Ox Nche (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 39 caps, 0 points

Replacements:

16 – Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears) – 75 caps, 105 points (21t)
17 – Gerhard Steenekamp (Vodacom Bulls) – 10 caps, 0 points
18 – Vincent Koch (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 60 caps, 0 points
19 – Eben Etzebeth (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 130 caps, 30 points (6t)
20 – RG Snyman (Leinster) – 39 caps, 10 points (2t)
21 – Cameron Hanekom (Vodacom Bulls) – uncapped
22 – Cobus Reinach (Montpellier) – 38 caps, 70 pts (14t)
23 – Handre Pollard (Leicester Tigers) – 79 caps, 772 points (7t, 109c, 168p, 5dg)

Stats and facts:

Springbok record against Wales:
Played 43; Won 35; Lost 7; Drawn 1; Points for: 1 157; Points against; 683; Tries scored: 131; Tries conceded: 55; Highest score: 96-13; Biggest win: 83 points; Win %: 80,9%

Miscellaneous:

Saturday’s match will be the Springboks’ 101^st match on British and Irish soil since the first tour in 1906 – including matches in the two Rugby World Cups held on the islands. Of those 100 matches, 66 have been won and three drawn while 31 have been lost. The most wins (20) have come against Wales; while the most defeats have been suffered against England (11).
Eben Etzebeth will extend his Springbok record as the most capped player to 131 caps if he takes the field.
The Springboks’ fourth try against England in on Saturday was the 50^th of the season – the most the Boks have scored in a non-Rugby World Cup season since 1997 (when 74 tries were scored in 13 tests).
Should the Springboks win, it will be their 55^th in 78 matches since Rassie Erasmus returned (with Jacques Nienaber) in 2018 for a winning percentage of 70,5% over the past seven seasons (no matches were played in 2020), completing the raising of the team’s historic winning record by more than one whole percentage point from 62,47% to 63,60%.
Should the Springboks win, it will be their 11^th victory from 13 matches in the year for a winning percentage of 84,6% – repeating the feat of 2023 – and the highest seasonal percentage achieved since 1998 when 11 of 12 matches were won for a percentage of 91,7%.
A win or a draw for the Springboks would complete the first undefeated northern hemisphere tour since 2013.
This will be the second time the teams meet in the UK this season after playing an international friendly in their opening match of the season at the Allianz Stadium in June.
The total Test caps for the Springbok starting line-up is 539.
There are 256 caps in the backline, with 283 caps among the forwards. On the bench there are a further 431 caps.
The average caps per player in the backline is 36, the forwards 35, while the players on the bench average 53.