South Africa vs Wales

Detail Played Won by SA SA Won by Wales Drawn SA Points Wales Points
In South Africa 131210489212
In Wales241851502365
Neutral Venue6510148106
Overall4335711157683

RecordSouth AfricaWales
Longest winning streak16 (26 Nov 2000 – 29 Nov 2014)(26 Nov 2016 – 27 Oct 2019)
Largest points for
Home96 (27 Jun 1998)36 (6 Nov 2004)
Away52 (19 August 2023)30 (21 Jun 2014)
Largest winning margin
Home83 (27 Jun 1998)14 (26 Nov 2016)
Away36 (19 August 2023)(2 Jun 2018)
No.DateVenueScoreWinner
11 December 1906Swansea11-0SA
214 December 1912Cardiff3-0SA
35 December 1931Swansea8-3SA
422 December 1951Cardiff6-3SA
53 December 1960Cardiff0-3SA
623 May 1964Durban24-3SA
724 January 1970Cardiff6-6Draw
826 November 1994Cardiff20-12SA
92 September 1995Johannesburg40-11SA
1015 December 1996Cardiff37-20SA
1127 June 1998Pretoria96-13SA
1214 November 1998England28-20SA
1326 June 1999Cardiff19-29Wales
1426 November 2000Cardiff23-13SA
158 June 2002Bloemfontein34-19SA
1615 June 2002Cape Town19-8SA
1726 June 2004Pretoria53-18SA
186 November 2004Cardiff38-36SA
1919 November 2005Cardiff33-16SA
2024 November 2007Cardiff34-12SA
217 June 2008Bloemfontein43-17SA
2214 June 2008Pretoria37-21SA
238 November 2008Cardiff20-15SA
245 June 2012Cardiff34-31SA
2513 November 2012Cardiff29-25SA
2611 September 2011Wellington (RWC)17-16SA
279 November 2013Cardiff24-15SA
2814 June 2014Durban38-16SA
2921 June 2014Nelspruit31-30SA
3029 November 2014Cardiff6-12Wales
3117 October 2015England (RWC)23-19SA
3226 November 2016Cardiff13-27Wales
332 December 2017Cardiff22-24Wales
342 June 2018Washington (USA)20-22Wales
3524 November 2018Cardiff11-20Wales
3627 October 2019Yokohama (RWC)19-16SA
376 November 2021Cardiff23-18SA
382 July 2022Pretoria32-29SA
399 July 2022Bloemfontein12-13Wales
4016 July 2022Cape Town30-14SA
41 19 August 2023Cardiff52-16SA
4222/06/2024Twickenham41-13SA
4320/11/2024Cardiff45-12SA

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’ 101st 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 50th 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 55th 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 11th 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.
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