TheBreakdown
Full time7 June 2008
South Africa
43–17
Wales
Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein, South Africa · Tour 2008Head-to-head

South Africa won by 26 points.

Scoring

  1. 8’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James3–0
  2. 11’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James6–0
  3. 16’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones6–3
  4. 20’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James9–3
  5. 25’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James12–3
  6. 32’TSouth Africa try · Conrad Jantjes17–3
  7. 33’CSouth Africa conversion · Butch James19–3
  8. 38’TWales try · Jamie Roberts19–8
  9. 39’CWales conversion · Stephen Jones19–10
  10. 42’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James22–10
  11. 48’TSouth Africa try · Jean De Villiers27–10
  12. 49’CSouth Africa conversion · Butch James29–10
  13. 57’TSouth Africa try · Pierre Spies34–10
  14. 58’CSouth Africa conversion · Butch James36–10
  15. 68’TWales try · Shane Williams36–15
  16. 69’CWales conversion · James Hook36–17
  17. 72’TSouth Africa try · Percy Montgomery41–17
  18. 73’CSouth Africa conversion · Butch James43–17

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Gurthro SteenkampProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3Brian MujatiProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Andries BekkerSecond row
  6. 6Luke WatsonFlanker
  7. 7Juan SmithFlanker
  8. 8Pierre SpiesNumber 8
  9. 9Bolla ConradieScrum-half
  10. 10Butch JamesFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Adi JacobsCentre
  14. 14Tonderai ChavhangaWing
  15. 15Conrad JantjesFull-back
  16. 16Bismarck Du PlessisBench
  17. 17CJ Van Der LindeBench
  18. 18Victor MatfieldBench
  19. 19Danie RossouwBench
  20. 20Ruan PienaarBench
  21. 21Peter GrantBench
  22. 22Percy MontgomeryBench

Wales

  1. 1Gethin JenkinsProp
  2. 2Matthew ReesHooker
  3. 3Adam JonesProp
  4. 4Ian GoughSecond row
  5. 5Alun Wyn JonesSecond row
  6. 6Jonathan ThomasFlanker
  7. 7Dafydd JonesFlanker
  8. 8Ryan JonesNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth CooperScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen JonesFly-half
  11. 11Shane WilliamsWing
  12. 12Sonny ParkerCentre
  13. 13Tom ShanklinCentre
  14. 14Mark JonesWing
  15. 15Jamie RobertsFull-back
  16. 16Richard HibbardBench
  17. 17Duncan JonesBench
  18. 18Ian EvansBench
  19. 19Gareth DelveBench
  20. 20Warren FuryBench
  21. 21James HookBench
  22. 22Morgan StoddartBench

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Context

All-time, South Africa 37–7 Wales, 1 drawn in 45 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

South Africa going in
Wales going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.