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Full time14 June 2008
South Africa
37–21
Wales
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa · Tour 2008Head-to-head

South Africa won by 16 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones0–3
  2. 13’TSouth Africa try · Jean De Villiers5–3
  3. 14’CSouth Africa conversion · Butch James7–3
  4. 19’TSouth Africa try · Ricky Januarie12–3
  5. 20’CSouth Africa conversion · Butch James14–3
  6. 21’TWales try · Gareth Cooper14–8
  7. 22’CWales conversion · Stephen Jones14–10
  8. 33’TWales try · Shane Williams14–15
  9. 40’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James17–15
  10. 50’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James20–15
  11. 53’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones20–18
  12. 62’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones20–21
  13. 65’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James23–21
  14. 68’TSouth Africa try · Jean De Villiers28–21
  15. 69’CSouth Africa conversion · Butch James30–21
  16. 81’TSouth Africa try · Bismarck Du Plessis35–21
  17. 82’CSouth Africa conversion · Butch James37–21

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3BJ BothaProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Luke WatsonFlanker
  7. 7Juan SmithFlanker
  8. 8Pierre SpiesNumber 8
  9. 9Ricky JanuarieScrum-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. 17Gurthro SteenkampBench
  18. 18Andries BekkerBench
  19. 19Ryan KankowskiBench
  20. 20Bolla ConradieBench
  21. 21Frans SteynBench
  22. 22Percy MontgomeryBench

Wales

  1. 1Gethin JenkinsProp
  2. 2Richard HibbardHooker
  3. 3Rhys ThomasProp
  4. 4Ian GoughSecond row
  5. 5Alun Wyn JonesSecond row
  6. 6Ryan JonesFlanker
  7. 7Jonathan ThomasFlanker
  8. 8Gareth DelveNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth CooperScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen JonesFly-half
  11. 11Shane WilliamsWing
  12. 12Jamie RobertsCentre
  13. 13Tom ShanklinCentre
  14. 14Mark JonesWing
  15. 15James HookFull-back
  16. 16Thomas Rhys ThomasBench
  17. 17Duncan JonesBench
  18. 18Ian EvansBench
  19. 19Dafydd JonesBench
  20. 20Warren FuryBench
  21. 21Andrew BishopBench
  22. 22Tom JamesBench

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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.