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Full time8 November 2008
Wales
15–20
South Africa
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 2008Head-to-head

South Africa won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’TSouth Africa try · Adi Jacobs0–5
  2. 8’CSouth Africa conversion · Ruan Pienaar0–7
  3. 10’PSouth Africa penalty · Ruan Pienaar0–10
  4. 30’PWales penalty · Leigh Halfpenny3–10
  5. 38’PSouth Africa penalty · Ruan Pienaar3–13
  6. 53’TSouth Africa try · Jean De Villiers3–18
  7. 54’CSouth Africa conversion · Ruan Pienaar3–20
  8. 58’PWales penalty · James Hook6–20
  9. 60’PWales penalty · James Hook9–20
  10. 64’PWales penalty · James Hook12–20
  11. 74’PWales penalty · James Hook15–20

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Gethin JenkinsProp
  2. 2Matthew ReesHooker
  3. 3Adam JonesProp
  4. 4Alun Wyn JonesSecond row
  5. 5Ian EvansSecond row
  6. 6Ryan JonesFlanker
  7. 7Martyn WilliamsFlanker
  8. 8Andy PowellNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth CooperScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen JonesFly-half
  11. 11Shane WilliamsWing
  12. 12Jamie RobertsCentre
  13. 13Tom ShanklinCentre
  14. 14Leigh HalfpennyWing
  15. 15Lee ByrneFull-back
  16. 16Richard HibbardBench
  17. 17Duncan JonesBench
  18. 18Ian GoughBench
  19. 19Dafydd JonesBench
  20. 20Dwayne PeelBench
  21. 21James HookBench
  22. 22Andrew BishopBench

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Bismarck Du PlessisHooker
  3. 3John SmitProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Schalk BurgerFlanker
  7. 7Juan SmithFlanker
  8. 8Pierre SpiesNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Ruan PienaarFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Adi JacobsCentre
  14. 14JP PietersenWing
  15. 15Conrad JantjesFull-back
  16. 16Brian MujatiBench
  17. 17Gurthro SteenkampBench
  18. 18Andries BekkerBench
  19. 19Ryan KankowskiBench
  20. 20Ricky JanuarieBench
  21. 21Frans SteynBench
  22. 22Jaque FourieBench

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Context

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

Wales going in
South Africa 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.