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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington · 11 September 2011Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 1 point.Half-time 10–6 · Tries 2–1

Pitch map

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3546540111Attacks938Ball won732482275178675020462914626%Own 2223%Own half73%Opp half61%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
RSA14111
WAL1078
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
RSA2/21/10
WAL1/13/50
← Wales attack · South Africa attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
3′South AfricaTry, Frans Steyn, converted5–0
54′WalesTry, Taulupe Faletau, converted10–14
65′South AfricaTry, Francois Hougaard, converted15–16
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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05101520HT0′20′40′60′80′
3′Frans Steyn54′Taulupe Faletau65′Francois Hougaard
RSA

Team stats

WAL
41%Possession59%
37%Territory63%
92Carries135
268Metres gained372
8Defenders beaten11
126Passes158
141Tackles made107
11Tackles missed8
72/74Rucks won110/115
9/11Lineouts won15/16
5/5Mauls won1/2
11Penalties conceded5
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 2/2, penalties 1/1 · WAL conversions 1/1, penalties 3/5. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3Jannie Du PlessisProp
  4. 4Danie RossouwSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Heinrich BrussowFlanker
  7. 7Schalk BurgerFlanker
  8. 8Pierre SpiesNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Morne SteynFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14JP PietersenWing
  15. 15Frans SteynFull-back
  16. 16Bismarck Du PlessisBench
  17. 17Gurthro SteenkampBench
  18. 18CJ Van Der LindeBench
  19. 19Johan MullerBench
  20. 20Willem AlbertsBench
  21. 21Francois HougaardBench
  22. 22Butch JamesBench

Wales

  1. 1Paul JamesProp
  2. 2Huw BennettHooker
  3. 3Adam JonesProp
  4. 4Luke CharterisSecond row
  5. 5Alun Wyn JonesSecond row
  6. 6Dan LydiateFlanker
  7. 7Sam WarburtonFlanker
  8. 8Taulupe FaletauNumber 8
  9. 9Mike PhillipsScrum-half
  10. 10Rhys PriestlandFly-half
  11. 11Shane WilliamsWing
  12. 12Jamie RobertsCentre
  13. 13Jonathan DaviesCentre
  14. 14George NorthWing
  15. 15James HookFull-back
  16. 16Lloyd BurnsBench
  17. 17Ryan BevingtonBench
  18. 18Bradley DaviesBench
  19. 19Andy PowellBench
  20. 20Tavis KnoyleBench
  21. 21Scott WilliamsBench
  22. 22Leigh HalfpennyBench

Match officials

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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.