TheBreakdown
Full time5 June 2010
Wales
31–34
South Africa
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 2010Head-to-head

South Africa won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 10’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones3–0
  2. 13’DWales drop goal · James Hook6–0
  3. 18’PSouth Africa penalty · Ruan Pienaar6–3
  4. 20’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones9–3
  5. 22’TWales try · James Hook14–3
  6. 23’CWales conversion · Stephen Jones16–3
  7. 25’PSouth Africa penalty · Ruan Pienaar16–6
  8. 32’TSouth Africa try · Odwa Ndungane16–11
  9. 37’PSouth Africa penalty · Ruan Pienaar16–14
  10. 44’TSouth Africa try · Dewald Potgieter16–19
  11. 45’CSouth Africa conversion · Ruan Pienaar16–21
  12. 47’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones19–21
  13. 57’PSouth Africa penalty · Frans Steyn19–24
  14. 60’TSouth Africa try · Juan de Jongh19–29
  15. 61’CSouth Africa conversion · Ruan Pienaar19–31
  16. 74’TWales try · Tom Prydie24–31
  17. 76’PSouth Africa penalty · Ruan Pienaar24–34
  18. 77’TWales try · Alun Wyn Jones29–34
  19. 78’CWales conversion · Stephen Jones31–34

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Paul JamesProp
  2. 2Matthew ReesHooker
  3. 3Adam JonesProp
  4. 4Bradley DaviesSecond row
  5. 5Deiniol JonesSecond row
  6. 6Jonathan ThomasFlanker
  7. 7Sam WarburtonFlanker
  8. 8Ryan JonesNumber 8
  9. 9Mike PhillipsScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen JonesFly-half
  11. 11Tom PrydieWing
  12. 12Jamie RobertsCentre
  13. 13James HookCentre
  14. 14Leigh HalfpennyWing
  15. 15Lee ByrneFull-back
  16. 16Huw BennettBench
  17. 17John YappBench
  18. 18Alun Wyn JonesBench
  19. 19Rob McCuskerBench
  20. 20Richie ReesBench
  21. 21Dan BiggarBench
  22. 22Andrew BishopBench

South Africa

  1. 1CJ Van Der LindeProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3BJ BothaProp
  4. 4Danie RossouwSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Francois LouwFlanker
  7. 7Dewald PotgieterFlanker
  8. 8Joe Van NiekerkNumber 8
  9. 9Ricky JanuarieScrum-half
  10. 10Ruan PienaarFly-half
  11. 11Odwa NdunganeWing
  12. 12Juan de JonghCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14Gio AplonWing
  15. 15Frans SteynFull-back
  16. 16Chiliboy RalepelleBench
  17. 17Jannie Du PlessisBench
  18. 18Alistair HargreavesBench
  19. 19Ryan KankowskiBench
  20. 20Meyer BosmanBench
  21. 21Zane KirchnerBench
  22. 22Bjorn BassonBench

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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.