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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · Twickenham, London · 17 October 2015Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 4 points.Half-time 12–10 · Tries 1–1

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9′13′15′17′21′40′43′47′56′62′64′18753743Attacks812Ball won89181235531510893246151211146%Own 2233%Own half74%Opp half54%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
RSA12313
WAL19720
← 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.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
18′WalesTry, Gareth Davies, converted9–8
75′South AfricaTry, Fourie Du Preez, conversion missed23–19
9′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
13′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
15′WalesPenalty goal scored
17′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
21′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
40′WalesPenalty goal missed
42′WalesDrop goal scored
43′South AfricaPenalty goal missed
47′WalesPenalty goal scored
52′South AfricaDrop goal scored
56′South AfricaPenalty goal missed
62′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
64′WalesPenalty goal scored
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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18′Gareth Davies75′Fourie Du Preez
RSA

Team stats

WAL
59%Possession41%
61%Territory39%
157Carries106
543Metres gained294
6Clean breaks2
20Defenders beaten13
167Passes152
7Offloads3
123Tackles made197
13Tackles missed20
118/126Rucks won80/90
12/12Lineouts won10/12
4/4Scrums won3/3
8/11Mauls won2/2
8Turnovers won10
10Penalties conceded12
46Kicks from hand44
505Kick metres551
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 0/1, penalties 5/7 · WAL conversions 1/1, penalties 3/4. 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.

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Bismarck Du PlessisHooker
  3. 3Frans MalherbeProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Lodewyk De JagerSecond row
  6. 6Francois LouwFlanker
  7. 7Schalk BurgerFlanker
  8. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14JP PietersenWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Adriaan StraussBench
  17. 17Trevor NyakaneBench
  18. 18Jannie Du PlessisBench
  19. 19Pieter-Steph Du ToitBench
  20. 20Willem AlbertsBench
  21. 21Ruan PienaarBench
  22. 22Pat LambieBench
  23. 23Jan SerfonteinBench

Wales

  1. 1Gethin JenkinsProp
  2. 2Scott BaldwinHooker
  3. 3Samson LeeProp
  4. 4Luke CharterisSecond row
  5. 5Alun Wyn JonesSecond row
  6. 6Dan LydiateFlanker
  7. 7Sam WarburtonFlanker
  8. 8Taulupe FaletauNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth DaviesScrum-half
  10. 10Dan BiggarFly-half
  11. 11George NorthWing
  12. 12Jamie RobertsCentre
  13. 13Tyler MorganCentre
  14. 14Alex CuthbertWing
  15. 15Gareth AnscombeFull-back
  16. 16Ken OwensBench
  17. 17Paul JamesBench
  18. 18Tomas FrancisBench
  19. 19Bradley DaviesBench
  20. 20Justin TipuricBench
  21. 21Lloyd WilliamsBench
  22. 22Rhys PriestlandBench
  23. 23James HookBench

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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.