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Nations Championship 2026 · Hollywoodbets Kings Park, Durban · 18 July 2026Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 43 points.Half-time 14–0 · Tries 7–0 · WAL 1 yellow card

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51441416369802671Attacks423Ball won7274201913563321713053421927%Own 2249%Own half68%Opp half71%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
RSA1007
WAL12526
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
RSA4/70/00
WAL0/00/00
← 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
5′South AfricaTry, Jasper Wiese, converted5–0
14′South AfricaTry, Cobus Reinach, converted12–0
41′South AfricaTry, Jaco Williams19–0
41′South AfricaTry, Jesse Kriel, converted24–0
63′South AfricaTry, Herschel Jantjies31–0
69′South AfricaTry, Kurt-Lee Arendse36–0
80′South AfricaTry, Paul de Villiers, converted41–0
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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013253850HT0′20′40′60′80′1 WAL card
5′Jasper Wiese14′Cobus Reinach41′Jaco Williams41′Jesse Kriel63′Herschel Jantjies69′Kurt-Lee Arendse80′Paul de Villiers
RSA

Team stats

WAL
58%Possession42%
60%Territory40%
116Carries74
513Metres gained112
12Clean breaks1
26Defenders beaten7
126Passes87
6Offloads4
100Tackles made125
7Tackles missed26
73/74Rucks won59/62
20/20Lineouts won10/11
5/5Scrums won9/12
8/9Mauls won3/3
4Turnovers won3
9Penalties conceded14
32Kicks from hand33
823Kick metres1,013
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 4/7, penalties 0/0 · WAL conversions 0/0, penalties 0/0. 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. 1Gerhard SteenekampProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Carlu SadieProp
  4. 4Cobus WieseSecond row
  5. 5Ruben Van HeerdenSecond row
  6. 6Paul de VilliersFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Jasper WieseNumber 8
  9. 9Cobus ReinachScrum-half
  10. 10Vusi Simphiwe MoyoFly-half
  11. 11Kurt-Lee ArendseWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Jaco WilliamsWing
  15. 15Aphelele FassiFull-back
  16. 16Andre-Hugo VenterBench
  17. 17Jan-Hendrik WesselsBench
  18. 18Wilco LouwBench
  19. 19Ben-Jason DixonBench
  20. 20Marco van StadenBench
  21. 21Herschel JantjiesBench
  22. 22Manie LibbokBench
  23. 23Damian WillemseBench

Wales

  1. 1Rhys CarreProp
  2. 2Dewi LakeHooker
  3. 3Dillon LewisProp
  4. 4Teddy WilliamsSecond row
  5. 5Adam BeardSecond row
  6. 6Alex MannFlanker
  7. 7Jac MorganFlanker
  8. 8Aaron WainwrightNumber 8
  9. 9Tomos WilliamsScrum-half
  10. 10Daniel EdwardsFly-half
  11. 11Ellis MeeWing
  12. 12Ben ThomasCentre
  13. 13Max LlewellynCentre
  14. 14Louis Rees-ZammitWing
  15. 15Blair MurrayFull-back
  16. 16Ryan EliasBench
  17. 17Nicky SmithBench
  18. 18Ben WarrenBench
  19. 19Freddie ThomasBench
  20. 20Tommy ReffellBench
  21. 21James BothamBench
  22. 22Reuben Morgan-WilliamsBench
  23. 23Joe HawkinsBench

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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.