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Full time26 November 2016
Wales
27–13
South Africa
Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 2016Head-to-head

Wales won by 14 points.

Scoring

  1. 8’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies0–3
  2. 13’PWales penalty · Leigh Halfpenny3–3
  3. 19’PWales penalty · Leigh Halfpenny6–3
  4. 23’PWales penalty · Leigh Halfpenny9–3
  5. 25’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies9–6
  6. 35’PWales penalty · Leigh Halfpenny12–6
  7. 44’PWales penalty · Leigh Halfpenny15–6
  8. 47’TWales try · Ken Owens20–6
  9. 71’TSouth Africa try · Uzair Cassiem20–11
  10. 72’CSouth Africa conversion · Pat Lambie20–13
  11. 77’TWales try · Justin Tipuric25–13
  12. 79’CWales conversion · Leigh Halfpenny27–13

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Gethin JenkinsProp
  2. 2Ken OwensHooker
  3. 3Tomas FrancisProp
  4. 4Luke CharterisSecond row
  5. 5Alun Wyn JonesSecond row
  6. 6Dan LydiateFlanker
  7. 7Justin TipuricFlanker
  8. 8Ross MoriartyNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth DaviesScrum-half
  10. 10Dan BiggarFly-half
  11. 11Liam WilliamsWing
  12. 12Scott WilliamsCentre
  13. 13Jonathan DaviesCentre
  14. 14George NorthWing
  15. 15Leigh HalfpennyFull-back
  16. 16Scott BaldwinBench
  17. 17Nicky SmithBench
  18. 18Samson LeeBench
  19. 19Cory HillBench
  20. 20Taulupe FaletauBench
  21. 21Lloyd WilliamsBench
  22. 22Sam DaviesBench
  23. 23Jamie RobertsBench

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Adriaan StraussHooker
  3. 3Lourens AdriaanseProp
  4. 4Pieter-Steph Du ToitSecond row
  5. 5Lodewyk De JagerSecond row
  6. 6Nizaam CarrFlanker
  7. 7Uzair CassiemFlanker
  8. 8Warren WhiteleyNumber 8
  9. 9Faf de KlerkScrum-half
  10. 10Elton JantjiesFly-half
  11. 11Jamba UlengoWing
  12. 12Rohan Janse van RensburgCentre
  13. 13Francois VenterCentre
  14. 14Ruan CombrinckWing
  15. 15Johan GoosenFull-back
  16. 16Malcolm MarxBench
  17. 17Steven KitshoffBench
  18. 18Trevor NyakaneBench
  19. 19Franco MostertBench
  20. 20Jean-Luc Du PreezBench
  21. 21Piet van ZylBench
  22. 22Pat LambieBench
  23. 23Lionel MapoeBench

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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.