TheBreakdown
Full time6 November 2021
Wales
18–23
South Africa
Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales · Autumn Nations Series 2021Head-to-head

South Africa won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. 10’PWales penalty · Dan Biggar3–0
  2. 12’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard3–3
  3. 14’PWales penalty · Dan Biggar6–3
  4. 18’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard6–6
  5. 27’PWales penalty · Dan Biggar9–6
  6. 32’PWales penalty · Dan Biggar12–6
  7. 42’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard12–9
  8. 51’PWales penalty · Dan Biggar15–9
  9. 55’PSouth Africa penalty · Frans Steyn15–12
  10. 60’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard15–15
  11. 65’PWales penalty · Dan Biggar18–15
  12. 73’TSouth Africa try · Malcolm Marx18–20
  13. 81’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies18–23

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Rhys CarreProp
  2. 2Ryan EliasHooker
  3. 3Tomas FrancisProp
  4. 4Will RowlandsSecond row
  5. 5Adam BeardSecond row
  6. 6Ellis JenkinsFlanker
  7. 7Taine BashamFlanker
  8. 8Aaron WainwrightNumber 8
  9. 9Tomos WilliamsScrum-half
  10. 10Dan BiggarFly-half
  11. 11Josh AdamsWing
  12. 12Nick TompkinsCentre
  13. 13Jonathan DaviesCentre
  14. 14Louis Rees-ZammitWing
  15. 15Johnny McNichollFull-back
  16. 16Bradley RobertsBench
  17. 17Wyn JonesBench
  18. 18WillGriff JohnBench
  19. 19Ben CarterBench
  20. 20Seb DaviesBench
  21. 21Gareth DaviesBench
  22. 22Gareth AnscombeBench
  23. 23Liam WilliamsBench

South Africa

  1. 1Ox NcheProp
  2. 2Mbongeni MbonambiHooker
  3. 3Trevor NyakaneProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Lodewyk De JagerSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Kwagga SmithFlanker
  8. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Herschel JantjiesScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Makazole MapimpiWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Lukhanyo AmCentre
  14. 14Jesse KrielWing
  15. 15Damian WillemseFull-back
  16. 16Malcolm MarxBench
  17. 17Steven KitshoffBench
  18. 18Vincent KochBench
  19. 19Franco MostertBench
  20. 20Jasper WieseBench
  21. 21Cobus ReinachBench
  22. 22Elton JantjiesBench
  23. 23Frans SteynBench

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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.