TheBreakdown
Full time19 August 2023
Wales
16–52
South Africa
Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales · Summer Nations Series 2023Head-to-head

South Africa won by 36 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’TSouth Africa try · Malcolm Marx
  2. 9’PWales penalty · Sam Costelow
  3. 21’PWales penalty · Sam Costelow
  4. 22’TSouth Africa try · Canan Moodie
  5. 24’CSouth Africa conversion · Manie Libbok
  6. 26’PWales penalty · Sam Costelow
  7. 34’TSouth Africa try
  8. 35’TSouth Africa try · Jesse Kriel
  9. 52’TSouth Africa try · Jesse Kriel
  10. 53’CSouth Africa conversion · Manie Libbok
  11. 59’TSouth Africa try · Pieter-Steph Du Toit
  12. 60’CSouth Africa conversion · Manie Libbok
  13. 61’TSouth Africa try · Canan Moodie
  14. 62’CSouth Africa conversion · Manie Libbok
  15. 69’TSouth Africa try · Damian Willemse
  16. 70’CSouth Africa conversion · Manie Libbok
  17. 72’TWales try · Sam Parry
  18. 74’CWales conversion · Cai Evans

The scoring record for this Test does not add up to the final score, so running scores are hidden.

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Corey DomachowskiProp
  2. 2Elliot DeeHooker
  3. 3Keiron AssirattiProp
  4. 4Ben CarterSecond row
  5. 5Will RowlandsSecond row
  6. 6Dan LydiateFlanker
  7. 7Jac MorganFlanker
  8. 8Aaron WainwrightNumber 8
  9. 9Kieran HardyScrum-half
  10. 10Sam CostelowFly-half
  11. 11Rio DyerWing
  12. 12Johnny WilliamsCentre
  13. 13Mason GradyCentre
  14. 14Tom RogersWing
  15. 15Cai EvansFull-back
  16. 16Sam ParryBench
  17. 17Nicky SmithBench
  18. 18Henry ThomasBench
  19. 19Teddy WilliamsBench
  20. 20Taine BashamBench
  21. 21Tomos WilliamsBench
  22. 22Max LlewellynBench
  23. 23Louis Rees-ZammitBench

South Africa

  1. 1Steven KitshoffProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Frans MalherbeProp
  4. 4Jean KleynSecond row
  5. 5RG SnymanSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Jasper WieseNumber 8
  9. 9Jaden HendrikseScrum-half
  10. 10Manie LibbokFly-half
  11. 11Cheslin KolbeWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Canan MoodieWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Mbongeni MbonambiBench
  17. 17Ox NcheBench
  18. 18Vincent KochBench
  19. 19Franco MostertBench
  20. 20Marco van StadenBench
  21. 21Duane VermeulenBench
  22. 22Grant WilliamsBench
  23. 23Damian WillemseBench

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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.