Full time24 January 1970
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 1969Head-to-head
A draw.
Scoring
- –PWales penalty · Gareth Edwards3–0
- –TWales try · Gareth Edwards6–0
- –PSouth Africa penalty · HO De Villiers6–3
- –TSouth Africa try · Syd Nomis6–6
Line-ups
Wales
- 1Barry LlewelynProp
- 2Vic PerrinsHooker
- 3Denzil WilliamsProp
- 4Delme ThomasSecond row
- 5Geoff EvansSecond row
- 6Dai MorrisFlanker
- 7Dennis HughesFlanker
- 8Mervyn DaviesNumber 8
- 9Gareth EdwardsScrum-half
- 10Barry JohnFly-half
- 11Ian HallWing
- 12Billy RaybouldCentre
- 13John DawesCentre
- 14Phil BennettWing
- 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
- 16Jeff YoungBench
- 17Derek QuinnellBench
- 18GJ TreharneBench
- 19Jim ShanklinBench
South Africa
- 1Mof MyburghProp
- 2Charlie CockrellHooker
- 3Hannes MaraisProp
- 4Frik Du PreezSecond row
- 5Sakkie De KlerkSecond row
- 6Piet GreylingFlanker
- 7Jan EllisFlanker
- 8Tommy BedfordNumber 8
- 9Dawie De VilliersScrum-half
- 10Mike LawlessFly-half
- 11Gert MullerWing
- 12Johann Van der MerweCentre
- 13Tonie RouxCentre
- 14Syd NomisWing
- 15HO De VilliersFull-back
- 16Tiny NeethlingBench
- 17Robbie BarnardBench
- 18Dirk de VosBench
- 19Piet VisagieBench
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 23 May 1964, Wales 3–24 South Africa
- Next meeting on record: 26 November 1994
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.