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Full time15 December 1996
Wales
20–37
South Africa
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 1996Head-to-head

South Africa won by 17 points.

Scoring

  1. –PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins3–0
  2. –PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins6–0
  3. –PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins9–0
  4. –PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins12–0
  5. –PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins15–0
  6. –TWales try · Arwel Thomas20–0
  7. –CSouth Africa conversion · Andre Joubert20–2
  8. –CSouth Africa conversion · Henry Honiball20–4
  9. –CSouth Africa conversion · Henry Honiball20–6
  10. –PSouth Africa penalty · Henry Honiball20–9
  11. –PSouth Africa penalty · Henry Honiball20–12
  12. –TSouth Africa try · Andre Joubert20–17
  13. –TSouth Africa try · Jacques Olivier20–22
  14. –TSouth Africa try · Joost van der Westhuizen20–27
  15. –TSouth Africa try · Joost van der Westhuizen20–32
  16. –TSouth Africa try · Joost van der Westhuizen20–37

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Christian LoaderProp
  2. 2Jonathan HumphreysHooker
  3. 3Dai YoungProp
  4. 4Gareth LlewellynSecond row
  5. 5Mark RowleySecond row
  6. 6Dale McIntoshFlanker
  7. 7Colin CharvisFlanker
  8. 8Steve WilliamsNumber 8
  9. 9Rob HowleyScrum-half
  10. 10Arwel ThomasFly-half
  11. 11Dafydd JamesWing
  12. 12Scott GibbsCentre
  13. 13Allan BatemanCentre
  14. 14Ieuan EvansWing
  15. 15Neil JenkinsFull-back
  16. 17Paul JohnBench
  17. 18Leigh DaviesBench
  18. 19Nathan ThomasBench
  19. 20Lyndon MustoeBench
  20. 21Garin JenkinsBench

South Africa

  1. 1Dawie TheronProp
  2. 2James DaltonHooker
  3. 3Adrian GarveyProp
  4. 4Kobus WieseSecond row
  5. 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Ruben KrugerFlanker
  7. 7Andre VenterFlanker
  8. 8Gary TeichmannNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Henry HoniballFly-half
  11. 11Jacques OlivierWing
  12. 12Hennie le RouxCentre
  13. 13Japie MulderCentre
  14. 14James SmallWing
  15. 15Andre JoubertFull-back
  16. 16Andre SnymanBench
  17. 17Wayne FyvieBench
  18. 18Kevin PuttBench
  19. 19Hannes StrydomBench
  20. 20Toks van der LindeBench
  21. 21Henry TrompBench

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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.