TheBreakdown
Full time27 June 1998
South Africa
96–13
Wales
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa · Tour 1998Head-to-head

South Africa won by 83 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery2–0
  2. –CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery4–0
  3. –CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery6–0
  4. –CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery8–0
  5. –CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery10–0
  6. –CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery12–0
  7. –CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery14–0
  8. –CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery16–0
  9. –CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery18–0
  10. –PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery21–0
  11. –TSouth Africa try · Percy Montgomery26–0
  12. –TSouth Africa try · Percy Montgomery31–0
  13. –TSouth Africa try · Stefan Terblanche36–0
  14. –TSouth Africa try · Stefan Terblanche41–0
  15. –TSouth Africa try · Pieter Rossouw46–0
  16. –TSouth Africa try · Pieter Rossouw51–0
  17. –TSouth Africa try · Pieter Rossouw56–0
  18. –TSouth Africa try · Franco Smith61–0
  19. –TSouth Africa try · Joost van der Westhuizen66–0
  20. –TSouth Africa try · Krynauw Otto71–0
  21. –TSouth Africa try · Rassie Erasmus76–0
  22. –TSouth Africa try · Andre Venter81–0
  23. –TSouth Africa try · Andre Venter86–0
  24. –TSouth Africa try · McNeil Hendricks91–0
  25. –TSouth Africa try · Bobby Skinstad96–0
  26. –CWales conversion · Arwel Thomas96–2
  27. –PWales penalty · Arwel Thomas96–5
  28. –PWales penalty · Arwel Thomas96–8
  29. –TWales try · Arwel Thomas96–13

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Robbie KempsonProp
  2. 2James DaltonHooker
  3. 3Adrian GarveyProp
  4. 4Krynauw OttoSecond row
  5. 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Rassie ErasmusFlanker
  7. 7Andre VenterFlanker
  8. 8Gary TeichmannNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Franco SmithFly-half
  11. 11Pieter RossouwWing
  12. 12Pieter MullerCentre
  13. 13Andre SnymanCentre
  14. 14Stefan TerblancheWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16McNeil HendricksBench
  17. 17Henry HoniballBench
  18. 18Werner SwanepoelBench
  19. 19Naka DrotskeBench
  20. 20Ollie le RouxBench
  21. 21Bobby SkinstadBench
  22. 22Andy AitkenBench

Wales

  1. 1Mike GriffithsProp
  2. 2Barry WilliamsHooker
  3. 3John DaviesProp
  4. 4Andy MooreSecond row
  5. 5Ian GoughSecond row
  6. 6Nathan ThomasFlanker
  7. 7Kingsley JonesFlanker
  8. 8Colin CharvisNumber 8
  9. 9Paul JohnScrum-half
  10. 10Arwel ThomasFly-half
  11. 11Dafydd JamesWing
  12. 12John FunnellCentre
  13. 13Mark TaylorCentre
  14. 14Garan EvansWing
  15. 15Byron HaywardFull-back
  16. 16Daryl WilliamsBench
  17. 17Stephen JonesBench
  18. 18David LlewellynBench
  19. 19Garin JenkinsBench
  20. 20Darren MorrisBench
  21. 21Geraint LewisBench
  22. 22Chris WyattBench

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Context

All-time, South Africa 37–7 Wales, 1 drawn in 45 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

South Africa going in
Wales 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.