TheBreakdown
Full time14 November 1998
Wales
20–28
South Africa
Wembley Stadium, London, England · Tour 1998Head-to-head

South Africa won by 8 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 · Gareth Thomas20–0
  7. –CSouth Africa conversion · Franco Smith20–2
  8. –CSouth Africa conversion · Franco Smith20–4
  9. –PSouth Africa penalty · Franco Smith20–7
  10. –PSouth Africa penalty · Franco Smith20–10
  11. –PSouth Africa penalty · Franco Smith20–13
  12. –TSouth Africa try20–18
  13. –TSouth Africa try · Joost van der Westhuizen20–23
  14. –TSouth Africa try · Andre Venter20–28

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1ALP LewisProp
  2. 2Jonathan HumphreysHooker
  3. 3Chris AnthonyProp
  4. 4Craig QuinnellSecond row
  5. 5Chris WyattSecond row
  6. 6Colin CharvisFlanker
  7. 7Martyn WilliamsFlanker
  8. 8Scott QuinnellNumber 8
  9. 9Rob HowleyScrum-half
  10. 10Neil JenkinsFly-half
  11. 11Dafydd JamesWing
  12. 12Scott GibbsCentre
  13. 13Mark TaylorCentre
  14. 14Gareth ThomasWing
  15. 15Shane HowarthFull-back
  16. 16Mike RayerBench
  17. 17Neil BoobyerBench
  18. 18David LlewellynBench
  19. 19Mike VoyleBench
  20. 20Darren MorrisBench
  21. 21Ben EvansBench
  22. 22Barry WilliamsBench

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. 10Henry HoniballFly-half
  11. 11Pieter RossouwWing
  12. 12Franco SmithCentre
  13. 13Andre SnymanCentre
  14. 14Stefan TerblancheWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Gaffie du ToitBench
  17. 17Braam van StraatenBench
  18. 18Werner SwanepoelBench
  19. 19Bobby SkinstadBench
  20. 20Selborne BoomeBench
  21. 21Ollie le RouxBench
  22. 22Naka DrotskeBench

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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.