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Full time19 November 2005
Wales
16–33
South Africa
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 2005Head-to-head

South Africa won by 17 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery0–3
  2. 13’TSouth Africa try · Bryan Habana0–8
  3. 16’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones3–8
  4. 19’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery3–11
  5. 28’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones6–11
  6. 45’TSouth Africa try · Bryan Habana6–16
  7. 46’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones9–16
  8. 58’TSouth Africa try · Conrad Jantjes9–21
  9. 59’CSouth Africa conversion · Meyer Bosman9–23
  10. 64’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery9–26
  11. 73’CWales conversion · Stephen Jones11–26
  12. 73’TWales try · Ceri Sweeney16–26
  13. 80’TSouth Africa try · Danie Rossouw16–31
  14. 81’CSouth Africa conversion · Meyer Bosman16–33

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Duncan JonesProp
  2. 2Thomas Rhys ThomasHooker
  3. 3Chris HorsmanProp
  4. 4Ian GoughSecond row
  5. 5Rob SidoliSecond row
  6. 6Colin CharvisFlanker
  7. 7Martyn WilliamsFlanker
  8. 8Michael OwenNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth CooperScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen JonesFly-half
  11. 11Shane WilliamsWing
  12. 12Sonny ParkerCentre
  13. 13Gareth ThomasCentre
  14. 14Dafydd JamesWing
  15. 15Lee ByrneFull-back
  16. 16Mefin DaviesBench
  17. 17Adam JonesBench
  18. 18Ian EvansBench
  19. 19Jonathan ThomasBench
  20. 20Mike PhillipsBench
  21. 21Matthew WatkinsBench
  22. 22Ceri SweeneyBench

South Africa

  1. 1Lawrence SephakaProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3CJ Van Der LindeProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Schalk BurgerFlanker
  7. 7Juan SmithFlanker
  8. 8Jacques CronjeNumber 8
  9. 9Michael ClaassensScrum-half
  10. 10Meyer BosmanFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14Conrad JantjesWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Hanyani ShimangeBench
  17. 17Os du RandtBench
  18. 18Albert van den BergBench
  19. 19Danie RossouwBench
  20. 20Bolla ConradieBench
  21. 21De Wet BarryBench
  22. 22Brent RussellBench

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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

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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.