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Autumn Nations Series 2025 · Principality Stadium, Cardiff · 29 November 2025Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 73 points.Half-time 0–21 · Tries 0–11 · WAL 2 yellow cards

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91431434446495463697428198Attacks1061Ball won731111726831082329622221312%Own 2240%Own half43%Opp half74%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
WAL17925
RSA9210
← South Africa attack · Wales attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
9′South AfricaTry, Gerhard Steenekamp, converted0–5
14′South AfricaTry, Ethan Hooker, converted0–12
31′South AfricaTry, Jasper Wiese, converted0–19
43′South AfricaTry, Wilco Louw0–26
44′South AfricaTry, Morne van den Berg, converted0–31
46′South AfricaTry, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, converted0–40
49′South AfricaTry, Canan Moodie, converted0–47
54′South AfricaTry, Andre Esterhuizen, conversion missed0–54
63′South AfricaTry, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, converted0–59
69′South AfricaTry, Ruan Nortje, converted0–66
74′South AfricaTry, Eben Etzebeth, conversion missed0–73
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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020406080HT0′20′40′60′80′2 WAL cards · 1 RSA card
9′Gerhard Steenekamp14′Ethan Hooker31′Jasper Wiese43′Wilco Louw44′Morne van den Berg46′Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu49′Canan Moodie54′Andre Esterhuizen63′Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu69′Ruan Nortje74′Eben Etzebeth
WAL

Team stats

RSA
41%Possession59%
42%Territory58%
69Carries131
147Metres gained506
3Clean breaks12
10Defenders beaten25
86Passes157
3Offloads5
179Tackles made92
25Tackles missed10
55/62Rucks won94/96
11/11Lineouts won20/20
5/9Scrums won5/7
3/3Mauls won4/6
3Turnovers won7
16Penalties conceded10
28Kicks from hand29
572Kick metres729
Goal kicking
WAL conversions 0/0, penalties 0/0 · RSA conversions 9/11, penalties 0/0. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown.

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Gareth ThomasProp
  2. 2Dewi LakeHooker
  3. 3Keiron AssirattiProp
  4. 4Ben CarterSecond row
  5. 5Rhys DaviesSecond row
  6. 6Taine PlumtreeFlanker
  7. 7Alex MannFlanker
  8. 8Aaron WainwrightNumber 8
  9. 9Kieran HardyScrum-half
  10. 10Daniel EdwardsFly-half
  11. 11Rio DyerWing
  12. 12Joe HawkinsCentre
  13. 13Joe RobertsCentre
  14. 14Ellis MeeWing
  15. 15Blair MurrayFull-back
  16. 16Brodie CoghlanBench
  17. 17Danny SouthworthBench
  18. 18Chris ColemanBench
  19. 19James RattiBench
  20. 20Morgan MorseBench
  21. 21Reuben Morgan-WilliamsBench
  22. 22Callum SheedyBench
  23. 23Ben ThomasBench

South Africa

  1. 1Gerhard SteenekampProp
  2. 2Johan GrobbelaarHooker
  3. 3Wilco LouwProp
  4. 4Jean KleynSecond row
  5. 5Ruan NortjeSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Franco MostertFlanker
  8. 8Jasper WieseNumber 8
  9. 9Morne van den BergScrum-half
  10. 10Sacha Feinberg-MngomezuluFly-half
  11. 11Canan MoodieWing
  12. 12Andre EsterhuizenCentre
  13. 13Damian de AllendeCentre
  14. 14Ethan HookerWing
  15. 15Damian WillemseFull-back
  16. 16Mbongeni MbonambiBench
  17. 17Zach PorthenBench
  18. 18Asenathi NtlabakanyeBench
  19. 19Eben EtzebethBench
  20. 20Marco van StadenBench
  21. 21Ben-Jason DixonBench
  22. 22Kwagga SmithBench
  23. 23Cobus ReinachBench

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

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.