Springboks v Wales

The Boks take on Wales in Cardiff on Saturday in the first game of their end of year tour to the UK. The teams are:

Springboks
15 Conrad Jantjes
14 JP Pietersen
13 Adrian Jacobs
12 Jean de Villiers
11 Bryan Habana
10 Ruan Pienaar
09 Fourie du Preez
08 Pierre Spies
07 Juan Smith
06 Schalk Burger
05 Victor Matfield
04 Bakkies Botha
03 John Smit (c)
02 Bismarck du Plessis
01 Beast Mtawarira

Replacements:
16 Brian Mujati
17 Gurthro Steenkamp
18 Andries Bekker
19 Ryan Kankowski
20 Ricky Januarie
21 Frans Steyn
22 Jaque Fourie

Wales
15 Lee Byrne
14 Leigh Halfpenny
13 Jamie Roberts
12 Gavin Henson
11 Shane Williams
10 Stephen Jones
09 Gareth Cooper
08 Andy Powell,
07 Martyn Williams
06 Ryan Jones (c)
05 Ian Evans
04 Alun Wyn Jones
03 Adam Jones
02 Matthew Rees
01 Gethin Jenkins

Replacements:
16 Richard Hibbard
17 Duncan Jones
18 Ian Gough
19 Daffyd Jones
20 Dwayne Peel
21 James Hook
22 Tom Shanklin

Details:

Date: Saturday, November 8
Venue: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Kick-off: 14.30 (14.30 GMT)
Referee: Alan Rolland (Ireland)
Touch judges: Alan Lewis (Ireland), George Clancy (Ireland)
TMO: Geoff Warren (England)

Historic Results:

1906: South Africa vs Wales 11-0 at St Helen’s Ground, Swansea
1912: South Africa vs Wales 3-0 at Cardiff Arms Park
1931: South Africa vs Wales 8-3 at St Helen’s Ground, Swansea
1951: South Africa vs Wales 6-3 at Cardiff Arms Park
1960: South Africa vs Wales 3-0 at Cardiff Arms Park
1964:  South Africa vs Wales 24-3 at Kings Park Stadium, Durban
1970:  Draw 6-6 at Cardiff Arms Park
1994:  South Africa vs Wales 20-12 at Cardiff Arms Park
1995:  South Africa vs Wales 40-11 at Ellis Park, Johannesburg
1996:  South Africa vs Wales 37-20 at Cardiff Arms Park
1998:  South Africa vs Wales 28-20 at Wembley Stadium, London
1998:  South Africa vs Wales 96-13 at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
1999:  Wales won 29-19 at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
2000:  South Africa vs Wales 23-13 at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
2002:  South Africa vs Wales 19-8 at Newlands
2002:  South Africa vs Wales 34-19 at Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein
2004:  South Africa vs Wales 53-18 at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
2004:  South Africa vs Wales 38-36 at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
2005:  South Africa vs Wales 33-16 at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
2007:  South Africa vs Wales 34-12 at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
2008: South Africa vs Wales 37-21 at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
2008:  South Africa vs Wales 43-17 at Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein