Wales vs South Africa · International Tests

International Tests · 2025Full time
Wales
0–73
South Africa

Match report

South Africa beat Wales 73-0 away from home in the International Tests on Saturday, 29 November 2025.

That makes it eight wins in a row for South Africa. Wales have now lost two in a row. Ramos refereed.

Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.

Head to head

1
Wales wins (11%)
0
Draws (0%)
8
South Africa wins (89%)

Last 9 meetings, since November 2021

Biggest Wales win
13–12
9 Jul 2022
Biggest South Africa win
73–0
29 Nov 2025

Last 5 meetings

  • 18 Jul 2026 · Nations Championship
    South Africa43
    Wales0
  • 29 Nov 2025 · Friendly International
    Wales0
    South Africa73
  • 23 Nov 2024 · Friendly International
    Wales12
    South Africa45
  • 22 Jun 2024 · Friendly International
    South Africa41
    Wales13
  • 19 Aug 2023 · Friendly International
    Wales16
    South Africa52

Lineups

Avg. age
26.5
Avg. age
29.6

Wales

  1. 1Gareth Thomas
  2. 2Dewi Lake
  3. 3Keiron Assarratti
  4. 4Ben Carter
  5. 5Rhys Davies
  6. 6Taine Plumtree
  7. 7Alex Mann
  8. 8Aaron Wainwright
  9. 9Kieran Hardy
  10. 10Dan Edwards
  11. 11Rio Dyer
  12. 12Joe Hawkins
  13. 13Joe Roberts
  14. 14Ellis Mee
  15. 15Blair Murray
Replacements
  1. 16Brodie Coghlan
  2. 17Danny Southworth
  3. 18Christian Coleman
  4. 19James Ratti
  5. 20Morgan Morse
  6. 21Reuben Morgan
  7. 22Callum Sheedy
  8. 23Ben Thomas

South Africa

  1. 1Gerhard Steenekamp
  2. 2Johan Grobbelaar
  3. 3Wilco Louw
  4. 4Jean Kleyn
  5. 5Ruan Nortje
  6. 6Siya Kolisi
  7. 7Francois Mostert
  8. 8Jasper Van der Weshuizen Wiese
  9. 9Morné van den Berg
  10. 10Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu
  11. 11Canan Moodie
  12. 12Andre Esterhuizen
  13. 13Damian De Allende
  14. 14Ethan Hooker
  15. 15Damian Willemse
Replacements
  1. 16Bongi Mbonambi
  2. 17Zachary Porthen
  3. 18Asenathi Ntlabakanye
  4. 19Eben Etzebeth
  5. 20Marco van Staden
  6. 21Ben-Jason Dixon
  7. 22Kwagga Smith
  8. 23Cobus Reinach