The Springboks have enjoyed yet another outstanding season, and are assured of finishing the year at No 1 in the world rankings, but they will want to ensure they finish the year with a big win over Wales.
Should the Springboks win the match, it will mark the second season in a row that they complete their year-end Outgoing Tour with a clean sweep of wins.
The match kicks off at 17:10 (SA time) and will be broadcast live on SuperSport’s Grandstand and Rugby channels.
LIVE SCORING: SPRINGBOKS AGAINST WALES
Teams:
Wales: 15 Blair Murray, 14 Ellis Mee, 13 Joe Roberts, 12 Joe Hawkins, 11 Rio Dyer, 10 Dan Edwards, 9 Kieran Hardy, 8 Aaron Wainwright, 7 Alex Mann, 6 Taine Plumtree, 5 Rhys Davies, 4 Ben Carter, 3 Keiron Assiratti, 2 Dewi Lake (captain), 1 Gareth Thomas.
Replacements: 16 Brodie Coghlan, 17 Danny Southworth, 18 Christian Coleman, 19 James Ratti, 20 Morgan Morse, 21 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 22 Callum Sheedy, 23 Ben Thomas.
South Africa: 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Ethan Hooker, 13 Damian de Allende, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Canan Moodie, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Morne van den Berg, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Franco Mostert, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp.
Replacements: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Zachary Porthen, 18 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 19 Eben Etzebeth, 20 Marco van Staden, 21 Ben-Jason Dixon, 22 Kwagga Smith, 23 Cobus Reinach.
Date: Saturday, November 29
Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff
Kick-off: 17:10 SA time
Referee: Luc Ramos (France)
Assistant referees: Matthew Carley (England) and Pierre Brousset (France)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (France)
Springbok record against Wales:
Played 43; Won 35; Lost 7; Drawn 1; Points for: 1 157; Points against; 683; Tries scored: 136; Tries conceded: 57; Highest score: 96-13; Biggest win: 83 points; Win %: 81,4%
Miscellaneous:
- Cobus Reinach will become the second player on the team’s November tour to strike 50 Test caps, following RG Snyman’s 50th against Ireland last week.
- Reinach requires only five more Test points to reach 100 in the green and gold.
- Eben Etzebeth will extend his Springbok record as the most capped player to 141 caps if he takes the field off the replacements bench.
- This will mark Damian Willemse’s 49th Test match, leaving him only one game short of joining the select group of players to earn 50 Test caps, while Damian de Allende will require only two more Test appearances after this weekend to join the exclusive group of players to reach the 100 Test mark.
- The Springboks have lost only five of their 24 matches away from home against Wales dating back to 1994, with their last defeat in Cardiff being in 2018.
- This match will mark the first time the Springboks face Wales since the 2024 November tour – a match South Africa won 45-12.
- Should the Springboks win the match, it will mark the second season in a row that they complete a clean sweep of victories on their traditional end-of-the-year tour.
- The most Test matches the Springboks have won in a season is 14, meaning a victory this weekend will see them register 12 victories in 14 Tests – the second highest number of Tests won in a season.
- The total Test caps for the Springbok starting line-up is 525.
- There are 223 caps in the backline, with 302 caps among the forwards. On the bench, there are a further 374 caps.
- The average caps per player in the backline is 32, the forwards 38, while the players on the bench average 47
