History of rugby union matches between South Africa and Wales

South Africa and Wales have competed against each other in rugby union since 1906. Of the 36 matches played to date, South Africa have won 29, with one draw and six wins for Wales. They are also the only team to win an away match between the sides, having won 15 times in Wales. South Africa have won all ten of their home games. Since 2007, the winner has been awarded the Prince William Cup, which was created to celebrate 100 years of rugby between the two nations.

Summary

Overview

Details	Played	Won by South Africa	Won by Wales	Drawn	South Africa points	Wales points
In South Africa	10	10	0	0	415	156
In Wales	21	15	5	1	400	319
Neutral venue	5	4	1	0	107	93
Overall	36	29	6	1	922	568

Records

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.

Record	South Africa	Wales
Longest winning streak	16 (26 Nov 2000–29 Nov 2014)	4 (26 Nov 2016–27 Oct 2019)
Largest points for
Home	96 (27 Jun 1998)	36 (6 Nov 2004)
Away	38 (6 Nov 2004)	30 (21 Jun 2014)
Largest winning margin
Home	83 (27 Jun 1998)	14 (26 Nov 2016)
Away	22 (24 Nov 2007)	2 (2 Jun 2018)

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
1	1 December 1906	St. Helen's, Swansea	0–11	South Africa	1906–07 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe
2	14 December 1912	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	0–3	South Africa	1912–13 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe
3	5 December 1931	St. Helen's, Swansea	3–8	South Africa	1931–32 South Africa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
4	22 December 1951	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	3–6	South Africa	1951–52 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe
5	3 December 1960	National Stadium, Cardiff	0–3	South Africa	1960–61 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe
6	23 May 1964	Kings Park, Durban	24–3	South Africa	1964 Wales rugby union tour of Africa
7	24 January 1970	National Stadium, Cardiff	6–6	draw	1969–70 South Africa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
8	26 November 1994	National Stadium, Cardiff	12–20	South Africa	1994 South Africa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
9	2 September 1995	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	40–11	South Africa	1995 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa
10	15 December 1996	National Stadium, Cardiff	20–37	South Africa	1996 South Africa rugby union tour of Argentina and Europe
11	27 June 1998	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	96–13	South Africa	1998 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa
12	14 November 1998	Wembley Stadium, London, England	20–28	South Africa	1998 South Africa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
13	26 June 1999	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	29–19	Wales
14	26 November 2000	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	13–23	South Africa	2000 South Africa rugby union tour of Argentina, Britain and Ireland
15	8 June 2002	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	34–19	South Africa	2002 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa
16	15 June 2002	Newlands, Cape Town	19–8	South Africa
17	26 June 2004	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	53–18	South Africa	2004 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina and South Africa
18	6 November 2004	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	36–38	South Africa	2004 Autumn Internationals
19	19 November 2005	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	16–33	South Africa	2005 Autumn Internationals
20	24 November 2007	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	12–34	South Africa	2007 Autumn Internationals
21	7 June 2008	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	43–17	South Africa	2008 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa
22	14 June 2008	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	37–21	South Africa
23	8 November 2008	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	15–20	South Africa	2008 Autumn Internationals
24	5 June 2010	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	31–34	South Africa	2010 June rugby union tests
25	13 November 2010	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	25–29	South Africa	2010 Autumn Internationals
26	11 September 2011	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand	17–16	South Africa	2011 Rugby World Cup
27	9 November 2013	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	15–24	South Africa	2013 Autumn International
28	14 June 2014	Kings Park, Durban	38–16	South Africa	2014 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa
29	21 June 2014	Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit	31–30	South Africa
30	29 November 2014	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	12–6	Wales	2014 Autumn International
31	17 October 2015	Twickenham Stadium, London, England	23–19	South Africa	2015 Rugby World Cup Quarter-final
32	26 November 2016	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	27–13	Wales	2016 Autumn International
33	2 December 2017	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	24–22	Wales	2017 Autumn International
34	2 June 2018	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States	20–22	Wales	2018 June test match
35	24 November 2018	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	20–11	Wales	2018 Autumn International
36	27 October 2019	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan	16–19	South Africa	2019 Rugby World Cup Semi-final

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List of series

Played	Won by South Africa	Won by Wales	Drawn
5	5	0	0

Year	South Africa	Wales	Series winner
1964	1	0	South Africa
1995	1	0	South Africa
2002	2	0	South Africa
2008	2	0	South Africa
2014	2	0	South Africa

References

1. "pick and go - Rugby Union Test & Super14 results and statistics". www.lassen.co.nz. Retrieved 2019-11-01.