| SOUTH AFRICA 37 | V | WALES 21 | |||||
| COMPETITION: Updated 19.07.2008 | |||||||
| VENUE: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | DATE: 14 July 2008 | SPECTATORS: 41,250 | |||||
| REFEREE: Lyndon Bray (New Zealand) | HALFTIME: 17-15 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: de Villiers (2), Januarie, du Plessis | TRIES: Cooper, Williams | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: James (4) | CONVERSIONS: S.Jones | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: James (3) | PENALTY GOALS: S.Jones (3) | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Conrad Jantjes | Lions | 15 | James Hook | Neath Swansea Ospreys | ||
| 14 | Tonderai Chavanga (22) | Western Province | 14 | Mark Jones (22) | Llanelli Scarlets | ||
| 13 | Adrian Jacobs (21) | Western Province | 13 | Thomas Shanklin (21) | Cardiff Blues | ||
| 12 | Jean de Villiers | Western Province | 12 | James Roberts | Cardiff Blues | ||
| 11 | Bryan Habana | Blue Bulls | 11 | Shane Williams | Neath Swansea Ospreys | ||
| 10 | Butch James | Bath Rugby, England | 10 | Stephen Jones | Llanelli Scarlets | ||
| 9 | Ricky Januarie (20) | Western Province | 9 | Gareth Cooper (20) | Gloucester, England | ||
| 8 | Pierre Spies (19) | Blue Bulls | 8 | Gareth Delve (19) | Gloucester, England | ||
| 7 | Juan Smith | Cheetahs | 7 | Jonathan Thomas | Neath Swansea Ospreys | ||
| 6 | Luke Watson | Western Province | 6 | Ryan Jones (Capt.) (18) | Neath Swansea Ospreys | ||
| 5 | Victor Matfield | Toulon, France | 5 | Alun Wyn Jones | Neath-Swansea Ospreys | ||
| 4 | Bakkies Botha (18) | Blue Bulls | 4 | Ian Gough | Neath Swansea Ospreys | ||
| 3 | BJ Botha | Natal Sharks | 3 | Rhys Thomas (17) | Newport Gwent Dragons | ||
| 2 | John Smit (Capt) (16) | Clermont-Ferrand, France | 2 | Richard Hibbard (16) | Neath Swansea Ospreys | ||
| 1 | Tendai Mtawarira (17) | Natal Sharks | 1 | Gethin Jenkins | Cardiff Blues | ||
| 16 | Bismark du Plessis (2) | Natal Sharks | 16 | Thomas Rhys Thomas (2) | Cardiff Blues | ||
| 17 | Gurthro Steenkamp (1) | Blue Bulls | 17 | Duncan Jones (3) | Neath Swansea Ospreys | ||
| 18 | Andries Bekker (4) | Western Province | 18 | Ian Evans (6) | Neath Swansea Ospreys | ||
| 19 | Ryan Kankowski (8) | Natal Sharks | 19 | Dafydd Jones (8) | Llanelli Scarlets | ||
| 20 | Bolla Conradie (9) | Western Province | 20 | Warren Fury (9) | London Irish, England | ||
| 21 | Francois Steyn (13) | Natal Sharks | 21 | Andrew Bishop (13) | Neath Swansea Ospreys | ||
| 22 | Percy Montgomery (14) | Perpignan, France | 22 | Thomas James (14) | Cardiff Blues | ||
| COACH: Peter de Villiers | COACH: Warren Gatland | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES Mtawarira was making his test debut. Smit was making his 51st test as captain for South Africa equalling Sean Fitzpatrick of New Zealand’s record of test as captain. Percy Montgomery continued his test career and increased his record tally of tests for South Africa to 96. Matfield and Botha were appearing in the lock position for South Africa for the 37th time, a record. James scored his 100th point for South Africa. Williams' try for Wales was his 43rd, still the record for Welsh tries. Sources http://www.genslin.us/bokke/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/welsh/7452351.stm |
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