History of rugby union matches between South Africa and Wales

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use South African English South Africa and Wales have competed against each other in rugby union since 1906. Of the 43 matches played to date, South Africa have won 35, with one match drawn and seven wins for Wales. Wales won their first away match against South Africa in 2022. 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	13	12	1	0	489	212
In Wales	24	18	5	1	520	365
Neutral venue	6	5	1	0	148	106
Overall	43	35	7	1	1,157	683

Records

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Record	South Africa	Wales
Longest winning streak	16 (26 November 2000 – 29 November 2014)	4 (26 November 2016 – 27 October 2019)
Largest points for
Home	96 (27 June 1998)	36 (6 November 2004)
Away	52 (19 August 2023)	30 (21 June 2014)
Largest winning margin
Home	83 (27 June 1998)	14 (26 November 2016)
Away	36 (19 August 2023)	2 (2 June 2018)

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
1	1 December 1906	St. Helen's, Swansea	0–11	Template:Ru	1906–07 South Africa tour of Great Britain, Ireland and France
2	14 December 1912	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	0–3	Template:Ru	1912–13 South Africa tour of Great Britain, Ireland and France
3	5 December 1931	St. Helen's, Swansea	3–8	Template:Ru	1931–32 South Africa tour of Great Britain and Ireland
4	22 December 1951	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	3–6	Template:Ru	1951–52 South Africa tour of Great Britain, Ireland and France
5	3 December 1960	National Stadium, Cardiff	0–3	Template:Ru	1960–61 South Africa tour of Great Britain, Ireland and France
6	23 May 1964	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	24–3	Template:Ru	1964 Wales tour of Kenya and South Africa
7	24 January 1970	National Stadium, Cardiff	6–6	Template:Noflag draw	1969–70 South Africa tour of Great Britain and Ireland
8	26 November 1994	National Stadium, Cardiff	12–20	Template:Ru	1994 South Africa tour of Great Britain and Ireland
9	2 September 1995	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg	40–11	Template:Ru	1995 Wales tour of South Africa
10	15 December 1996	National Stadium, Cardiff	20–37	Template:Ru	1996 South Africa tour of Argentina, France and Wales
11	27 June 1998	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria	96–13	Template:Ru	1998 Wales tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa
12	14 November 1998	Wembley Stadium, London (England)	20–28	Template:Ru	1998 South Africa tour of Great Britain and Ireland
13	26 June 1999	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	29–19	Template:Ru	1999 South Africa tour of Wales
14	26 November 2000	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	13–23	Template:Ru	2000 South Africa tour of Argentina, Great Britain and Ireland
15	8 June 2002	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	34–19	Template:Ru	2002 Wales tour of South Africa
16	15 June 2002	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town	19–8	Template:Ru
17	26 June 2004	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria	53–18	Template:Ru	2004 Wales tour of Argentina and South Africa
18	6 November 2004	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	36–38	Template:Ru	2004 Autumn International
19	19 November 2005	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	16–33	Template:Ru	2005 Autumn International
20	24 November 2007	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	12–34	Template:Ru	2007 Autumn International
21	7 June 2008	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	43–17	Template:Ru	2008 Wales tour of South Africa
22	14 June 2008	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria	37–21	Template:Ru
23	8 November 2008	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	15–20	Template:Ru	2008 Autumn International
24	5 June 2010	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	31–34	Template:Ru	2010 Summer International
25	13 November 2010	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	25–29	Template:Ru	2010 Autumn International
26	11 September 2011	Template:Nowrap	17–16	Template:Ru	2011 Rugby World Cup
27	9 November 2013	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	15–24	Template:Ru	2013 Autumn International
28	14 June 2014	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	38–16	Template:Ru	2014 Wales tour of South Africa
29	21 June 2014	Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit	31–30	Template:Ru
30	29 November 2014	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	12–6	Template:Ru	2014 Autumn International
31	17 October 2015	Twickenham Stadium, London (England)	23–19	Template:Ru	2015 Rugby World Cup
32	26 November 2016	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	27–13	Template:Ru	2016 Autumn International
33	2 December 2017	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	24–22	Template:Ru	2017 Autumn International
34	2 June 2018	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. (United States)	20–22	Template:Ru	2018 Summer International
35	24 November 2018	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	20–11	Template:Ru	2018 Autumn International
36	27 October 2019	Template:Nowrap	16–19	Template:Ru	2019 Rugby World Cup
37	6 November 2021	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	18–23	Template:Ru	2021 Autumn International
38	2 July 2022	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria	32–29	Template:Ru	2022 Wales tour of South Africa
39	9 July 2022	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	12–13	Template:Ru
40	16 July 2022	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town	30–14	Template:Ru
41	19 August 2023	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	16–52	Template:Ru	2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up match
42	22 June 2024	Twickenham Stadium, London	41–13	Template:Ru	2024 June test
43	23 November 2024	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	12–45	Template:Ru	2024 Autumn International
44	29 November 2025	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff			2025 end-of-year rugby union internationals

List of series

Played	Won by South Africa	Won by Wales	Drawn
7	7	0	0

Year	South Africa	Wales	Series winner
Template:Flagdeco 1964	1	0	Template:Ru
Template:Flagdeco 1995	1	0	Template:Ru
Template:Flagdeco 1998	1	0	Template:Ru
Template:Flagdeco 2002	2	0	Template:Ru
Template:Flagdeco 2008	2	0	Template:Ru
Template:Flagdeco 2014	2	0	Template:Ru
Template:Flagdeco 2022	2	1	Template:Ru