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Wales v South Africa talking points: Wales’s year from hell 15:30 , Luke Baker Results-wise, 2024 will be remembered as the worst in Wales’ 143-year international rugby union history.
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.
It was the seventh time Wales had toured South Africa in test history. In each of the previous 10 matches contested between the two nations on South African soil – the first of which took place in 1964 – South Africa were the victors. South Africa took the lead in the 2022 test series, beating Wales by 32–29 in Pretoria on 2 July.
The 2005 end of year tests, also known as the 2005 Autumn Internationals, refers to several international rugby union matches that took place during November/December period between touring teams from the southern hemisphere – Australia, Argentina, New Zealand and South Africa – and one or more teams from the Six Nations Championship: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales.
World Champions South Africa arrive in Cardiff to take on a Wales side facing the prospect of losing an unprecedented 12th successive international Test.
Wales entered the test series on the back of 14 consecutive losses to South Africa; the last time Wales won against South Africa was in June 1999, the only time Wales have beaten South Africa. Wales were on 16 consecutive losses to the Southern Hemisphere greats, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, with the last time they beat a Southern ...
Read our rugby betting tips for the Autumn Nations Series match between Wales and South Africa on Saturday afternoon
The tour consisted of two matches; a warm-up game against the South-East Transvaal provincial side, and a test match against the South African national team. The tour was held in part to thank South Africa for supporting Wales' bid to host the 1999 Rugby World Cup. [1] Wales named a squad of 24 players for the tour, including five uncapped players.