Wales v South Africa

RWC Semi-Final

Date:

Venue: International Stadium, Yokohama

Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)

Attendance: 67,750

Wales v South Africa Match Reports

South Africa beat Wales 19-16 in Yokohama to join England in the World Cup final. An attritional match was tied at 9-9 early in the second half following a series of penalty kicks. Damian de Allende then broke free to score a try for the Springboks before Josh Adams replied for Wales. With the match tied at 16-16 going into the final five minutes, South Africa were awarded another penalty which Handré Pollard kicked to seal the win. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Wales v South Africa - Match Highlights

Wales v South Africa - Match Stats

Wales: (6) 16
Try: Adams (65')
Conversion: Halfpenny (66')
Penalty: Biggar (18', 39', 46')

South Africa: (9) 19
Try: de Allende (57')
Conversion: Pollard (58')
Penalty: Pollard (15', 20', 35', 76')

Man of the match: Handré Pollard (South Africa)


Wales v South Africa - Team Line-ups

Wales Team

Forwards

  • 1 Wyn Jones
  • 2 Ken Owens
  • 3 Tomas Francis
  • 4 Jake Ball
  • 5 Alun Wyn Jones (Captain)
  • 6 Aaron Wainwright
  • 7 Justin Tipuric
  • 8 Ross Moriarty

Backs

  • 9 Gareth Davies
  • 10 Dan Biggar
  • 11 Josh Adams
  • 12 Hadleigh Parkes
  • 13 Jonathan Davies
  • 14 George North
  • 15 Leigh Halfpenny

Replacements

  • 16 Elliot Dee
  • 17 Rhys Carre
  • 18 Dillon Lewis
  • 19 Adam Beard
  • 20 Aaron Shingler
  • 21 Tomos Williams
  • 22 Rhys Patchell
  • 23 Owen Watkin

South Africa Team

Forwards

  • 1 Tendai Mtawarira
  • 2 Bongi Mbonambi
  • 3 Frans Malherbe
  • 4 Eben Etzebeth
  • 5 Lood de Jager
  • 6 Siya Kolisi (Captain)
  • 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit
  • 8 Duane Vermeulen

Backs

  • 9 Faf de Klerk
  • 10 Handré Pollard
  • 11 Makazole Mapimpi
  • 12 Damian de Allende
  • 13 Lukhanyo Am
  • 14 Sbu Nkosi
  • 15 Willie le Roux

Replacements

  • 16 Malcolm Marx
  • 17 Steven Kitshoff
  • 18 Vincent Koch
  • 19 RG Snyman
  • 20 Franco Mostert
  • 21 Francois Louw
  • 22 Herschel Jantjies
  • 23 Frans Steyn