Wales v South Africa

Summary

Time	Score
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1	0 - 3	PENALTY 0-3 Morne Steyn lands a penalty after Wales are turned over from the kick-off.
5	5 - 3	TRY - 5-3 George North celebrates his debut with a try - he carves through off a short ball from Stephen Jones.
6	7 - 3	SM Jones - conversion
16		TRY- 12-3 North's burst along the wing allows Shane Williams to break infield and send James Hook across under the posts.
17	14 - 3	Hook - try SM Jones - conversion
19	14 - 6	PENALTY -14-6 Steyn lands a contentious penalty after Andy Powell is pinged.
27	17 - 6	SM Jones - penalty goal
28		PENALTY 17-6 Stephen Jones knocks over a simple penalty
40		PENALTY 17-9 - Steyn slots three points after South Africa butcher an overlap in the Wales 22.
40+3	17 - 9	M Steyn - penalty goal
42	20 - 9	PENALTY - 20-9 Jones lands a penalty following some positive play from Andy Powell and Martyn Williams
46	20 - 12	PENALTY 20-12 - Steyn gets three back for the Boks after Lee Byrne is pinged.
50	20 - 17	TRY 20-17 Willem Alberts powers over from close range.
51	20 - 19	M Steyn - conversion
53	20 - 24	TRY 20-25 - Matfield crashes over off turnover ball
54	20 - 26	M Steyn - conversion
56	25 - 26	TRY 25-26 George North bags his second from a Jones cross kick
64	25 - 29	PENALTY 25-29 - Steyn extends the lead

Timeline

Time	Wales	Score	South Africa
0	start of first half		start of first half
1		0 - 3	M Steyn - penalty goal
5	North - try	5 - 3
6	SM Jones - conversion	7 - 3
17	Hook - try SM Jones - conversion	14 - 3
19		14 - 6	M Steyn - penalty goal
27	SM Jones - penalty goal	17 - 6
38	Bishop - sub on Shanklin - sub off
40+3	end of first half Czekaj - sub on SM Williams - sub off	17 - 9	M Steyn - penalty goal end of first half
40	start of second half		start of second half
41	Shanklin - sub on Bishop - sub off
42	SM Jones - penalty goal	20 - 9
46		20 - 12	M Steyn - penalty goal Alberts - sub on Stegmann - sub off
50		20 - 17	Alberts - try
51		20 - 19	M Steyn - conversion
53		20 - 24	Matfield - try
54		20 - 26	M Steyn - conversion
56	North - try	25 - 26
59	Powell - sub off RP Jones - sub on		Pienaar - sub off Botha - sub off van der Merwe - sub on Hougaard - sub on
64		25 - 29	M Steyn - penalty goal M Steyn - sub off Lambie - sub on
69	RS Rees - sub on Phillips - sub off
71	James - sub off M Rees - sub off Yapp - sub on Bennett - sub on
73	DL Jones - sub on AW Jones - sub off		Ralepelle - sub on BW du Plessis - sub off Habana - sub off Kirchner - sub on
75			JN du Plessis - sub off van der Linde - sub on
80+3	end of second half end of half		end of second half end of half
0
83

Notes

Result South Africa won by a margin of 4 points

Ground name Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance 54027

Referee SR Walsh (Australia)

Wales Test debuts GP North

South Africa Test debuts WS Alberts

Match notes match played indoors

Teams

Wales

South Africa

Tries North (5, 56), Hook (17)

Tries Alberts (50), Matfield (53)

Cons SM Jones (6, 17)

Cons M Steyn (51, 54)

Pens SM Jones (27, 42)

Pens M Steyn (1, 19, 40, 46, 64)

Team

Matthew Rees (c)

Replacements

Team

Victor Matfield (c)

Replacements

Match stats

Wales		South Africa
3	Tries	2
2 from 3	Conversion goals	2 from 2
2 from 3	Penalty goals	5 from 6
66.7%	Kick at goal success	87.5%
0	Dropped goals	0

Kick/pass/run
18	Kicks from hand	25
218	Passes	103
147	Runs	93
297	Metres run with ball	267

Attacking
4	Clean breaks	1
9	Defenders beaten	3
12	Offloads	6
140 from 146 (95.9%)	Rucks won	79 from 81 (97.5%)
0 from 0	Mauls won	7 from 7 (100.0%)
15	Turnovers conceded	8

Defensive
89/3	Tackles made/missed	173/9
96.7%	Tackling success rate	95.0%

Set pieces
3 won, 0 lost (100.0%)	Scrums on own feed	8 won, 1 lost (88.9%)
10 won, 1 lost (90.9%)	Lineouts on own throw	7 won, 2 lost (77.8%)

Discipline
11	Penalties conceded	10
0/0	Yellow/red cards	0/0

Wales stats

Pos

T/A

Pts

K/P/R

Tack

Pen

Y/R

Byrne

0/0

0/2/8

2/0

0/0

North

2/0

0/2/13

0/0

Shanklin

0/0

2/6/9

7/1

0/0

Hook

1/0

3/15/10

5/0

0/0

SM Williams

0/1

0/1/8

1/0

0/0

SM Jones

0/2

6/42/10

9/0

0/0

Phillips

0/0

2/79/4

4/0

0/0

James

0/0

0/0/0

5/0

0/0

M Rees

0/0

0/6/10

3/0

0/0

AR Jones

0/0

0/4/3

11/0

0/0

Davies

0/0

0/1/12

6/0

1/0

0/0

AW Jones

0/0

0/2/3

8/0

5/0

0/0

Powell

0/0

0/1/8

6/0

0/0

ME Williams

0/0

2/9/7

12/1

0/1

0/0

Thomas

0/0

0/5/14

9/0

2/1

0/0

(H)

Bennett

0/0

0/0/6

0/0

(P)

Yapp

0/0

0/0/4

0/0

(L)

DL Jones

0/0

0/0/1

0/0

(F)

RP Jones

0/0

0/1/9

1/0

2/0

0/0

(SH)

RS Rees

0/0

0/39/1

0/0

(C)

Bishop

0/0

0/0/0

0/0

(W)

Czekaj

0/0

0/3/7

0/1

0/0

Key:	T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

SA stats

Pos

T/A

Pts

K/P/R

Tack

Pen

Y/R

Aplon

0/0

0/0/7

4/0

0/0

Basson

0/0

1/0/3

6/0

0/0

FPL Steyn

0/0

1/4/4

12/0

0/0

de Villiers

0/0

0/6/7

12/2

0/0

Habana

0/0

1/1/6

3/0

0/0

M Steyn

0/0

6/16/4

10/0

0/0

Pienaar

0/0

8/46/2

3/0

0/0

Mtawarira

0/0

0/1/6

17/1

0/0

BW du Plessis

0/0

0/2/11

11/2

0/0

JN du Plessis

0/0

0/1/3

5/1

0/0

Botha

0/0

0/0/5

9/0

1/0

0/0

Matfield

1/0

0/5/6

15/0

3/0

0/0

Stegmann

0/0

0/0/1

5/0

0/0

Smith

0/0

0/1/10

18/0

1/0

0/0

Spies

0/0

0/2/11

9/3

2/0

0/0

(H)

Ralepelle

0/0

0/0/0

6/0

0/0

(P)

van der Linde

0/0

0/0/0

1/0

0/0

(L)

van der Merwe

0/0

0/0/0

5/0

0/0

(F)

Alberts

1/0

2/2/6

11/0

0/0

(SH)

Hougaard

0/0

0/14/1

2/0

0/0

(W)

Kirchner

0/0

0/0/0

1/0

0/0

(FH)

Lambie

0/0

1/2/0

8/0

0/0

Key:	T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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