Rugby World Cup , Pool D - Wellington, 11 September 2011, 20:30 local, 08:30 GMT
South Africa (10) 17 - 16 (6) Wales (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
2 5 - 0

After driving their way to within ten metres of the Welsh line right from the kick-off, the Boks spread it wide and Frans Steyn charges over in the right corner despite the presence of two Welsh defenders.

3 7 - 0

Steyn converts quite brilliantly from wide on the right.

9 7 - 3

The Boks are pinged for going off their feet at the breakdown and Hook lands the resulting 35-metre penalty attempt to get Wales off the mark.

18 10 - 3

Wales stray offside and Morne Steyn lands the resulting kick from a central position to restore the Boks' seven-point advantage.

32 10 - 6

Burger is guilty of going off his feet and Hook splits the sticks with the resulting kick to reduce Wales' deficit to four points once more.

50 10 - 9

The Springboks are caught offside and Hook nails the resulting penalty from right under the posts to draw Wales to within a point.

53 10 - 14

Faletau slides over from close range after a spell of incessant pressure from the Welsh.

54 10 - 16

Hook lands the conversion.

65 15 - 16

After a spell of sustained pressure, Du Preez pops the ball into the path of the onrushing Hougaard, who cruises over under the posts unopposed.

66 17 - 16

Steyn with the easy conversion.

Timeline

Time South Africa  Score  Wales
0 start of first half start of first half
2 FPL Steyn - try 5 - 0
3 M Steyn - conversion 7 - 0
9 7 - 3 Hook - penalty goal
18 M Steyn - penalty goal 10 - 3
24 James - sub on
de Villiers - sub off
32 10 - 6 Hook - penalty goal
40+1 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
44 Muller - sub on
Matfield - sub off
50 10 - 9 Hook - penalty goal
53 10 - 14 Faletau - try
54 10 - 16 Hook - conversion
55 Mtawarira - sub off
Steenkamp - sub on
57 BW du Plessis - sub on
Smit - sub off
Spies - sub off
Alberts - sub on
61 Habana - sub off
Hougaard - sub on
65 Hougaard - try 15 - 16
66 M Steyn - conversion 17 - 16 AW Jones - sub off
BS Davies - sub on
80 end of second half
end of half
end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result South Africa won by a margin of 1 point
Rugby World Cup points South Africa 4, Wales 1 (1 losing bonus)
 
Ground name Westpac Stadium, Wellington (neutral venue)
Attendance 28498
 
Referee W Barnes (England)
 
South Africa Test debuts none
Wales Test debuts none

Teams

South Africa Wales
Tries FPL Steyn (2), Hougaard (65) Tries Faletau (53)
Cons M Steyn (3, 66) Cons Hook (54)
Pens M Steyn (18) Pens Hook (9, 32, 50)

Match stats

South Africa   Wales
2 Tries 1
2 from 2 Conversion goals 1 from 1
1 from 1 Penalty goals 3 from 5
100.0% Kick at goal success 66.7%
0 (1 missed) Dropped goals 0 (2 missed)
Kick/pass/run
38 Kicks from hand 33
115 Passes 151
88 Runs 130
229 Metres run with ball 356
Attacking
41% Possession 59%
37% Territory 63%
2 Clean breaks 3
6 Defenders beaten 9
6 Offloads 6
70 from 77 (90.9%) Rucks won 109 from 115 (94.8%)
4 from 4 (100.0%) Mauls won 1 from 2 (50.0%)
8 Turnovers conceded 14
Defensive
145/10 Tackles made/missed 88/6
93.5% Tackling success rate 93.6%
Set pieces
5 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 7 won, 1 lost (87.5%)
9 won, 2 lost (81.8%) Lineouts on own throw 15 won, 2 lost (88.2%)
Discipline
10 Penalties conceded 5
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

SA stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB FPL Steyn 1/0 5 9/3/3 8 0 1 0 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Pietersen 0/0 0 0/1/6 18 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 2 0/0
C Fourie 0/0 0 0/3/4 16 1 2 0 3 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
C de Villiers 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Habana 0/0 0 1/1/5 32 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH M Steyn 0/1 7 14/18/5 0 0 0 1 1 11/1 2/0 0 0/0
SH du Preez 0/1 0 6/72/5 43 0 1 2 1 6/2 1/0 0 0/0
P Mtawarira 0/0 0 0/2/4 0 0 0 0 0 8/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Smit 0/0 0 0/0/7 7 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/0 1 0/0
P JN du Plessis 0/0 0 0/0/2 3 0 0 0 0 12/1 0/0 1 0/0
L Rossouw 0/0 0 0/1/8 3 0 0 0 1 12/1 1/1 0 0/0
L Matfield 0/0 0 0/1/3 5 0 0 0 0 8/0 2/1 0 0/0
F Brussow 0/0 0 0/1/2 0 0 0 0 0 15/0 0/0 2 0/0
F Burger 0/0 0 0/6/12 24 0 0 0 1 16/0 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Spies 0/0 0 0/1/2 0 0 0 1 0 11/0 0/0 1 0/0
(H) BW du Plessis 0/0 0 0/0/5 4 0 1 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Steenkamp 0/0 0 0/0/3 2 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Muller 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 6/0 3/0 0 0/0
(N8) Alberts 0/0 0 0/0/2 6 0 0 1 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Hougaard 1/0 5 0/1/7 48 1 1 1 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(C) James 0/0 0 4/3/2 10 0 0 0 0 7/1 0/0 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

Wales stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Hook 0/0 11 9/3/3 42 0 0 1 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
W North 0/0 0 0/1/5 10 0 1 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
C JJV Davies 0/0 0 2/1/8 49 2 4 0 2 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Roberts 0/0 0 0/1/9 39 0 1 0 2 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
W SM Williams 0/0 0 1/10/10 83 0 1 0 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Priestland 0/1 0 12/22/8 17 0 0 1 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Phillips 0/0 0 5/94/12 20 0 0 0 1 7/2 0/0 0 0/0
P James 0/0 0 0/1/6 1 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Bennett 0/0 0 0/4/12 11 0 0 0 0 7/1 0/0 0 0/0
P AR Jones 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Charteris 0/0 0 0/2/3 5 0 0 1 0 11/0 7/0 0 0/0
L AW Jones 0/0 0 0/2/12 12 0 0 0 1 5/0 7/0 1 0/0
F Lydiate 0/0 0 0/1/13 17 0 0 0 2 13/1 0/0 1 0/0
F Warburton 0/0 0 0/4/6 5 0 0 0 0 12/1 1/1 0 0/0
N8 Faletau 1/0 5 0/5/19 44 1 2 3 2 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) BS Davies 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 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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