2008 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa

2008 Wales tour in South Africa
Type P W D L Total: 2 0 0 2 Test match: 2 0 0 2
Opp. P W D L  South Africa 2 0 0 2
Statistics against Test match opponents

The 2008 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of matches played in June 2008 in South Africa by Wales national rugby union team. The Welsh, lost both tests.

Results

7 June 2008

South Africa	43–17	Wales
Try: de Villiers, Jantjes, Montgomery, Spies Con: James 4 Pen: James 5	report	Try: Roberts, Williams Con: Hook, S. Jones Pen: S. Jones

Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Dave Pearson (England)

South Africa		Wales
Conrad Jantjes	FB	15	FB	Jamie Roberts  54'
Tonderai Chavhanga	W	14	W	Mark Jones
62' Adrian Jacobs	C	13	C	Tom Shanklin
Jean de Villiers	C	12	C	Sonny Parker
Bryan Habana	W	11	W	Shane Williams
74' Butch James	FH	10	FH	Stephen Jones  54'
57' Bolla Conradie	SH	9	SH	Gareth Cooper  62'
Pierre Spies	N8	8	N8	Ryan Jones (capt.)
74' Juan Smith	F	7	F	Dafydd Jones  58'
Luke Watson	F	6	F	Jonathan Thomas
46' Andries Bekker	L	5	L	Alun-Wyn Jones  54'
Bakkies Botha	L	4	L	Ian Gough  68'
46' Brian Mujati	P	3	P	Adam R. Jones
57' (capt.) John Smit	H	2	H	Matthew Rees  54'
Gurthro Steenkamp	P	1	P	Gethin Jenkins
		Replacements
57' Bismarck du Plessis	H	16	H	Richard Hibbard  54'
46' CJ van der Linde	P	17	P	Duncan Jones  54'
46' Victor Matfield	L	18	L	Ian Evans  68'
74' Danie Rossouw	L	19	F	Gareth Delve  58'
57' Ruan Pienaar	SH	20	SH	Warren Fury  62'
74' Peter Grant	C	21	FH	James Hook  54'
62' Percy Montgomery	C	22	FB	Morgan Stoddart  54'
		Coaches
Peter de Villiers				Warren Gatland

14 June 2008

South Africa	37–21	Wales
Try: de Villiers 2 du Plessis, Januarie Con: James 4 Pen: James 3	report	Try: Cooper, Williams Con: S.Jones Pen: S.Jones 3

Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Attendance: .000 Referee: Lyndon Bray (New Zealand)

South Africa		Wales
Conrad Jantjes	FB	15	FB	James Hook
64' Tonderai Chavhanga	W	14	W	Mark Jones  77'
60' Adrian Jacobs	C	13	C	Tom Shanklin  67'
Jean de Villiers	C	12	C	Jamie Roberts
Bryan Habana	W	11	W	Shane Williams
Butch James	FH	10	FH	Stephen Jones
72' Ricky Januarie	SH	9	SH	Gareth Cooper  75'
60' Pierre Spies	N8	8	N8	Gareth Delve  24'
60' Juan Smith	F	7	F	Jonathan Thomas
Luke Watson	F	6	F	Ryan Jones (capt.)  67'
Victor Matfield	L	5	L	Alun-Wyn Jones
64' Bakkies Botha	L	4	L	Ian Gough
BJ Botha	P	3	P	Rhys M. Thomas  70'
(capt.) John Smit	H	2	H	Richard Hibbard  72'
61' Tendai Mtawarira	P	1	P	Gethin Jenkins
		Replacements
60' Bismarck du Plessis	H	16	H	T. Rhys Thomas  72'
61' Gurthro Steenkamp	P	17	P	Duncan Jones  70'
64' Andries Bekker	L	18	F	Ian Evans  67'
60' Ryan Kankowski	N8	19	N8	Dafydd Jones  24'
72' Bolla Conradie	SH	20	SH	Warren Fury  75'
60' Frans Steyn	C	21	C	Andrew Bishop  67'
64' Percy Montgomery	W	22	W	Tom James  77'
		Coaches
Peter de Villiers				Warren Gatland

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