The Springboks will take on Wales for the 45th time at Hollywoodbets Kings Park in Durban on Saturday, 18 July.
Kick-off is at 17:40.
The Springboks boast an impressive record against Wales having won 36 of the 44 Tests played to date.
It took the Wales 93 years – from the first meeting in St Helen’s in Swansea on 1 December 1906 to 26 June 1999 at the then Millennium Stadium in Cardiff – to register their first win over the Springboks.
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Last home Nations Championship match
This weekend’s match will be the third and final of the Springboks’ ‘2024 ‘home’ Nations Championship matches.
The Springboks beat England 45-21 and Scotland 42-28 in their earlier tournament matches, while Wales beat Fiji 39-24 before losing 35-21 against Argentina.
South Africa head into the match as the No 1-ranked team in the World Rugby rankings, while Wales are down in 12th spot.
SPRINGBOKS VS WALES ALL-TIME STATS
Played – 44
SA won – 36
Wales won – 7
Draw – 1
Points for SA – 1 230
Points for Wales – 683
Highest Springbok score – 96
Biggest Springbok win – 83 points (96-13, Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, 27 June 1998)
Springbok win percentage – 81.8%
TEAMS
Wales
TBA
South Africa
15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Jaco Williams, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Vusi Moyo, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Paul de Villiers, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 Cobus Wiese, 3 Carlu Sadie, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp
Replacements: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 Ben-Jason Dixon, 20 Marco van Staden, 21 Herschel Jantjies, 22 Manie Libbok, 23 Damian Willemse
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Pierre Brousset (France), James Doleman (New Zealand)
TMO: Olly Hodges (Ireland)
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