2008 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa
# 2008 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa

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. Wales lost both tests.

## Results

### First test

* 7 June 2008

| South Africa | 43–17 | Wales |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Jantjes De Villiers Spies Montgomery Con: James (4) Pen: James (5) | Report | Try: Roberts Williams Con: S. Jones (2) Pen: S. Jones |

* Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein Attendance: 32,685 Referee: Dave Pearson (England)

| FB | 15 | Conrad Jantjes |
| - | - | - |
| RW | 14 | Tonderai Chavhanga |
| OC | 13 | Adrian Jacobs | | 62' |
| IC | 12 | Jean de Villiers |
| LW | 11 | Bryan Habana |
| FH | 10 | Butch James | | 74' |
| SH | 9 | Bolla Conradie | | 57' |
| N8 | 8 | Pierre Spies |
| OF | 7 | Juan Smith | | 74' |
| BF | 6 | Luke Watson |
| RL | 5 | Andries Bekker | | 46' |
| LL | 4 | Bakkies Botha |
| TP | 3 | Brian Mujati | | 46' |
| HK | 2 | John Smit (c) | | 57' |
| LP | 1 | Gurthro Steenkamp |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Bismarck du Plessis | | 57' |
| PR | 17 | CJ van der Linde | 74' to 80' | 46' |
| LK | 18 | Victor Matfield | | 46' |
| FL | 19 | Danie Rossouw | | 74' |
| SH | 20 | Ruan Pienaar | | 57' |
| FH | 21 | Peter Grant | | 74' |
| FB | 22 | Percy Montgomery | | 62' |
| Coach: ||
| Peter de Villiers ||
| FB | 15 | Jamie Roberts | | 54' |
| RW | 14 | Mark Jones |
| OC | 13 | Tom Shanklin |
| IC | 12 | Sonny Parker |
| LW | 11 | Shane Williams |
| FH | 10 | Stephen Jones | | 54' |
| SH | 9 | Gareth Cooper | | 62' |
| N8 | 8 | Ryan Jones (c) |
| OF | 7 | Dafydd Jones | | 58' |
| BF | 6 | Jonathan Thomas |
| RL | 5 | Alun Wyn Jones | | 54' |
| LL | 4 | Ian Gough | | 68' |
| TP | 3 | Adam Jones |
| HK | 2 | Matthew Rees | | 54' |
| LP | 1 | Gethin Jenkins |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Richard Hibbard | 74' to 80' | 54' |
| PR | 17 | Duncan Jones | | 54' |
| LK | 18 | Ian Evans | | 68' |
| N8 | 19 | Gareth Delve | | 58' |
| SH | 20 | Warren Fury | | 62' |
| FH | 21 | James Hook | | 54' |
| FB | 22 | Morgan Stoddart | | 54' |
| Coach: ||
| Warren Gatland ||

### Second test

* 14 June 2008

| South Africa | 37–21 | Wales |
| - | - | - |
| Try: De Villiers (2) Januarie Du Plessis Con: James (4) Pen: James (3) | Report | Try: Cooper Williams Con: S. Jones Pen: S. Jones (3) |

* Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria Attendance: 41,250 Referee: Lyndon Bray (New Zealand)

| FB | 15 | Conrad Jantjes |
| - | - | - |
| RW | 14 | Tonderai Chavhanga | 64' |
| OC | 13 | Adrian Jacobs | 60' |
| IC | 12 | Jean de Villiers |
| LW | 11 | Bryan Habana |
| FH | 10 | Butch James |
| SH | 9 | Ricky Januarie | 72' |
| N8 | 8 | Pierre Spies | 60' |
| OF | 7 | Juan Smith | 60' |
| BF | 6 | Luke Watson |
| RL | 5 | Victor Matfield |
| LL | 4 | Bakkies Botha | 64' |
| TP | 3 | BJ Botha |
| HK | 2 | John Smit (c) |
| LP | 1 | Tendai Mtawarira | 61' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Bismarck du Plessis | 60' |
| PR | 17 | Gurthro Steenkamp | 61' |
| LK | 18 | Andries Bekker | 64' |
| N8 | 19 | Ryan Kankowski | 60' |
| SH | 20 | Bolla Conradie | 72' |
| CE | 21 | François Steyn | 60' |
| FB | 22 | Percy Montgomery | 64' |
| Coach: ||
| Peter de Villiers ||
| FB | 15 | James Hook |
| RW | 14 | Mark Jones | 77' |
| OC | 13 | Tom Shanklin | 67' |
| IC | 12 | Jamie Roberts |
| LW | 11 | Shane Williams |
| FH | 10 | Stephen Jones |
| SH | 9 | Gareth Cooper | 75' |
| N8 | 8 | Gareth Delve | 24' |
| OF | 7 | Jonathan Thomas |
| BF | 6 | Ryan Jones (c) | 67' |
| RL | 5 | Alun Wyn Jones |
| LL | 4 | Ian Gough |
| TP | 3 | Rhys M. Thomas | 70' |
| HK | 2 | Richard Hibbard | 72' |
| LP | 1 | Gethin Jenkins |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | T. Rhys Thomas | 72' |
| PR | 17 | Duncan Jones | 70' |
| LK | 18 | Ian Evans | 67' |
| FL | 19 | Dafydd Jones | 24' |
| SH | 20 | Warren Fury | 75' |
| CE | 21 | Andrew Bishop | 67' |
| WG | 22 | Tom James | 77' |
| Coach: ||
| Warren Gatland ||
