The Boks dominated the contest and scored seven tries.
Bok No 8 Jasper Wiese on the charge against Wales in Durban on Saturday. Picture: Steve Haag Sports/Gallo Images
The Springboks beat Wales 43-0 in the final match of the July window of the new Nations Championship in Durban on Saturday, to stay unbeaten in their last 11Tests.
The Boks beat England and Scotland earlier in the competition to get their Nations Championship challenge off to the best start, with three matches to come in Europe in November.
There were four debutants in a new-look Bok side on Saturday, namely wing Jaco Williams, flyhalf Vusi Moyo, lock Ruben van Heerden and prop Carlu Sadie.
The Boks scored seven tries to the none by Wales, with Jasper Wiese, Cobus Reinach, Jesse Kriel, Williams, Herschel Jantjies, Kurt-Lee Arendse and Paul de Villiers crossing the tryline.
It was a scrappy, error-ridden game by the Boks who made numerous handling errors and didn’t finish off a number of chances they created. But, they were good in the scrums and lineouts and defended excellently at times.
The Boks also lacked in their discipline at times, but overall, they’ll take the win.
Cobus Reinch was excellent in the time he was on the field, as were the Wiese brothers, Jasper and Cobus.
The Boks next take on Argentina in South America in three weeks’ time before turning their attention to the All Blacks, who they’ll face in four Tests.
TEAMS
SPRINGBOKS – 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 (capt), 6 Paul de Villiers, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 Cobus Wiese, 3 Carlü Sadie, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp. Bench: 16 André-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.
WALES – 15 Blair Murray, 14 Louis Rees-Zammit, 13 Max Llewellyn, 12 Ben Thomas, 11 Ellis Mee, 10 Dan Edwards, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Aaron Wainwright, 7 Jac Morgan, 6 Alex Mann, 5 Adam Beard, 4 Teddy Williams, 3 Dillon Lewis, 2 Dewi Lake (capt), 1 Rhys Carre. Bench: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Nicky Smith, 18 Ben Warren, 19 Freddie Thomas, 20 Tommy Reffell, 21 James Botham, 22 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 23 Joe Hawkins
Below is The Citizen’s live coverage of the match from Durban.
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