For the second time in less than a year, the Springboks thrashed Wales to close out the first half of their Nations Championship campaign in Durban on a high.
The Boks scored seven tries on Saturday at Kings Park without reply to blank Wales 43-0, with debutants Vusi Moyo and Jaco Williams among the scorers. It also follows a 73-0 hammering of the Welsh in Cardiff last November.
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No 8 Jasper Wiese barged through three defenders for the opening try, allowing 20-year-old flyhalf Moyo to split the uprights for his first points in Test rugby.
The Bok scrum then took control, earning a 5m put-in that scrumhalf Cobus Reinach finished off himself, bringing up his 100th Test point in green and gold.
Outside centre Jesse Kriel’s try on the stroke of half-time sent the hosts into the changing room 19-0 up on the scoreboard.
Right wing Williams marked his bow with the Boks’ bonus-point score soon after the restart, before replacement scrumhalf Herschel Jantjies – back in the fold for the first time since 2023 – added a fifth.
Speedster Kurt-Lee Arendse and flanker Paul de Villiers, who scooped the Man of the Match award in only his third Test, completed the rout in the closing stages.
Vusi Moyo’s crosskick creates the opportunity
Jesse Kriel goes over for his third try in three matches
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Coach Rassie Erasmus, however, would’ve had words for his men at the break. Several scoring opportunities were botched through handling errors despite the Boks’ dominance up front, a trend that continued into the second half and denied the hosts an even heavier margin.
The result continues South Africa’s dominance over the Welsh, who have won just once in 13 previous meetings in the Republic.
Having already beaten England and Scotland in their opening Nations Championship Tests, the Boks now have a two-week break before facing Los Pumas in Argentina on 8 August.
Wales will next be in action against Japan at the Principality Stadium on 7 November.
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SPRINGBOKS – Tries: Jasper Wiese, Cobus Reinach, Jesse Kriel, Jaco Williams, Herschel Jantjies, Kurt-Lee Arendse, Paul de Villiers. Conversions: Vusi Moyo (3), Manie Libbok.
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