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2014 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa

In June 2014, Wales toured South Africa, playing a 2-test series against the Springboks.[1] In addition to the two Test matches, Wales also played a warm-up uncapped match against domestic club side Eastern Province Kings.[2] The three matches coincided with the June International Window, playing in the second and third week of the window.

2014 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa
Coach(es)Warren Gatland
Tour captain(s)Alun Wyn Jones
Top point scorer(s)Dan Biggar (24)
Top try scorer(s)Alex Cuthbert (3)
Top test point scorer(s)Dan Biggar (24)
Top test try scorer(s)Alex Cuthbert (2)
Summary
P W D L
Total
03 01 00 02
Test match
02 00 00 02
Opponent
P W D L
 South Africa
2 0 0 2
Tour chronology
Previous tourJapan 2013
Next tourNew Zealand 2016

Wales entered the test series on the back of 14 consecutive losses to South Africa; the last time Wales won against South Africa was in June 1999, the only time Wales have beaten South Africa. Wales were on 16 consecutive losses to the Southern Hemisphere greats, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, with the last time they beat a Southern Hemisphere great was in November 2008, and have not won an away match to the Southern Hemisphere greats since 1969.

The 14 consecutive losses to South Africa were extended to 16, while the 16 consecutive losses to the Southern Hemisphere greats were extended to 18 following a 2–0 series defeat. The only win of the tour came in the un-capped match against the Eastern Province Kings, 34–12. During the test series, Wales and South Africa contested the Prince William Cup, which South Africa retained with the series victory. It was the seventh time South Africa won the trophy to Wales' zero.

Fixtures edit

Date Venue Home Score Away
10 June 2014 Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth Eastern Province Kings 12–34   Wales
14 June 2014 Kings Park Stadium, Durban South Africa   38–16   Wales
21 June 2014 Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit South Africa   31–30   Wales

Matches edit

Eastern Province Kings edit

10 June 2014
19:00 SAST (UTC+02)
Eastern Province Kings  12–34  Wales
Try: Soyizwapi 56' m
Kerrod 78' c
Con: Whitehead (1/2) 79'		Report[3]Try: Turnbull 9' c
Allen 14' c
Hook 44' c
Cuthbert 46' m
Davies 61' m
Con: Hook (3/5) 11', 15', 45'
Pen: Hook (1/1) 39'
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth[4]
Attendance: 11,828
Referee: Lourens van der Merwe (South Africa)
FB 15 Hansie Graaff   71'
RW 14 Siviwe Soyizwapi
OC 13 Ronnie Cooke
IC 12 Shane Gates   62'
LW 11 Scott van Breda
FH 10 George Whitehead
SH 9 Kevin Luiters   53'
N8 8 Paul Schoeman
OF 7 Devin Oosthuizen   55'
BF 6 Thembelani Bholi
RL 5 Cameron Lindsay
LL 4 Darron Nell (c)   73'
TP 3 Charl du Plessis   39'
HK 2 Edgar Marutlulle   71'
LP 1 Lizo Gqoboka   55'
Replacements:
HK 16 Albé de Swardt   71'
PR 17 BG Uys   55'
PR 18 Simon Kerrod   39'
LK 19 Steve Cummins   73'
FL 20 Stefan Willemse   55'
SH 21 Jaco Grobler   53'
CE 22 Dwayne Jenner   62'
FH 23 Ntabeni Dukisa   71'
Coach:
  Carlos Spencer
FB 15 Matthew Morgan
RW 14 Alex Cuthbert   55'
OC 13 Cory Allen
IC 12 Steven Shingler
LW 11 Jordan Williams
FH 10 James Hook
SH 9 Rhodri Williams
N8 8 Dan Baker   23'   31'
OF 7 Josh Turnbull
BF 6 Dan Lydiate (c)   58'
RL 5 Ian Evans
LL 4 Jake Ball   63'
TP 3 Rhodri Jones   20'   55'
HK 2 Scott Baldwin   55'
LP 1 Paul James   55'
Replacements:
HK 16 Matthew Rees   55'
PR 17 Aaron Jarvis   55'
PR 18 Samson Lee   23'   31'   55'
LK 19 Luke Charteris   63'
FL 20 Aaron Shingler   58'
SH 21 Gareth Davies   55'
WG 22 George North
FB 23 Liam Williams
Coach:
  Warren Gatland

Touch judges:
Christie du Preez (South Africa)
Rodney Boneparte (South Africa)
Television match official:
Jason Jaftha (South Africa)

Notes:

  • George North was ruled out of the match, as he was still suffering from a virus hours before kick-off. No other player replaced him in the match-day 23.

First test edit

14 June 2014
17:00 SAST (UTC+02)
South Africa  38–16  Wales
Try: Habana (2) 6' c, 20' c
Vermeulen 15' c
Le Roux 37' c
Hendricks 51' c
Con: Steyn (5/5) 7', 17', 21', 38', 52'
Pen: Steyn (1/1) 44'		Report[5]Try: Cuthbert 68' c
Con: Hook (1/1) 69'
Pen: Biggar (1/1) 40'
Drop: Biggar (2/2) 2', 19'
Kings Park Stadium, Durban[6]
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
FB 15 Willie le Roux   70'
RW 14 Cornal Hendricks
OC 13 JP Pietersen
IC 12 Jan Serfontein
LW 11 Bryan Habana
FH 10 Morné Steyn   70'
SH 9 Fourie du Preez
N8 8 Duane Vermeulen
OF 7 Willem Alberts   58'
BF 6 Francois Louw
RL 5 Victor Matfield (c)
LL 4 Bakkies Botha   40'
TP 3 Jannie du Plessis   58'
HK 2 Bismarck du Plessis   70'
LP 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp   44'
Replacements:
HK 16 Schalk Brits   70'
PR 17 Tendai Mtawarira   44'
PR 18 Coenie Oosthuizen   58'
LK 19 Lood de Jager   40'
FL 20 Schalk Burger   58'
SH 21 Ruan Pienaar   73'
FH 22 Johan Goosen   70'   73'
WG 23 Lwazi Mvovo   70'
Coach:
  Heyneke Meyer
 
FB 15 Liam Williams   55'
RW 14 Alex Cuthbert
OC 13 Jonathan Davies
IC 12 Jamie Roberts   12'
LW 11 George North
FH 10 Dan Biggar   64'
SH 9 Mike Phillips   55'
N8 8 Taulupe Faletau
OF 7 Aaron Shingler   55'
BF 6 Dan Lydiate
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL 4 Luke Charteris   55'
TP 3 Adam Jones   31'
HK 2 Ken Owens   58'
LP 1 Gethin Jenkins   58'
Replacements:
HK 16 Matthew Rees   58'
PR 17 Paul James   58'
PR 18 Samson Lee   31'
LK 19 Ian Evans   55'
FL 20 Josh Turnbull   55'
SH 21 Gareth Davies   55'
FH 22 James Hook   64'
FB 23 Matthew Morgan   55'
Coach:
  Warren Gatland

Man of the Match:
Willie le Roux (South Africa)

Touch judges:
Steve Walsh (Australia)
Marius Mitrea (Italy)
Television match official:
Vinny Munro (New Zealand)

Notes:

Second test edit

21 June 2014
15:00 SAST (UTC+02)
South Africa  31–30  Wales
Try: Penalty try (2) 32' c, 77' c
Hendricks 33' c
Le Roux 71' c
Con: Steyn (4/4) 32', 35', 72', 78'
Pen: Steyn (1/2) 55'		Report[7]Try: Roberts 18' c
Cuthbert 21' c
Owens 45' c
Con: Biggar (3/3) 19', 22', 45'
Pen: Biggar (3/4) 12', 56', 65'
Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit[6]
Attendance: 25,424
Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)
FB 15 Willie le Roux
RW 14 Cornal Hendricks
OC 13 JP Pietersen
IC 12 Jan Serfontein   74'
LW 11 Bryan Habana
FH 10 Morné Steyn   23' to 29'
SH 9 Fourie du Preez
N8 8 Duane Vermeulen
OF 7 Willem Alberts   24'
BF 6 Francois Louw
RL 5 Victor Matfield (c)
LL 4 Flip van der Merwe   57'   45' to 49'
TP 3 Jannie du Plessis   58'
HK 2 Bismarck du Plessis   65'
LP 1 Tendai Mtawarira   65'
Replacements:
HK 16 Schalk Brits   65'
PR 17 Gurthrö Steenkamp   65'
PR 18 Coenie Oosthuizen   58'
LK 19 Lood de Jager   45'   49'
FL 20 Schalk Burger   24'
SH 21 Ruan Pienaar   23'   29'
CE 22 Wynand Olivier   74'
WG 23 Lwazi Mvovo
Coach:
  Heyneke Meyer
 
FB 15 Liam Williams
RW 14 Alex Cuthbert
OC 13 Jonathan Davies
IC 12 Jamie Roberts
LW 11 George North
FH 10 Dan Biggar   32'
SH 9 Mike Phillips
N8 8 Taulupe Faletau
OF 7 Josh Turnbull
BF 6 Dan Lydiate
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL 4 Luke Charteris   29'   74'
TP 3 Samson Lee   51'
HK 2 Ken Owens   74'
LP 1 Gethin Jenkins   74'
Replacements:
HK 16 Matthew Rees   74'
PR 17 Paul James   74'
PR 18 Aaron Jarvis   51'
LK 19 Jake Ball   74'
N8 20 Dan Baker
SH 21 Gareth Davies
FH 22 James Hook
FB 23 Matthew Morgan
Coach:
  Warren Gatland

Man of the Match:
Duane Vermeulen (South Africa)

Touch judges:
Romain Poite (France)
Francisco Pastrana (Argentina)
Television match official:
Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

Notes:

Squads edit

Wales edit

Before the tour, the Welsh Rugby Union announced that on 30 May, a Wales senior trial match would take place at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea, the first of its kind in 14 years.[8] The failure of the Welsh regions to qualify for the 2013–14 Pro12 play-offs meant that, for many of the players, there would be a five-week gap between the end of the season and the first Test. The teams were announced on 13 May, with the Probables squad to be coached by Rob Howley, and the Possibles squad by Robin McBryde.[9] The match fell outside the international window, so players based outside Wales were not required to be released to play, in accordance with IRB regulations.[10] No players based in England were released for the match, while all the France-based players selected for the match except Dan Lydiate ended up participating.

Trial match edit

30 May 2014
19:05 BST (UTC+01)
Probables55–7Possibles
Try: J. Williams (2) 2' m, 79 c
Biggar 5' c
J. Davies (3) 23' c, 25' c, 46' c
L. Williams 35' m
Baldwin 43' c
Con: Biggar (6/8) 6', 24', 26', 44', 47', 80'
Pen: Biggar (1/1) 12'		Report[11]Try: G. Davies 60' c
Con: Hook (1/1) 60'
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Attendance: 20,032
Referee: Neil Hennessy (Wales)

Note: Bold text denotes players who are internationally capped.

Touring squad edit

Head coach Warren Gatland named a 32-man squad following the trial match, for the two-test series against South Africa.[12] It included 19 players from the Probables squad, 10 from the Possibles squad and three who did not feature in the trial match.

Head coach:   Warren Gatland

Note: Caps and ages are as of the date of the first test match, 14 June 2014.

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Scott Baldwin Hooker (1988-07-12)12 July 1988 (aged 25) 1   Ospreys
Ken Owens Hooker (1987-01-03)3 January 1987 (aged 27) 24   Scarlets
Matthew Rees Hooker (1980-12-09)9 December 1980 (aged 33) 58   Cardiff Blues
Paul James Prop (1982-05-13)13 May 1982 (aged 32) 53   Bath
Aaron Jarvis Prop (1986-05-20)20 May 1986 (aged 28) 3   Ospreys
Gethin Jenkins Prop (1980-11-17)17 November 1980 (aged 33) 105   Cardiff Blues
Adam Jones Prop (1981-03-08)8 March 1981 (aged 33) 94   Ospreys
Rhodri Jones Prop (1991-12-23)23 December 1991 (aged 22) 10   Scarlets
Samson Lee Prop (1992-11-30)30 November 1992 (aged 21) 3   Scarlets
Jake Ball Lock (1991-06-21)21 June 1991 (aged 22) 4   Scarlets
Luke Charteris Lock (1983-03-09)9 March 1983 (aged 31) 46   Perpignan
Ian Evans Lock (1984-10-04)4 October 1984 (aged 29) 32   Ospreys
Alun Wyn Jones (c) Lock (1985-09-19)19 September 1985 (aged 28) 78   Ospreys
Dan Lydiate Flanker (1987-12-18)18 December 1987 (aged 26) 35   Racing Métro
Aaron Shingler Flanker (1987-08-07)7 August 1987 (aged 26) 7   Scarlets
Josh Turnbull Flanker (1988-03-12)12 March 1988 (aged 26) 5   Scarlets
Dan Baker Number 8 (1992-07-05)5 July 1992 (aged 21) 2   Ospreys
Taulupe Faletau Number 8 (1990-11-12)12 November 1990 (aged 23) 34   Newport Gwent Dragons
Gareth Davies Scrum-half (1990-08-18)18 August 1990 (aged 23) 0   Scarlets
Mike Phillips Scrum-half (1982-08-29)29 August 1982 (aged 31) 85   Racing Métro
Rhodri Williams Scrum-half (1993-05-05)5 May 1993 (aged 21) 3   Scarlets
Dan Biggar Fly-half (1989-10-16)16 October 1989 (aged 24) 23   Ospreys
James Hook Fly-half (1985-06-27)27 June 1985 (aged 28) 75   Perpignan
Cory Allen Centre (1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 21) 1   Cardiff Blues
Jonathan Davies Centre (1988-04-05)5 April 1988 (aged 26) 39   Scarlets
Jamie Roberts Centre (1986-11-08)8 November 1986 (aged 27) 58   Racing Métro
Steven Shingler Centre (1991-06-20)20 June 1991 (aged 22) 0   Scarlets
Alex Cuthbert Wing (1990-04-05)5 April 1990 (aged 24) 24   Cardiff Blues
George North Wing (1992-04-13)13 April 1992 (aged 22) 40   Northampton Saints
Jordan Williams Wing (1993-09-20)20 September 1993 (aged 20) 0   Scarlets
Matthew Morgan Fullback (1991-04-23)23 April 1991 (aged 23) 0   Ospreys
Liam Williams Fullback (1991-04-09)9 April 1991 (aged 23) 12   Scarlets

South Africa edit

On 31 May, head coach Heyneke Meyer named a 36-man squad for the 2-test series against Wales, and the single test match against Scotland, plus the uncapped match against a World XV side.[13]

On 2 June, Damian de Allende was withdrawn from the squad due to injury. He was replaced by Marnitz Boshoff.[14]

On 8 June, Trevor Nyakane was added to the squad to provide further cover at prop.[15]

Note: Caps and ages are as of the date of the first test match, 14 June 2014.

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Schalk Brits Hooker (1981-05-16)16 May 1981 (aged 33) 5   Saracens
Bismarck du Plessis ‡ Hooker (1984-05-22)22 May 1984 (aged 30) 57   Sharks
Callie Visagie Hooker (1988-07-09)9 July 1988 (aged 25) 0   Bulls
Jannie du Plessis ‡ Prop (1982-11-16)16 November 1982 (aged 31) 51   Sharks
Tendai Mtawarira ‡ Prop (1985-08-01)1 August 1985 (aged 28) 53   Sharks
Trevor Nyakane Prop (1989-05-04)4 May 1989 (aged 25) 3   Cheetahs
Coenie Oosthuizen ‡ Prop (1989-03-22)22 March 1989 (aged 25) 14   Cheetahs
Gurthrö Steenkamp Prop (1981-06-12)12 June 1981 (aged 33) 49   Toulouse
Marcel van der Merwe Prop (1990-10-24)24 October 1990 (aged 23) 0   Bulls
Bakkies Botha Lock (1979-09-22)22 September 1979 (aged 34) 78   Toulon
Lood de Jager Lock (1992-12-17)17 December 1992 (aged 21) 0   Cheetahs
Victor Matfield (c) Lock (1977-05-11)11 May 1977 (aged 37) 110   Bulls
Flip van der Merwe ‡ Lock (1985-06-06)6 June 1985 (aged 29) 34   Bulls
Willem Alberts ‡ Flanker (1984-05-11)11 May 1984 (aged 30) 30   Sharks
Schalk Burger Flanker (1983-04-13)13 April 1983 (aged 31) 68   Stormers
Marcell Coetzee ‡ Flanker (1991-05-08)8 May 1991 (aged 23) 15   Sharks
Siya Kolisi ‡ Flanker (1991-06-16)16 June 1991 (aged 22) 10   Stormers
Francois Louw Flanker (1985-06-15)15 June 1985 (aged 28) 28   Bath
Oupa Mohojé Flanker (1990-08-03)3 August 1990 (aged 23) 0   Cheetahs
Duane Vermeulen ‡ Number 8 (1986-07-03)3 July 1986 (aged 27) 16   Stormers
Fourie du Preez Scrum-half (1982-03-24)24 March 1982 (aged 32) 67   Suntory Sungoliath
Francois Hougaard ‡ Scrum-half (1988-04-06)6 April 1988 (aged 26) 27   Bulls
Ruan Pienaar Scrum-half (1984-03-10)10 March 1984 (aged 30) 74   Ulster
Marnitz Boshoff Fly-half (1989-01-11)11 January 1989 (aged 25) 0   Lions
Johan Goosen Fly-half (1992-07-27)27 July 1992 (aged 21) 4   Cheetahs
François Steyn ‡ Fly-half (1987-05-14)14 May 1987 (aged 27) 53   Sharks
Morné Steyn Fly-half (1984-07-11)11 July 1984 (aged 29) 54   Stade Français
Damian de Allende Centre (1991-11-25)25 November 1991 (aged 22) 0   Stormers
Juan de Jongh Centre (1988-04-15)15 April 1988 (aged 26) 14   Stormers
JJ Engelbrecht ‡ Centre (1989-02-22)22 February 1989 (aged 25) 12   Bulls
Jan Serfontein Centre (1993-04-15)15 April 1993 (aged 21) 9   Bulls
Bryan Habana Wing (1983-06-12)12 June 1983 (aged 31) 95   Toulon
Cornal Hendricks Wing (1988-04-18)18 April 1988 (aged 26) 0   Cheetahs
Lwazi Mvovo Wing (1986-06-03)3 June 1986 (aged 28) 7   Sharks
JP Pietersen Wing (1986-07-12)12 July 1986 (aged 27) 51   Sharks
S'bura Sithole Wing (1990-06-14)14 June 1990 (aged 24) 0   Sharks
Zane Kirchner Fullback (1984-06-16)16 June 1984 (aged 29) 28   Leinster
Willie le Roux ‡ Fullback (1989-08-18)18 August 1989 (aged 24) 12   Cheetahs

The following players were considered for selection, but not chosen due to injury or suspension.

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Adriaan Strauss ‡ Hooker (1985-11-18)18 November 1985 (aged 28) 33   Cheetahs
Eben Etzebeth ‡ Lock (1991-10-29)29 October 1991 (aged 22) 23   Stormers
Juan Smith Flanker (1981-07-30)30 July 1981 (aged 32) 69   Toulon
Patrick Lambie ‡ Fly-half (1990-10-17)17 October 1990 (aged 23) 32   Sharks
Jaque Fourie Centre (1983-03-04)4 March 1983 (aged 31) 72   Kobelco Steelers
Jean de Villiers ‡ Centre (1981-02-24)24 February 1981 (aged 33) 96   Stormers

Note: ‡ denotes players who are centrally contracted to the South African Rugby Union.

South African warm-up match edit

On 7 June, South Africa played an uncapped warm-up match against a World XV in Cape Town, in the lead up to the Welsh series.

7 June 2014
17:00 SAST (UTC+02)
South Africa  47–13World XV
Try: Habana 16' m
Botha 32' c
B. Du Plessis (2) 48' m, 58' c
Goosen 77' c
Le Roux 79' c
Con: M. Steyn (2/4) 33', 59'
Goosen (2/2) 78', 79'
Pen: M. Steyn (3/3) 16', 30', 44'		Report[16]Try: Hargreaves 5' c
Con: O'Connor (1/1) 5'
Pen: O'Connor (2/2) 23', 40'
Newlands, Cape Town[6]
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)

References edit

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  14. ^ "Springboks suffer De Allende injury setback". South African Rugby Union. 2 June 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
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