Summary

  • Hooker Malcolm Marx and wing Canan Moodie scores first-half tries for the Springboks

  • Three Sam Costelow penalties keep Wales in touch in the early stages

  • South Africa awarded penalty try as Rio Dyer is sin-binned for deliberately knocking the ball out of play

  • Jesse Kriel adds a fourth try for South Africa after 35 minutes as Wales play themselves into trouble

  • Kriel and Moodie add their second tries of the game either side of Pieter-Steph du Toi's score as visitors dominate

  • Damian Willemse takes South Africa up to a half century of points with an eighth Springboks try

  • Nicky Smith scores late consolation try for Wales but South Africa seal record win on Welsh soil

  1. Postpublished at 65 mins

    Wales 9-45 South Africa

    Ceri Coleman-Phillips
    BBC Sport Wales at Principality Stadium

    I think the journalists in the press box are going to run out of different ways to say interception.

    Anyone got a thesaurus?

  2. Replacement - Walespublished at 64 mins

    Wales 9-45 South Africa

    Big moment for Teddy Williams who finally makes his Wales debut.

    He has been training with the squad since the Six Nations but has finally got the nod.

    Talk about in at the deep end!

    Teddy WilliamsImage source, Huw Evans Picture Agency
  3. Postpublished at 63 mins

    Wales 9-45 South Africa

    Cheslin Kolbe breaking clear and South Africa are smelling blood.

  4. 'Easy' for the Springbokspublished at 61 mins

    Wales 9-45 South Africa

    Emyr Lewis
    Former Wales flanker on BBC Radio Cymru

    Wales trying to spread the ball, creating pretty patterns in the backs but the move was read.

    Johnny Williams was guilty of giving the pass and an easy try for South Africa in the end.

  5. try

    Converted try - Wales 9-45 South Africapublished at 60 mins

    Canan Moodie try, Manie Libbok con

    Oh dear!

    Wales try something in midfield but Moodie picks off Johnny Williams' pass to Louis Rees-Zamit, who has just come on by the way, and it's a clear run under the posts.

    This is getting ugly.

  6. South Africa clinicalpublished at 59 mins

    Wales 9-38 South Africa

    Emyr Lewis
    Former Wales flanker on BBC Radio Cymru

    Every chance South Africa have had they've taken to be fair to them.

    Wales have to build, it's a young team and completely unproven at international level and it does take time to bond.

    I don't want to be too judgemental but Wales haven't offered much hope today.

  7. try

    Try - Wales 9-36 South Africapublished at 16:42 British Summer Time 19 August 2023

    Pieter-Steph du Toit

    Peels off the lineout and there's little to stop him.

  8. Replacement - Walespublished at 56 mins

    Wales 9-31 South Africa

    Tomos Williams also on at scrum-half as well as flanker Taine Basham.

  9. Replacement - Walespublished at 55 mins

    Wales 9-31 South Africa

    Sam Parry on for Elliot Dee at hooker.

    Let's hope things go better for the Osprey than last week at Twickenham.

  10. Steph du Toit to the rescuepublished at 55 mins

    Wales 9-31 South Africa

    Caryl James
    Former Wales wing on BBC Radio Cymru

    Brilliant defence by the Springboks there, on there own line.

    Pieter-Steph du Toit reading the pass from Kieran Hardy, intercepting it and offloading, then the pace from Jesse Kriel.

  11. Replacement - Walespublished at 53 mins

    Wales 9-31 South Africa

    Max Llewellyn replaces former Cardiff teammate Mason Grady.

    No reduction in size there!

  12. try

    Converted try - Wales 9-31 South Africapublished at 51 mins

    Jesse Kriel try, Manie Libbok con

    Just as Wales looked like they were going to score, South Africa break away and score one of their own - length of the field.

    Rio Dyer made a scorching break down the left but Hardy's pass was intercepted and Kriel raced clear.

    Tom Rogers will be disappointed at not stopping him though.

  13. Replacements - South Africapublished at 50 mins

    Wales 9-24 South Africa

    Duane Vermulen - 37 years old! - and Franco Mostert are also on.

  14. Replacements - Walespublished at 49 mins

    Wales 9-24 South Africa

    Warren Gatland now responds by changing both of his props as well.

    Henry Thomas and Nicky Smith on.

    But now improvement in the scrum. Another penalty!

  15. Postpublished at 48 mins

    Wales 9-24 South Africa

    Ceri Coleman-Phillips
    BBC Sport Wales at Principality Stadium

    The crowd are doing their best to get behind Wales right now.

    The next score is huge.

  16. Replacements - South Africapublished at 47 mins

    Wales 9-24 South Africa

    South Africa change their entire front-row - and they look seriously scary.

    Bongi Mbonambi, Ox Nche and Vincent Koch all rumble on.

    I'm sure the ground was shaking then!

  17. Chop tackles neededpublished at 46 mins

    Wales 9-24 South Africa

    Caryl James
    Former Wales wing on BBC Radio Cymru

    Wales have to tackle more like Dan Lydiate, going low and getting the player down to the ground.

    That's what the rest of the squad need to do.

  18. Postpublished at 45 mins

    Wales 9-24 South Africa

    Emyr is right, but I was just about to mention that the entire Wales back division has just 39 caps between them.

    In fact, outside Keiran Hardy, who has 19, then the rest only have 22 between them all.

    So they are VERY raw.

  19. Communication not good enoughpublished at 44 mins

    Wales 9-24 South Africa

    Emyr Lewis
    Former Wales flanker on BBC Radio Cymru

    There's something wrong with Wales in the middle of the pitch.

    South Africa are going around Wales too easy, the communication isn't good enough between Mason Grady and Johnny Williams.

  20. Postpublished at 43 mins

    Wales 9-24 South Africa

    Wow - Wales have just won a penalty at a scrum.

    Things are looking up!