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Of the 43 matches played to date, South Africa have won 35, with one match drawn and seven wins for Wales. Wales won their first away match against South Africa in 2022. Since 2007, the winner has been awarded the Prince William Cup , which was created to celebrate 100 years of rugby between the two nations.
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It was the seventh time Wales had toured South Africa in test history. In each of the previous 10 matches contested between the two nations on South African soil – the first of which took place in 1964 – South Africa were the victors. South Africa took the lead in the 2022 test series, beating Wales by 32–29 in Pretoria on 2 July.
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South Africa 53–18 Wales: Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria Try: John Smit, Schalk Burger, Brent Russell 2, Wayne Julies, Breyton Paulse, Bolla Conradie Con: Percy Montgomery 6 Pen: Percy Montgomery 2 Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)
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The two teams were to meet again in November 2004 when South Africa toured the UK and Ireland, playing each of the home nations.In the lead-up to the match, South African coach Jake White provided additional motivation to the Irish team by publicly repeating his statement from earlier in the year that "only three Irish players would be good enough to get onto the South African team".