1995 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa

March 2016 July 2026 Wales 1995 Alex Evans Jonathan Humphreys 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 RSA 1 0 0 1 1994 Canada/Oceania 1996 Australia The Wales national rugby union team toured South Africa in August and September 1995. They played two matches: a warm-up game against the South-East Transvaal provincial side, and a test match against the South Africa national team. The tour was held in part to thank South Africa for supporting Wales' bid to host the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Squad Wales named a squad of 24 players for the tour, including five uncapped players. Ten of the squad had not been included in the Wales team that participated in the 1995 Rugby World Cup during May and June. Jonathan Humphreys was named the captain, despite only having played for the national team on two previous occasions.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-union-wales-surprise-with-humphreys-1593199.html Rugby Union: Wales surprise with Humphreys Steve Bale 24 July 1995 The Independent 28 March 2016 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160328095947/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-union-wales-surprise-with-humphreys-1593199.html Cardiff wing Simon Hill was a late addition to the squad. Name Position Club Notes Jonathan Humphreys Hooker Cardiff Captain Garin Jenkins Hooker Swansea John Davies rugby union, born 1969 Prop Neath Ricky Evans rugby union Prop Llanelli Spencer John Prop Llanelli Christian Loader* Prop Swansea Paul Arnold rugby union Lock Swansea Derwyn Jones Lock Cardiff Andy Moore rugby union, born 1974* Lock Swansea Greg Prosser Lock Pontypridd Mark Bennett rugby union, born 1969 Back row Cardiff Andrew Gibbs Back row Newbridge Emyr Lewis rugby union Back row Cardiff Paul John rugby union Scrum-half Pontypridd Andy Moore rugby union, born 1968 Scrum-half Cardiff Neil Jenkins Fly-half Pontypridd Aled Williams rugby union Fly-half Swansea Gareth Jones rugby union, born 1975* Centre Bridgend Mark Taylor rugby union, born 1973 Centre Swansea Gareth Thomas rugby, born 1974 Centre Bridgend Ieuan Evans Wing Llanelli Alan Harris rugby union* Wing Swansea Simon Hill rugby union Wing Cardiff Wayne Proctor Wing Llanelli Justin Thomas rugby union* Full-back Llanelli * = Uncapped player Matches DateVenueHomeScoreAway29 August 1995Johann van Riebeeck Stadium, WitbankSouth-East Transvaal47–6WAL2 September 1995Ellis Park Stadium, JohannesburgRSA40–11WAL South-East Transvaal vs Wales Wales' only warm-up game was against South-East Transvaal on 29 August in Witbank. At the time, South-East Transvaal were playing in the third division of the Currie Cup, South Africa's provincial competition. They came into the game having won eleven successive matches in the competition.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/wales-thomas-doubt-1598037.html Wales' Thomas doubt 25 August 1995 Robert Cole The Independent 28 March 2016 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160328100034/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/wales-thomas-doubt-1598037.html South-East Transvaal won the game comfortably by 47 points to 6. They scored five tries, and fly-half Jacques Benade kicked all five conversions as well as three penalties and a drop-goal. Wales' only points came through two penalties kicked by their fly-half Aled Williams.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-union-wales-suffer-embarrassing-defeat-1598135.html 26 August 1995 Rugby Union Wales suffer embarrassing defeat The Independent 28 March 2016 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160328100103/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-union-wales-suffer-embarrassing-defeat-1598135.html 29 August 1995 South-East Transvaal 47–6 Report WAL ErasmusVisagieBosmanFourieBodenstein Benade (5) Benade (3) Benade A. Williams (2) Johann van Riebeeck Stadium, Witbank I. Rogers (South Africa) South Africa vs Wales The test match against South Africa took place on 2 September at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. This was a week after the sport was declared "open" with restrictions on payments to players removed, making it the first test match of rugby union's professional era.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/wiese-to-pay-the-price-of-ill-discipline-1599443.html Wiese to pay the price of ill discipline Robert Cole 3 September 1995 The Independent 7 April 2016 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160407195707/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/wiese-to-pay-the-price-of-ill-discipline-1599443.html This was the ninth test match between the countries, but only the second match since 1970. South Africa had won seven of the previous encounters, with one draw between the sides. As the reigning world champions following their victory in June, South Africa were overwhelming favourites to win the match. South Africa won the game 40–11.Match Report: South Africa 40 Wales 11 http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/matchcentre/3414.php Welsh Rugby Union 20 November 2014 live https://web.archive.org/web/20141120091313/http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/matchcentre/3414.php Wales took an early lead when Mark Bennett scored a try in the third minute, immediately following which South Africa lock Kobus Wiese punched an unsighted Derwyn Jones, knocking him out. The incident was missed by the officials, and Wiese was not sanctioned during the match. South Africa responded through tries from Wiese and Francois Pienaar, and at half-time led by 18 points to 8. In the second-half, Wales' Neil Jenkins kicked a penalty to reduce the gap to seven points. South Africa then scored three tries in seven minutes to extend their lead to 29 points. A minute before the end of the match, Wales' Garin Jenkins punched South Africa's Joost van der Westhuizen. The punch, which knocked out Van der Westhuizen resulted in Jenkins being sent off by the referee.Robert Cole Jenkins sent off in bitter battle https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/jenkins-sent-off-in-bitter-battle-1599344.html The Independent 2 September 1995 28 March 2016 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160328100257/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/jenkins-sent-off-in-bitter-battle-1599344.html Following the game, Wales invoked citing procedures against Wiese for the punch against Derwyn Jones. As a result of receiving a red card, Garin Jenkins also faced disciplinary proceedings. Both Wiese and Jenkins were banned from playing rugby for 30 days for their actions. 2 September 1995 RSA 40–11 Report WAL WiesePienaarSmallTeichmannMulder Stransky (3) Stransky (3) Bennett N. Jenkins (2) Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg Joël Dumé (France) FB 15André JoubertRW 14James SmallOC 13Hennie le RouxIC 12Japie MulderLW 11Jacques OlivierFH 10Joel StranskySH 9 Joost van der WesthuizenN8 8 Gary TeichmannOF 7 Ruben KrugerBF 6 Francois Pienaar (c)RL 5 Kobus WieseLL 4 Mark AndrewsTP 3 Marius HurterHK 2 James DaltonLP 1 Balie SwartCoach:RSA Kitch Christie FB 15Justin ThomasRW 14Ieuan EvansOC 13Gareth JonesIC 12Gareth Thomas 68LW 11Simon HillFH 10Neil JenkinsSH 9 Andy MooreN8 8 Hemi TaylorOF 7 Mark BennettBF 6 Andrew Gibbs 41RL 5 Derwyn Jones 2LL 4 Paul ArnoldTP 3 John DaviesHK 2 Jonathan Humphreys (c)LP 1 Christian LoaderReplacements:LK Andy Moore 2HK Garin Jenkins 0 79 41CE Mark Taylor 68Coach:AUS Alex Evans References Category:1995 rugby union tours Category:1994–95 in Welsh rugby union 1995 Category:1995 in South African rugby union 1995 Category:History of rugby union matches between South Africa and Wales