The Springboks extended their winning run to 11 consecutive Tests with a commanding 43-0 Nations Championship victory over Wales at Hollywoodbets Kings Park on Saturday, running in seven tries in front of 40,299 spectators and maintaining a perfect record in the new global competition.
The Boks led 19-0 at the break and were never seriously threatened, though they were the first to acknowledge they played in bursts rather than with sustained intensity. Handling errors blunted several promising passages in the first half, but the attacking returns when they did click were emphatic.
Jasper Wiese opened the scoring inside the first few minutes, crashing over from an angle after strong carries by the Bok forwards — including a storming run from his brother Cobus — for his fourth Test try. Cobus Reinach sniped around the corner from a powerful scrum near the Wales line to register his 20th Test try and make it 14-0 after 14 minutes. Jesse Kriel completed the first-half scoring on the buzzer, running onto a cross kick from debutant flyhalf Vusi Moyo — Kriel's third try in as many Tests this month.
Moyo, one of four debutants who all validated their selections, kicked two conversions before being replaced by Manie Libbok at the 47-minute mark.
The second half opened with the bonus-point try from debutant wing Jaco Williams, a Glenwood Boys High product who ran onto a well-timed Cobus Wiese offload to score in the corner and push the margin to 26-0. Wales applied some pressure thereafter and came close through wing Ellis Mee, who lost the ball over the line, but Paul de Villiers' work at the breakdown — forcing a crucial turnover penalty among several disruptive interventions — helped keep the Welsh scoreless for a cumulative 160 minutes across the two nations' recent meetings.
Herschel Jantjies, earning his 25th cap three years after his 24th, scored next after a sharp burst and inside pass from Williams. Wales prop Ben Warren was then sent to the TMO for a high tackle on Marco van Staden in the lead-up to that try, and the Boks made their numerical advantage count immediately — Libbok floating a pass to Kurt-Lee Arendse, who finished in the corner to make it 36-0.
The Boks closed out the scoring to reach 43-0, completing a shutout that reflects both South Africa's defensive discipline and Wales's inability to convert territorial pressure into points.