SA vs Wales: Six fast facts
South Africa face Wales for the 31st time on Saturday in the first quarter-final of the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
The first recorded match between the Dragons and the Springboks took place on the 1st of December, 1906.
Since then the Boks have gone on to win 27 of the 30 matches played, with the Welsh winning two and one match being declared a draw.
The Prince William Cup was introduced in 2007, and is awarded to the winner of games between these two sides, as a celebration of 100 years of rugby between Wales and South Africa.
The Springboks may be counting themselves lucky that the quarter-final is at Twickenham and not Cardiff, as the Millennium Stadium is the only venue where the Welsh have managed to beat the Boks.
ICYMI: @jppietersen14 returns & Schalk Burger will set a new #RSA record for RWC appearances,it's his 18th.#RSAvWAL pic.twitter.com/sGeyj21io4
— Rugby World Cup (@rugbyworldcup) October 14, 2015
Wales’ first victory came on 26 June 1999. They then had to wait 15 years before toppling the Boks again on 29 November 2014.
Heyneke Meyer warns Wales wing Bryan Habana and JP Pietersen are in 'superb' #RWC2015 form https://t.co/jzXwVcyEiv pic.twitter.com/7tcckB8xjw
— BBC Sport Wales (@BBCSportWales) October 14, 2015
The most-capped player running out for Wales on Saturday will be Gethin Jenkins who wins his 119th cap, while Bryan Habana stands to break Jonah Lomu’s Rugby World Cup try-scoring record of 15 tries.
