Springboks v Wales: 8 stats and facts your mates didn’t know!

All the key stats and facts ahead of kick-off in the Test between the Springboks and Wales in Bloemfontein on Saturday, 9 July.

Kick-off is scheduled for 17:05.

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MATCH STATS

– Sbu Nkosi, Bongi Mbonambi and Malcolm Marx need one more try to get to take their Test tally to 10 tries and 50 points

– Frans Steyn needs to score nine more points to reach 150 Test points

– The match on Saturday will be the 39th Test between South Africa and Wales

– The Springboks need to score 23 points for 1 000 total points against Wales

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SPRINGBOK RECORD AGAINST WALES

– Played 38, Won 31, Lost 6, Drawn 1, Points for 977, Points against 615, Tries scored 115, Tries conceded 51, Highest score 96, Biggest win 83 Points, Win %: 81%

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MISCELLANEOUS

– The total Test caps for the Springbok starting line-up is 393

– There are 132 caps in the backline with 261 caps amongst the forwards. On the bench there are a further 99 caps

– The average caps per player in the backline is 14, the forwards 32, while the players on the bench average 12

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TEAMS:

South Africa

15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Aphelele Fassi, 10 Handre Pollard (captain), 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Thomas du Toit

Substitutes: 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Ntuthuko Mchunu, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Ruan Nortje, 20 Rynhardt Elstadt, 21 Deon Fourie, 22 Grant Williams, 23 Damian Willemse

Wales

TBA

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