{"id":61669,"date":"2022-02-08T13:31:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T13:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=61669"},"modified":"2022-02-08T13:31:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T13:31:05","slug":"wales-confirm-test-series-against-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/02\/08\/wales-confirm-test-series-against-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales confirm test series against South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wayne-pivac-s-side-will-visit-for-the-first-time-since-2014\"><strong>Wayne Pivac\u2019s side will visit for the first time since 2014<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>WALES will travel to South Africa for a three-test series against the World Cup champions in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wayne Pivac\u2019s side will first face the Springboks in Pretoria on Saturday, July 2, with tests in Bloemfontein and Cape Town to follow on July 9 and July 16, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wales&#8217; most recent tour of South Africa was in 2014, when they lost the series 2-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reigning World Cup champions last played Wales in the 2021 Autumn Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite Wayne Pivac&#8217;s side leading for 73 minutes, thanks to six Dan Biggar penalties, the Springbok&#8217;s came away 23-18 winners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wales and South Africa have faced each other 37 times to date with the first encounter taking place in Swansea in 1906.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July Test Series fixtures (kick-off times TBC):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Saturday 2 July: South Africa v Wales \u2013 Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria<\/li><li>Saturday 9 July: South Africa v Wales \u2013 Toyota Stadium, Bloemfontein<\/li><li>Saturday 16 July: South Africa v Wales \u2013 DHL Stadium, Cape Town<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WALES will travel to South Africa for a three test series against the World Cup champions in July 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":61681,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[151,4],"tags":[154,791,339],"coauthors":[7313],"class_list":["post-61669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugby","category-sport","tag-rugby-2","tag-south-africa","tag-wales"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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