{"id":102340,"date":"2015-10-15T12:29:08","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T10:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/102340\/sa-vs-wales-six-fast-facts\/"},"modified":"2019-05-20T11:49:52","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T09:49:52","slug":"sa-vs-wales-six-fast-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2015\/10\/15\/sa-vs-wales-six-fast-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"SA vs Wales: Six fast facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first recorded match between the Dragons and the Springboks took place on the 1st of December, 1906. <\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe 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.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ICYMI: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jppietersen14?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jppietersen14<\/a> returns &amp; Schalk Burger will set a new <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/RSA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RSA<\/a> record for RWC appearances,it&#39;s his 18th.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/RSAvWAL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RSAvWAL<\/a> http:\/\/t.co\/sGeyj21io4<\/p>&mdash; Rugby World Cup (@rugbyworldcup) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rugbyworldcup\/status\/654278154878648320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n<p>Wales&#8217; first victory came on 26 June 1999. They then had to wait 15 years before toppling the Boks again on 29 November 2014.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Heyneke Meyer warns Wales wing Bryan Habana and JP Pietersen are in &#39;superb&#39; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/RWC2015?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RWC2015<\/a> form <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/jzXwVcyEiv\">http:\/\/t.co\/jzXwVcyEiv<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/7tcckB8xjw\">pic.twitter.com\/7tcckB8xjw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BBC Sport Wales (@BBCSportWales) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BBCSportWales\/status\/654227638047911936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n<p>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&#8217;s Rugby World Cup try-scoring record of 15 tries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='074913ae107ebb6607e5d18dd929441c'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa face Wales for the 31st time on Saturday in the first quarter-final of the 2015 Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5696,"featured_media":102341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8530,1122,7566,8510,1767,8747],"class_list":["post-102340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports-news","tag-bryan-habana","tag-rugby","tag-rugby-world-cup","tag-rwc","tag-springboks","tag-wales"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Local sport"},"tag_labels":["bryan habana","rugby","Rugby World Cup","RWC","springboks","Wales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5696"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}