Woeful Wales walloped by stunning South Africa
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4.6 • 961 Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Gareth Rhys Owen, Lauren Salter and former Wales internationals Ian Gough and James Hook react to a record home defeat for Wales. World champions South Africa scored 73 unanswered points as Wales suffered their heaviest ever defeat in Cardiff.
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| 0:07.5 | This winter, cricket's oldest rivalry is reignited. |
| 0:15.0 | England and Australia do battle to compete for the ashes. |
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| 0:32.9 | The Stamps out of the ground. |
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| 0:40.0 | And South Africa have steamrolled Wales. |
| 0:45.3 | The heaviest home defeat in Welsh rugby history. |
| 0:51.5 | The only time Wales have lost by more points was back in 1998 against South Africa. |
| 0:59.0 | That was 96 points. It's a night that confirms what so many of us had feared. Wales miles off the pace. This is as bad as it gets. |
| 1:25.3 | 73-0. |
| 1:26.7 | First time Wales had been nailed since 1967. Record home defeat. The second biggest defeat in Welsh rugby history. I keep thinking of that Mick McCarthy quote. Can't keep going on like this, can it or it can it can it can James Hook we've |
| 1:47.9 | been here before we've had Garth Delve with us we brought Garth Delve in right because he knew |
| 1:54.4 | better than anybody else play development and the Japanese experience so we brought |
| 2:00.3 | someone in today, |
| 2:01.9 | someone who really knows what it's like |
| 2:03.7 | to be absolutely tonked, hammered, smashed, |
| 2:07.3 | stuffed, embarrassed |
| 2:09.3 | by the spring box. |
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