South Africa v Wales (June 14th, 2008)
Venue: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria (South Africa)
Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008
Kickoff: 08:00 US Central
South Africa
First XV: 15 Conrad Jantjes, 14 Tonderai Chavanga, 13 Adrian Jacobs, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Butch James, 9 Ricky Januarie, 1 Tendai Mtawarrira, 2 John Smit, 3 BJ Botha, 4 Bakkies Botha, 5 Victor Matfield, 6 Luke Watson, 7 Juan Smith, 8 Pierre Spies.
Reserves: 16 Bismarck du Plessis, 17 Gurthrö Steenkamp, 18 Andries Bekker, 19 Ryan Kankowski, 20 Bolla Conradie, 21 Francois Steyn, 22 Percy Montgomery.
Wales
First XV: 15 James Hook, 14 Mark Jones, 13 Tom Shanklin, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Shane Williams, 10 Stephen Jones, 9 Gareth Cooper, 1 Gethin Jenkins, 2 Richard Hibbard, 3 Rhys Thomas, 4 Ian Gough, 5 Alun Wyn Jones, 6 Ryan Jones (c), 7 Jonathan Thomas, 8 Gareth Delve.
Reserves: 16 T Rhys Thomas, 17 Duncan Jones, 18 Ian Evans, 19 Dafydd Jones, 20 Warren Fury, 21 Andrew Bishop, 22 Tom James.
South Africa v Wales (June 7th, 2008)
Venue: Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein (South Africa)
Date: Saturday, June 7, 2008
Kickoff: 09:00 US Central
South Africa
First XV: 15 C Jantjes, 14 T Chavhanga, 13 A Jacobs, 12 J de Villiers, 11 B Habana, 10 B James, 9 B Conradie, 1 G Steenkamp, 2 J Smit, 3 B Mujati, 4 B Botha, 5 A Bekker, 6 L Watson, 7 J Smith, 8 P Spies.
Reserves: 16 CJ van der Linde, 17 B du Plessis, 18 D Rossouw, 19 R Pienaar, 20 P Grant, 21 P Montgomery, 22 V Matfield.
Wales
First XV: 15 J Roberts (Cardiff), 14 M Jones (Llanelli), 13 T Shanklin (Cardiff), 12 S Parker (Ospreys), 11 S Williams (Ospreys), 10 S Jones (Llanelli), 9 G Cooper (Gloucester), 1 G Jenkins (Cardiff), 2 M Rees (Llanelli), 3 A Jones (Ospreys), 4 I Gough (Ospreys), 5 A-W Jones (Ospreys), 6 J Thomas (Ospreys), 7 D Jones (Llanelli), 8 R Jones (Ospreys).
Reserves: 16 Duncan Jones (Ospreys), 17 R Hibbard (Ospreys), 18 I Evans (Ospreys), 19 G Delve (Gloucester), 20 W Fury (London Irish), 21 J Hook (Ospreys), 22 M Stoddart (Llanelli).
2008 Wales Squad to South Africa
Wales coach Warren Gatland has named the squad to tour South Africa in the summer. During the tour, two test matches will be played against the Springboks (one on June 7th and the other on June 14th).
Backs:
Morgan Stoddart (Scarlets), Andrew Bishop (Ospreys), Jamie Roberts (Cardiff Blues), Shane Williams (Ospreys), Tom James (Cardiff Blues), Mark Jones (Scarlets), Sonny Parker (Ospreys), Tom Shanklin (Cardiff Blues), Stephen Jones (Scarlets), James Hook (Ospreys), Andy Williams (Dragons), Warren Fury (London Irish), Gareth Cooper (Gloucester).
Forwards:
Duncan Jones (Ospreys), Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues), Adam Jones (Ospreys), Rhys Thomas (Dragons), Matthew Rees (Scarlets), Huw Bennett (Ospreys), Ian Gough (Ospreys), Alun-Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Ian Evans (Ospreys), Bradley Davies (Cardiff Blues), Jonathan Thomas (Ospreys), Dafydd Jones (Scarlets), Gareth Delve (Gloucester), Ryan Jones (Ospreys).
20 Points
France will need to beat Wales by 20 points on Saturday to retain the 6 Nations trophy. France coach Marc Lievremont has opted for experience in the decider, calling several veteran players back into the side. Wales coach Warren Gatland has made only two changes to the starting team from last week’s game — James Hook over Stephen Jones at flyhalf and Huw Bennet over Matthew Rees at hooker.
Backs:
Anthony Floch, Vincent Clerc, Yannick Jauzion, Damien Traille, Julien Malzieu, David Skrela, Jean-Baptiste Elissalde.
Forwards:
Julien Bonnaire, Fulgence Ouedraogo, Thierry Dusautoir, Jerome Thion, Lionel Nallet, Nicolas Mas, Dimitri Szarzewski, Fabien Barcella.
Replacements:
William Servat, Jean-Baptiste Poux, Arnaud Mela, Elvis Vermeulen, Dimitri Yachvili, Francis Trinh-Duc, Cedric Heymans.
Backs:
Lee Byrne, Mark Jones, Tom Shanklin, Gavin Henson, Shane Williams, James Hook, Mike Phillips.
Forwards:
Gethin Jenkins, Huw Bennett, Adam Jones, Ian Gough, Alun-Wyn Jones, Jonathan Thomas, Martyn Williams, Ryan Jones.
Replacements:
Matthew Rees, Duncan Jones, Ian Evans, Gareth Delve, Dwayne Peel, Stephen Jones, Sonny Parker.
2008 6 Nations Squad (Wales)
Wales coach Warren Gatland named the following 28-man squad for the 2008 6 Nations. Ryan Jones has been named captain of the squad.
Backs:
Lee Byrne (Ospreys), Jamie Roberts (Cardiff), Tom James (Cardiff), Mark Jones (Llanelli), Shane Williams (Ospreys), Tom Shanklin (Cardiff), Sonny Parker (Ospreys), Gavin Henson (Ospreys), James Hook (Ospreys), Stephen Jones (Llanelli), Dwayne Peel (Scarlets), Mike Phillips (Ospreys), Gareth Cooper (Gloucester).
Forwards:
Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff), Adam Jones (Ospreys), Duncan Jones (Ospreys), Rhys Thomas (Newport Gwent Dragons), Huw Bennett (Ospreys), Matthew Rees (Llanelli), Ian Evans (Ospreys), Ian Gough (Ospreys), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Jonathan Thomas (Ospreys), Martyn Williams (Cardiff), Robin Sowden-Taylor (Cardiff), Gareth Delve (Gloucester), Alix Popham (Llanelli), Ryan Jones (Ospreys).