The third and ultimate ‘actual’ weekend of end-of-year Check motion will happen between Friday and Sunday this week/weekend with no fewer than 9 matches scheduled.
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From a South African viewpoint, the choose of the Checks was the one between the Springboks and Wales on the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday.
The Springboks ran out simple 45-12 winners.
Honorable point out for Sunday’s conflict between Scotland and Australia.
Saturday’s match was South Africa’s third and ultimate fixture on their end-of-year tour.
Rassie Erasmus’s aspect opened their tour with a 32-15 win over Scotland at Murrayfield in Edinburgh after which noticed off England 29-20 on the Allianz Stadium in London final weekend,
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WEEKEND TEST FIXTURES
All occasions SA
FRIDAY, 22 NOVEMBER
France 37-23 Argentina
SATURDAY, 23 NOVEMBER
Spain 23-26 USA
Eire 52-17 Fiji
Romania 21-23 Uruguay
Wales 12-45 South Africa
Italy 11-29 New Zealand
SUNDAY, 24 NOVEMBER
Scotland vs Australia – 15:40
Georgia vs Tonga – 16:00
England vs Japan – 18:10
LATEST WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS AHEAD OF THE WEEKEND
| RANK | COUNTRY | POINTS |
| 1 | South Africa | 92.78 |
| 2 | Eire | 90.78 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 90.09 |
| 4 | France | 88.08 |
| 5 | Argentina | 85.40 |
| 6 | Scotland | 82.70 |
| 7 | England | 82.31 |
| 8 | Australia | 82.17 |
| 9 | Fiji | 80.07 |
| 10 | Italy | 78.92 |
| 11 | Wales | 74.01 |
| 12 | Georgia | 73.85 |
| 13 | Japan | 72.95 |
| 14 | Samoa | 72.68 |
| 15 | USA | 68.90 |
| 16 | Portugal | 68.82 |
| 17 | Spain | 67.10 |
| 18 | Uruguay | 65.94 |
| 19 | Tonga | 65.46 |
| 20 | Romania | 64.13 |
TEAMS
Wales
15 Blair Murray, 14 Tom Rogers, 13 Max Llewellyn, 12 Ben Thomas, 11 Rio Dyer, 10 Sam Costelow, 9 Ellis Bevan, 8 Taine Plumtree, 7 Jac Morgan, 6 James Botham, 5 Will Rowlands, 4 Christ Tshiunza, 3 Gareth Thomas, 2 Dewi Lake (captain), 1 Archie Griffin
Replacements: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Nicky Smith, 18 Keiron Assiratti, 19 Freddie Thomas, 20 Tommy Reffell, 21 Rhodri Williams, 22 Eddie James, 23 Josh Hathaway
South Africa
15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Thomas du Toit
Substitutes: 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Marco van Staden, 20 RG Snyman, 21 Cameron Hanekom, 22 Cobus Reinach, 23 Handre Pollard
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