The third and final weekend of end-of-year Test action will conclude on Sunday with three matches scheduled.
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From a South African point of view, the pick of the Tests this weekend was the one between the Springboks and Wales at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday.
The Springboks ran out easy 45-12 winners.
South Africa didn’t pick up any rankings points for their victory due to the lowly standing (11th) of the Welsh.
In results which did affect the standings, France picked up 0.43 points after beating Argentina 37-23, while the Pumas lost the same number.
Elsewhere, New Zealand added 0.27 points after beating Italy 29-11 with the Italians losing the same figure.
Saturday’s match was South Africa’s third and final fixture on their end-of-year tour.
Rassie Erasmus’s side opened their tour with a 32-15 win over Scotland at Murrayfield in Edinburgh and then saw off England 29-20 at the Allianz Stadium in London last weekend,
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WEEKEND TEST FIXTURES
All times SA
FRIDAY, 22 NOVEMBER
France 37-23 Argentina
SATURDAY, 23 NOVEMBER
Spain 23-26 USA
Ireland 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 AFTER SATURDAY’S MATCHES
RANKCOUNTRYPOINTS1South Africa92.782Ireland90.783New Zealand90.364France88.515Argentina84.976Scotland82.707England82.318Australia82.179Fiji80.0710Italy78.6411Wales74.0112Georgia73.8513Japan72.9514Samoa72.6815USA68.9016Portugal68.8217Spain67.1018Uruguay65.9419Tonga65.4620Romania64.13
TEAMS
Wales
15 Blair Murray, 14 Josh Hathaway, 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 Christ Tshiunza, 4 Will Rowlands, 3 Archie Griffin, 2 Dewi Lake, 1 Nicky Smith
Substitutes: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Kemsley Mathias, 18 Keiron Assiratti, 19 Freddie Thomas, 20 Tommy Reffell, 21 Rhodri Williams, 22 Eddie James, 23 Owen Watkin
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 Elrigh Louw, 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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