Pointless Wales humiliated by 11-try South Africa

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Springboks were the first team to stop Wales scoring in Cardiff since 1967

World champions South Africa humiliated woeful Wales by inflicting a record home defeat on their hosts with 73 points versus zero.

Fly-half Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu scored 28 points as the Springboks demolished Steve Tandy’s side with a dominant 11-try display. There were further tries from props Gerhard Steenekamp and Wilco Louw, wings Ethan Hooker and Canan Moodie, number eight Jasper Wiese, scrum-half Morne van den Berg, centre Andre Esterhuizen, and lock Ruan Nortje.

Replacement Eben Etzebeth also crossed before the lock was shown a 79th-minute red card for gouging Wales flanker Alex Mann.

Welsh rugby plumbed new depths at their own ground, eclipsing the 68-14 Six Nations defeat by England in March. It was the second worst defeat in Wales’ history behind the 96-13 hammering handed out by the Springboks in Pretoria in 1998.

It was the first time Wales have not scored a point in a home match since they lost 51-0 to France at a temporary Wembley base, also in 1998, while previously in 1967, Wales finished pointless in Cardiff when they lost to Ireland.