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2022 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe
Manager	Jacques Nienaber
Tour captain(s)	Siya Kolisi
Summary	P W D L
Total	06 02 00 04
Test match	04 02 00 02
Opponent	P W D L
Ireland	1 0 0 1
France	1 0 0 1
Italy	1 1 0 0
England	1 1 0 0

The 2022 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe was a series of matches played in November 2022 in Europe by the South Africa national rugby union team. The tour included four test matches against Ireland, France, Italy and England. The tour also featured two mid-week matches played by South Africa A against club sides Munster and Bristol Bears.

Squads

South Africa squad

The South Africa squad for the tour was named on the 28 October 2022.

On 4 November, Sbu Nkosi and Marco van Staden withdrew from the squad through injury.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Bongi Mbonambi	Hooker	(1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 (age 33)	52	Sharks
Deon Fourie	Hooker	(1986-09-25) 25 September 1986 (age 38)	4	Stormers
Malcolm Marx	Hooker	(1994-07-13) 13 July 1994 (age 30)	56	Kubota Spears
Thomas du Toit	Prop	(1995-05-05) 5 May 1995 (age 29)	14	Sharks
Steven Kitshoff	Prop	(1992-02-10) 10 February 1992 (age 32)	68	Stormers
Vincent Koch	Prop	(1990-03-13) 13 March 1990 (age 34)	39	Stade Français
Frans Malherbe	Prop	(1991-03-14) 14 March 1991 (age 33)	55	Stormers
Ox Nché	Prop	(1995-07-23) 23 July 1995 (age 29)	16	Sharks
Trevor Nyakane	Prop	(1989-05-04) 4 May 1989 (age 35)	59	Racing 92
Lood de Jager	Lock	(1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 32)	65	Saitama Wild Knights
Eben Etzebeth	Lock	(1991-10-29) 29 October 1991 (age 33)	107	Sharks
Jason Jenkins	Lock	(1995-12-02) 2 December 1995 (age 29)	1	Leinster
Franco Mostert	Lock	(1990-11-27) 27 November 1990 (age 34)	60	Mie Honda Heat
Salmaan Moerat	Lock	(1998-03-06) 6 March 1998 (age 26)	2	Stormers
Marvin Orie	Lock	(1993-02-15) 15 February 1993 (age 31)	8	Stormers
Pieter-Steph du Toit	Loose forward	(1992-08-20) 20 August 1992 (age 32)	65	Toyota Verblitz
Siya Kolisi (c)	Loose forward	(1991-06-16) 16 June 1991 (age 33)	72	Sharks
Evan Roos	Loose forward	(2000-01-21) 21 January 2000 (age 24)	1	Stormers
Kwagga Smith	Loose forward	(1993-06-11) 11 June 1993 (age 31)	28	Shizuoka Blue Revs
Marco van Staden	Loose forward	(1995-08-25) 25 August 1995 (age 29)	9	Bulls
Jasper Wiese	Loose forward	(1995-10-21) 21 October 1995 (age 29)	18	Leicester Tigers
Faf de Klerk	Scrum-half	(1991-10-19) 19 October 1991 (age 33)	43	Yokohama Canon Eagles
Jaden Hendrikse	Scrum-half	(2000-03-23) 23 March 2000 (age 24)	11	Sharks
Cobus Reinach	Scrum-half	(1990-02-07) 7 February 1990 (age 34)	22	Montpellier
Manie Libbok	Fly-half	(1997-07-15) 15 July 1997 (age 27)	0	Stormers
Damian Willemse	Fly-half	(1998-05-07) 7 May 1998 (age 26)	24	Stormers
Damian de Allende	Centre	(1991-11-25) 25 November 1991 (age 33)	67	Saitama Wild Knights
André Esterhuizen	Centre	(1994-03-30) 30 March 1994 (age 30)	10	Harlequins
Jesse Kriel	Centre	(1994-02-15) 15 February 1994 (age 30)	57	Yokohama Canon Eagles
Kurt-Lee Arendse	Wing	(1996-06-17) 17 June 1996 (age 28)	4	Bulls
Cheslin Kolbe	Wing	(1993-10-28) 28 October 1993 (age 31)	21	Toulon
Makazole Mapimpi	Wing	(1990-07-26) 26 July 1990 (age 34)	34	Sharks
Sbu Nkosi	Wing	(1996-01-21) 21 January 1996 (age 28)	16	Bulls
Willie le Roux	Fullback	(1989-08-18) 18 August 1989 (age 35)	80	Toyota Verblitz
Sacha Mngomezulu	Fullback	(2002-02-22) 22 February 2002 (age 22)	0	Stormers

South Africa A squad

The South Africa A squad was also named on the 28 October 2022.

On 4 November 2022, Jan-Hendrik Wessels withdrew from the squad due to injury. Elrigh Louw, Leolin Zas and JJ Kotze were called up to the South Africa A squad.

On 7 November 2022, Dan du Preez and Jean-Luc du Preez were named as part of the South Africa A squad to play Munster despite not being named in the original South Africa A squad.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Joseph Dweba	Hooker	(1995-10-25) 25 October 1995 (age 29)	4	Stormers
JJ Kotze	Hooker	(2000-11-06) 6 November 2000 (age 24)	0	Stormers
Andre-Hugo Venter	Hooker	(2001-09-10) 10 September 2001 (age 23)	0	Stormers
Jan-Hendrik Wessels	Hooker	(2001-05-08) 8 May 2001 (age 23)	0	Bulls
Simphiwe Matanzima	Prop	(1997-08-18) 18 August 1997 (age 27)	0	Bulls
Ntuthuko Mchunu	Prop	(1999-04-05) 5 April 1999 (age 25)	1	Sharks
Sazi Sandi	Prop	(1998-08-11) 11 August 1998 (age 26)	0	Stormers
Mornay Smith	Prop	(1998-01-30) 30 January 1998 (age 26)	0	Bulls
Ruan Nortjé	Lock	(1998-07-25) 25 July 1998 (age 26)	1	Bulls
Phepsi Buthelezi	Loose forward	(1999-05-30) 30 May 1999 (age 25)	0	Sharks
Dan du Preez	Loose forward	(1995-08-05) 5 August 1995 (age 29)	6	Sale Sharks
Jean-Luc du Preez	Loose forward	(1995-08-05) 5 August 1995 (age 29)	13	Sale Sharks
Elrigh Louw	Loose forward	(1999-09-20) 20 September 1999 (age 25)	2	Bulls
Sikhumbuzo Notshe	Loose forward	(1993-05-28) 28 May 1993 (age 31)	6	Sharks
Herschel Jantjies	Scrum-half	(1996-04-22) 22 April 1996 (age 28)	22	Stormers
Sanele Nohamba	Scrum-half	(1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 (age 25)	0	Lions
Grant Williams	Scrum-half	(1996-07-22) 22 July 1996 (age 28)	1	Sharks
Johan Goosen	Fly-half	(1992-07-27) 27 July 1992 (age 32)	13	Bulls
Gianni Lombard	Fly-half	(1998-01-22) 22 January 1998 (age 26)	0	Lions
Cornal Hendricks	Centre	(1988-04-18) 18 April 1988 (age 36)	12	Bulls
Henco van Wyk	Centre	(2001-05-07) 7 May 2001 (age 23)	0	Lions
Suleiman Hartzenberg	Centre	(2003-05-20) 20 May 2003 (age 21)	0	Stormers
Leolin Zas	Wing	(1995-10-20) 20 October 1995 (age 29)	0	Stormers
Aphelele Fassi	Fullback	(1998-01-23) 23 January 1998 (age 26)	3	Sharks

Test Matches

Ireland	19–16	South Africa
Try: Van der Flier 46' m Hansen 50' m Pen: Sexton (3/3) 3', 35', 74'	Report	Try: Mostert 67' m Arendse 77' m Pen: Willemse (1/2) 9' Kolbe (1/1) 40+2'

FB 15 Hugo Keenan RW 14 Robert Baloucoune OC 13 Garry Ringrose IC 12 Stuart McCloskey  27' LW 11 Mack Hansen FH 10 Johnny Sexton (c)  78' SH 9 Conor Murray  35' N8 8 Caelan Doris OF 7 Josh van der Flier BF 6 Peter O'Mahony  69' RL 5 James Ryan LL 4 Tadhg Beirne  64' TP 3 Tadhg Furlong  40' HK 2 Dan Sheehan  64' LP 1 Andrew Porter  69' Replacements: HK 16 Rob Herring  64' PR 17 Cian Healy  69' PR 18 Finlay Bealham  40' LK 19 Kieran Treadwell  64' N8 20 Jack Conan  69' SH 21 Jamison Gibson-Park  35' FH 22 Joey Carbery  78' WG 23 Jimmy O'Brien  27' Coach: Andy Farrell

FB 15 Cheslin Kolbe 17' to 27' RW 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse  53'  65' OC 13 Jesse Kriel IC 12 Damian de Allende LW 11 Makazole Mapimpi  65' FH 10 Damian Willemse SH 9 Jaden Hendrikse  52' N8 8 Jasper Wiese  52' BF 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit  64' OF 6 Siya Kolisi (c) RL 5 Lood de Jager  35' LL 4 Eben Etzebeth TP 3 Frans Malherbe  45' HK 2 Malcolm Marx  57' LP 1 Steven Kitshoff  57' Replacements: HK 16 Bongi Mbonambi  57' PR 17 Ox Nché  57' PR 18 Vincent Koch  45' LK 19 Franco Mostert  34' FL 20 Kwagga Smith  52' FL 21 Deon Fourie  64' SH 22 Faf de Klerk  52' FB 23 Willie le Roux  53' Coach: Jacques Nienaber

Notes:

• Robbie Henshaw (Ireland) had originally been named to start, but withdrew the day before the match due to injury. He was replaced by Stuart McCloskey, whose place on the bench was taken by Jimmy O'Brien.
• Jimmy O'Brien (Ireland) made his international debut.
• Conor Murray (Ireland) became the eighth Irishman to earn his 100th test cap for Ireland.

France	30–26	South Africa
Try: Baille 21' c Falatea 75' m Con: Ramos (1/2) 22' Pen: Ramos (6/6) 3', 17', 40+1', 46', 59', 79'	Report	Try: Kolisi 30' c Arendse 51' c Con: Kolbe (1/1) 31' De Klerk (1/1) 52' Pen: Kolbe (2/2) 26', 43' De Klerk (1/1) 55' Willemse (1/1) 64'

FB 15 Thomas Ramos RW 14 Damian Penaud OC 13 Gaël Fickou IC 12 Jonathan Danty  12' LW 11 Yoram Moefana FH 10 Romain Ntamack  71' SH 9 Antoine Dupont (c)  48' N8 8 Grégory Alldritt  53' OF 7 Charles Ollivon BF 6 Anthony Jelonch RL 5 Thibaud Flament  31' LL 4 Cameron Woki  77' TP 3 Uini Atonio  60' HK 2 Julien Marchand  60' LP 1 Cyril Baille  40' Replacements: HK 16 Peato Mauvaka  60' PR 17 Reda Wardi  40' PR 18 Sipili Falatea  60' LK 19 Romain Taofifénua  31' LK 20 Bastien Chalureau  77' FL 21 Sekou Macalou  12' SH 22 Maxime Lucu  53' FH 23 Matthieu Jalibert  71' Coach: Fabien Galthié

FB 15 Willie le Roux RW 14 Cheslin Kolbe  48' OC 13 Jesse Kriel  76' IC 12 Damian de Allende LW 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse FH 10 Damian Willemse SH 9 Faf de Klerk  60' N8 8 Kwagga Smith  60' BF 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit  12' OF 6 Siya Kolisi (c)  72' RL 5 Franco Mostert LL 4 Eben Etzebeth TP 3 Frans Malherbe  51' HK 2 Bongi Mbonambi  29'  40'  51' LP 1 Ox Nché  51' Replacements: HK 16 Malcolm Marx  29'  40'  51' PR 17 Steven Kitshoff  51' PR 18 Vincent Koch  51' LK 19 Marvin Orie  72' FL 20 Deon Fourie 70' to 80'  60' SH 21 Cobus Reinach  60' FH 22 Manie Libbok  76' WG 23 Makazole Mapimpi  48' Coach: Jacques Nienaber

Notes:

• Jasper Wiese (South Africa) had originally been named to start, but withdrew prior to the match due to injury. He was replaced by Kwagga Smith, whose place on the bench was taken by Deon Fourie.
• Bastien Chalureau, Reda Wardi (both France) and Manie Libbok (South Africa) made their international debuts.

Italy	21–63	South Africa
Try: Capuozzo 11' c L. Cannone 66' m Con: Allan (1/2) 13' Pen: Allan (3/3) 8', 21', 45'	Report	Try: Arendse (2) 2' m, 47' c Mbonambi 30' c Kolbe 45' m Smith 55' c Marx 62' c Kitshoff 68' c Willemse 73' c Reinach 79' c Con: Kolbe (1/2) 31' Libbok (5/6) 50', 56', 70', 74', 80+1' Pen: Kolbe (2/2) 10', 26'

FB 15 Ange Capuozzo RW 14 Pierre Bruno  71' OC 13 Ignacio Brex IC 12 Luca Morisi  51' LW 11 Monty Ioane FH 10 Tommaso Allan SH 9 Stephen Varney  61' N8 8 Lorenzo Cannone OF 7 Michele Lamaro (c) BF 6 Sebastian Negri  51' RL 5 Federico Ruzza  68' LL 4 Niccolò Cannone TP 3 Pietro Ceccarelli  40' HK 2 Giacomo Nicotera  40' LP 1 Danilo Fischetti  51' Replacements: HK 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi  40' PR 17 Ivan Nemer  51' PR 18 Simone Ferrari  40' LK 19 David Sisi  68' FL 20 Manuel Zuliani  51' SH 21 Alessandro Garbisi  61' FB 22 Edoardo Padovani  71' CE 23 Tommaso Menoncello  51' Coach: Kieran Crowley

FB 15 Willie le Roux RW 14 Cheslin Kolbe  47' OC 13 Damian de Allende IC 12 André Esterhuizen LW 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse FH 10 Damian Willemse SH 9 Faf de Klerk  69' N8 8 Jasper Wiese  61' BF 7 Franco Mostert OF 6 Siya Kolisi (c) RL 5 Marvin Orie  51' LL 4 Salmaan Moerat  43' TP 3 Frans Malherbe  50' HK 2 Bongi Mbonambi  50' LP 1 Ox Nché  50' Replacements: HK 16 Malcolm Marx  50' PR 17 Steven Kitshoff  50' PR 18 Vincent Koch  50' LK 19 Eben Etzebeth  43' FL 20 Kwagga Smith  51' FL 21 Evan Roos  61' SH 22 Cobus Reinach  69' FH 23 Manie Libbok  47' Coach: Jacques Nienaber

Notes:

• South Africa recorded their biggest ever away victory over Italy (excluding their meeting in the 2019 Rugby World Cup, which took place in a neutral venue).

England	13–27	South Africa
Try: Slade 72' c Con: Farrell (1/1) 73' Pen: Farrell (2/3) 14', 46'	Report	Try: Arendse 33' m Etzebeth 50' c Con: de Klerk (1/2) 50' Pen: de Klerk (3/4) 19', 40', 58' Drop: Willemse (2/2) 32', 42'

FB 15 Freddie Steward RW 14 Tommy Freeman  40' OC 13 Manu Tuilagi IC 12 Owen Farrell (c) LW 11 Jonny May FH 10 Marcus Smith  61' SH 9 Jack van Poortvliet  67' N8 8 Billy Vunipola  57' OF 7 Tom Curry 49' to 59' BF 6 Alex Coles  47' RL 5 Jonny Hill LL 4 Maro Itoje TP 3 Kyle Sinckler  40'  76' HK 2 Jamie George  40' LP 1 Mako Vunipola  40' Replacements: HK 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie  40' PR 17 Ellis Genge  40' PR 18 Will Stuart  40'  76' LK 19 David Ribbans  47' N8 20 Sam Simmonds  57' SH 21 Ben Youngs  67' CE 22 Henry Slade  61' WG 23 Jack Nowell  40' Coach: Eddie Jones

FB 15 Willie le Roux  61' RW 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse  79' OC 13 Jesse Kriel IC 12 Damian de Allende LW 11 Makazole Mapimpi  63' FH 10 Damian Willemse SH 9 Faf de Klerk  73' N8 8 Evan Roos  52'  73' BF 7 Franco Mostert OF 6 Siya Kolisi (c)  73' RL 5 Marvin Orie  46' LL 4 Eben Etzebeth TP 3 Frans Malherbe  60'  63' HK 2 Bongi Mbonambi  47' LP 1 Ox Nché  47' Replacements: HK 16 Malcolm Marx  47' PR 17 Steven Kitshoff  47' PR 18 Thomas du Toit  61'  60' FL 19 Marco van Staden  54' FL 20 Kwagga Smith  46' SH 21 Jaden Hendrikse  73' FH 22 Manie Libbok  61' WG 23 Canan Moodie  79' Coach: Jacques Nienaber

Notes:

• Manu Tuilagi (England) earned his 50th test cap.

Mid-week matches

Munster	28–14	South Africa A
Try: Daly 2' c Zebo 29' c Barron 38' c Haley 42' c Con: Healy (4/4) 4', 30', 39', 43'	Report	Try: Fassi 14' c Notshe 62' c Con: Goosen (1/1) 15' Lombard (1/1) 63'

FB 15 Mike Haley RW 14 Shane Daly OC 13 Antoine Frisch  63' IC 12 Rory Scannell LW 11 Simon Zebo  53' FH 10 Ben Healy SH 9 Paddy Patterson  72' N8 8 Gavin Coombes  57' OF 7 John Hodnett  61'  72' BF 6 Jack O'Donoghue (c) RL 5 Kiran McDonald LL 4 Edwin Edogbo  63' TP 3 Roman Salanoa  55' HK 2 Diarmuid Barron  55' LP 1 Josh Wycherley  55'  61'  72' Replacements: HK 16 Niall Scannell  55' PR 17 Liam O'Connor 61' to 71'  55' PR 18 Keynan Knox  55' LK 19 Cian Hurley  63' N8 20 Alex Kendellen  57' SH 21 Neil Cronin  72' FH 22 Patrick Campbell  53' WG 23 Malakai Fekitoa  63' Coach: Graham Rowntree

FB 15 Aphelele Fassi RW 14 Suleiman Hartzenberg OC 13 Henco van Wyk IC 12 Cornal Hendricks LW 11 Leolin Zas FH 10 Johan Goosen SH 9 Herschel Jantjies N8 8 Jean-Luc du Preez BF 7 Elrigh Louw OF 6 Phepsi Buthelezi RL 5 Ruan Nortjé LL 4 Jason Jenkins TP 3 Thomas du Toit (c) HK 2 Joseph Dweba LP 1 Ntuthuko Mchunu Replacements: HK 16 Andre-Hugo Venter PR 17 Simphiwe Matanzima PR 18 Sazi Sandi LK 19 Dan du Preez FL 20 Sikhumbuzo Notshe SH 21 Grant Williams FH 22 Sanele Nohamba CE 23 Gianni Lombard Coach: Mzwandile Stick

Player of the match:
Paddy Patterson (Munster)

Bristol Bears	26–18	South Africa A
Try: Ibitoye 32' c Thomas 59' c Con: Sheedy (2/2) 33', 59' Pen: Sheedy (4/4) 16', 25', 51', 67'	Report	Try: Mchunu 48' m Notshe 77' c Con: Feinberg-Mngomezulu (0/1) Goosen (1/1) 77' Pen: Feinberg-Mngomezulu (2/2) 3', 19'

FB 15 Luke Morahan RW 14 Deago Bailey OC 13 Piers O'Conor IC 12 Sam Bedlow  68' LW 11 Gabriel Ibitoye FH 10 Callum Sheedy SH 9 Will Porter  65' N8 8 Fitz Harding OF 7 Jake Heenan  60' BF 6 Magnus Bradbury RL 5 Joe Batley LL 4 Joe Joyce (c)  12' TP 3 Max Lahiff  65' HK 2 Bryan Byrne  54' LP 1 Yann Thomas  60' Replacements: HK 16 Harry Thacker  54' PR 17 Jake Woolmore  60' PR 18 Jonathan Benz-Salomon  65' LK 19 John Hawkin  12' N8 20 Sam Lewis  60' SH 21 Andy Uren  65' FH 22 Joe Jenkins  68' WG 23 Rich Lane Coach: Pat Lam

FB 15 Gianni Lombard RW 14 Suleiman Hartzenberg OC 13 Henco van Wyk IC 12 Cornal Hendricks LW 11 Leolin Zas FH 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu SH 9 Grant Williams N8 8 Jean-Luc du Preez BF 7 Elrigh Louw OF 6 Marco van Staden RL 5 Ruan Nortjé LL 4 Jason Jenkins 15' to 25' TP 3 Thomas du Toit (c) HK 2 Andre-Hugo Venter LP 1 Ntuthuko Mchunu Replacements: HK 16 JJ Kotze PR 17 Simphiwe Matanzima PR 18 Mornay Smith LK 19 Dan du Preez FL 20 Sikhumbuzo Notshe SH 21 Phepsi Buthelezi FH 22 Sanele Nohamba CE 23 Johan Goosen Coach: Mzwandile Stick

Player of the match:
Joe Batley (Bristol Bears)

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