Wales vs South Africa Prediction: Favorite South Africa to win

Wales will play South Africa in an international friendly in Cardiff's Principality Stadium prior to the main event of the World Cup.

They almost had a second win in as many matches over their arch-rivals, but they capitulated in the second half and fell to a defeat instead. Wales took a lot of positives away from their victory against England at the Principality Stadium, where it took place, and they nearly had a second win in as many matches over England. Liam Williams was outstanding at full-back and appeared to be performing at a high level as he attempted to secure the 15-shirt. Although this came against an English forward line that had a lot of trouble on the day, their pack appeared to be in fine shape as well. In a disappointing turn of events, Wales was unable to capitalize on England's reduction to 12 players and ended up losing the match. At the lineout, Wales appeared confused, as throws often failed to hit their target or were intercepted by the opposition. If Wales are going to have any chance of competing with South Africa on the field, they need to focus on the fundamentals and execute them properly.

Even after suffering a loss to New Zealand in the Rugby Championship, South Africa's national team, the Springboks, are continuing to play a kind of hard-hitting and innovative rugby that will allow them to advance far in this year's World Cup competition. Despite the loss, South Africa is building well right now. South Africa will want to make sure that they are able to put their best foot forward when playing Wales, so they can maximize their potential. Because Wales has had a hard time creating chances with the ball, it is likely that South Africa will be able to force errors from Wales if they maintain their solid defensive play and press them while they have the ball. When South Africa has possession of the ball, they will seek to pass it around as quickly as possible in an effort to get their faster players involved in the game. If they are successful in getting Wales to lose players in the tackle and ruck and spreading them out on the flanks, then they will be able to generate space and opportunities for themselves, both of which you would expect this South African team to capitalize on.

I believe that South Africa will emerge victorious as long as Cheslin Kolbe continues to be a nuisance for the teams that are competing against them.