Cardiff responded by providing five players, Powell, Gibbs, Westacott, Williams and Pullen.

[2] The first half was fairly evenly matched, with Gibbs and Williams providing much of the Glamorgan threat.

In an extremely tight encounter, Cardiff lost 10–8, with captain Percy Bush gifting the All Blacks a try which they converted.

[4] That same season, Powell was selected for his one and only international cap in the final game of the 1906 Home Nations Championship.

The Springboks had already faced and beaten Wales, Glamorgan, Newport and Llanelli, and the Cardiff game was the last match of the British leg of the tour.