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Full time2 June 1984
South Africa
33–15
England
Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa · Tour 1984Head-to-head

South Africa won by 18 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Johan Heunis2–0
  2. –CSouth Africa conversion · Johan Heunis4–0
  3. –CSouth Africa conversion · Johan Heunis6–0
  4. –PSouth Africa penalty · Johan Heunis9–0
  5. –PSouth Africa penalty · Johan Heunis12–0
  6. –PSouth Africa penalty · Johan Heunis15–0
  7. –PSouth Africa penalty · Johan Heunis18–0
  8. –PSouth Africa penalty · Johan Heunis21–0
  9. –TSouth Africa try · Carel Du Plessis25–0
  10. –TSouth Africa try · Danie Gerber29–0
  11. –TSouth Africa try · Rob Louw33–0
  12. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare33–3
  13. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare33–6
  14. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare33–9
  15. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare33–12
  16. –DEngland drop goal · John Horton33–15

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Ockie OosthuizenProp
  2. 2Chris RogersHooker
  3. 3Hempies Du ToitProp
  4. 4Rob LouwSecond row
  5. 5Schalk BurgerSecond row
  6. 6Vleis VisagieFlanker
  7. 7Theuns StofbergFlanker
  8. 8Gerrie SonnekusNumber 8
  9. 9Divan SerfonteinScrum-half
  10. 10Errol TobiasFly-half
  11. 11Avril WilliamsWing
  12. 12John VilletCentre
  13. 13Danie GerberCentre
  14. 14Carel Du PlessisWing
  15. 15Johan HeunisFull-back
  16. 16Shaun PoveyBench
  17. 17Attie StraussBench
  18. 18A SkinnerBench
  19. 19John RobbieBench
  20. 20WH KirkhamBench
  21. 21Gysie PienaarBench

England

  1. 1Malcom PreedyProp
  2. 2Steve MillsHooker
  3. 3Phil BlakewayProp
  4. 4John HallSecond row
  5. 5John ScottSecond row
  6. 6John FidlerFlanker
  7. 7Peter WinterbottomFlanker
  8. 8Chris ButcherNumber 8
  9. 9Richard HillScrum-half
  10. 10John HortonFly-half
  11. 11David TrickWing
  12. 12John PalmerCentre
  13. 13Huw DaviesCentre
  14. 14Mark BaileyWing
  15. 15Dusty HareFull-back
  16. Nicholas StringerBench

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Context

All-time, South Africa 30–16 England, 2 drawn in 48 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

South Africa going in
England going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.