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Full time9 June 1984
South Africa
35–9
England
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tour 1984Head-to-head

South Africa won by 26 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Johan Heunis2–0
  2. –CSouth Africa conversion · Johan Heunis4–0
  3. –CSouth Africa conversion · Johan Heunis6–0
  4. –CSouth Africa conversion · Errol Tobias8–0
  5. –PSouth Africa penalty · Johan Heunis11–0
  6. –TSouth Africa try · Danie Gerber15–0
  7. –TSouth Africa try · Danie Gerber19–0
  8. –TSouth Africa try · Danie Gerber23–0
  9. –TSouth Africa try · Theuns Stofberg27–0
  10. –TSouth Africa try · Gerrie Sonnekus31–0
  11. –TSouth Africa try · Errol Tobias35–0
  12. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare35–3
  13. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare35–6
  14. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare35–9

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. John RobbieBench
  17. Attie StraussBench
  18. Shaun PoveyBench
  19. Gysie PienaarBench
  20. A SkinnerBench
  21. WH KirkhamBench

England

  1. 1Paul RendallProp
  2. 2Steve BrainHooker
  3. 3Gary PearceProp
  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. 11Anthony SwiftWing
  12. 12John PalmerCentre
  13. 13Huw DaviesCentre
  14. 14Mark BaileyWing
  15. 15Dusty HareFull-back
  16. Gary ReesBench

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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.