TheBreakdown
Full time29 November 1997
England
11–29
South Africa
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 1997Head-to-head

South Africa won by 18 points.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · Mike Catt3–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Mike Catt6–0
  3. –TEngland try · Nick Greenstock11–0
  4. –CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery11–2
  5. –CSouth Africa conversion · Henry Honiball11–4
  6. –CSouth Africa conversion · Henry Honiball11–6
  7. –PSouth Africa penalty · Henry Honiball11–9
  8. –TSouth Africa try · Andre Snyman11–14
  9. –TSouth Africa try · Werner Swanepoel11–19
  10. –TSouth Africa try · Adrian Garvey11–24
  11. –TSouth Africa try · Mark Andrews11–29

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Jason LeonardProp
  2. 2Richard CockerillHooker
  3. 3Darren GarforthProp
  4. 4Danny GrewcockSecond row
  5. 5Garath ArcherSecond row
  6. 6Lawrence DallaglioFlanker
  7. 7Neil BackFlanker
  8. 8Richard HillNumber 8
  9. 9Matt DawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Mike CattFly-half
  11. 11David ReesWing
  12. 12Nick GreenstockCentre
  13. 13Will GreenwoodCentre
  14. 14John BentleyWing
  15. 15Matt PerryFull-back
  16. 16Paul GraysonBench
  17. 17Austin HealeyBench
  18. 18Chris SheasbyBench
  19. 19Simon ShawBench
  20. 20Graham RowntreeBench
  21. 21Mark ReganBench

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2James DaltonHooker
  3. 3Adrian GarveyProp
  4. 4Krynauw OttoSecond row
  5. 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Andy AitkenFlanker
  7. 7Andre VenterFlanker
  8. 8Gary TeichmannNumber 8
  9. 9Werner SwanepoelScrum-half
  10. 10Henry HoniballFly-half
  11. 11Pieter RossouwWing
  12. 12Dick MuirCentre
  13. 13Andre SnymanCentre
  14. 14James SmallWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Justin SwartBench
  17. 17Jannie de BeerBench
  18. 18Dan van ZylBench
  19. 19Bobby SkinstadBench
  20. 20Willie MeyerBench
  21. 21Naka DrotskeBench

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Context

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

England going in
South Africa 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.