TheBreakdown
Full time5 December 1998
England
13–7
South Africa
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 1998Head-to-head

England won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Matt Dawson2–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Matt Dawson5–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Matt Dawson8–0
  4. –TEngland try · Jeremy Guscott13–0
  5. –CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery13–2
  6. –TSouth Africa try · Pieter Rossouw13–7

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Jason LeonardProp
  2. 2Richard CockerillHooker
  3. 3Darren GarforthProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Tim RodberSecond row
  6. 6Lawrence DallaglioFlanker
  7. 7Neil BackFlanker
  8. 8Richard HillNumber 8
  9. 9Matt DawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Mike CattFly-half
  11. 11Dan LugerWing
  12. 12Jeremy GuscottCentre
  13. 13Phil De GlanvilleCentre
  14. 14Tony UnderwoodWing
  15. 15Nick BealFull-back
  16. 16David ReesBench
  17. 17Alex KingBench
  18. 18Austin HealeyBench
  19. 19Martin CorryBench
  20. 20Danny GrewcockBench
  21. 21Graham RowntreeBench
  22. 22Phil GreeningBench

South Africa

  1. 1Robbie KempsonProp
  2. 2James DaltonHooker
  3. 3Adrian GarveyProp
  4. 4Krynauw OttoSecond row
  5. 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Rassie ErasmusFlanker
  7. 7Bobby SkinstadFlanker
  8. 8Gary TeichmannNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Henry HoniballFly-half
  11. 11Pieter RossouwWing
  12. 12Christian StewartCentre
  13. 13Andre SnymanCentre
  14. 14Stefan TerblancheWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Gaffie du ToitBench
  17. 17Franco SmithBench
  18. 18Werner SwanepoelBench
  19. 19Corne KrigeBench
  20. 20Andre VenterBench
  21. 21Ollie le RouxBench
  22. 22Naka 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.