TheBreakdown
Full time24 June 2000
South Africa
22–27
England
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa · Tour 2000Head-to-head

England won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery3–0
  2. 8’PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten6–0
  3. 16’PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson6–3
  4. 23’PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson6–6
  5. 27’PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson6–9
  6. 31’PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten9–9
  7. 32’PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson9–12
  8. 36’PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten12–12
  9. 39’PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson12–15
  10. 46’PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten15–15
  11. 49’DEngland drop goal · Jonny Wilkinson15–18
  12. 50’PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson15–21
  13. 55’PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson15–24
  14. 81’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery17–24
  15. 81’TSouth Africa try · Joost van der Westhuizen22–24
  16. 83’PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson22–27

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Robbie KempsonProp
  2. 2Charl MaraisHooker
  3. 3Cobus VisagieProp
  4. 4Selborne BoomeSecond row
  5. 5Krynauw OttoSecond row
  6. 6Andre VenterFlanker
  7. 7Corne KrigeFlanker
  8. 8Andre VosNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Braam van StraatenFly-half
  11. 11Breyton PaulseWing
  12. 12De Wet BarryCentre
  13. 13Robbie FleckCentre
  14. 14Pieter RossouwWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16John SmitBench
  17. 17Ollie le RouxBench
  18. 18Albert van den BergBench
  19. 19Warren BrosnihanBench
  20. 20Werner SwanepoelBench
  21. 21Japie MulderBench
  22. 22Chester WilliamsBench

England

  1. 1Jason LeonardProp
  2. 2Phil GreeningHooker
  3. 3Julian WhiteProp
  4. 4Danny GrewcockSecond row
  5. 5Martin JohnsonSecond row
  6. 6Richard HillFlanker
  7. 7Neil BackFlanker
  8. 8Lawrence DallaglioNumber 8
  9. 9Kyran BrackenScrum-half
  10. 10Jonny WilkinsonFly-half
  11. 11Austin HealeyWing
  12. 12Mike CattCentre
  13. 13Mike TindallCentre
  14. 14Ben CohenWing
  15. 15Matt PerryFull-back
  16. 16Mark ReganBench
  17. 17David FlatmanBench
  18. 18Simon ShawBench
  19. 19Joe WorsleyBench
  20. 20Will GreenwoodBench
  21. 21Leon LloydBench
  22. 22Tim StimpsonBench

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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.