TheBreakdown
Full time2 December 2000
England
25–17
South Africa
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 2000Head-to-head

England won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Jonny Wilkinson2–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson5–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson8–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson11–0
  5. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson14–0
  6. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson17–0
  7. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson20–0
  8. –TEngland try · Will Greenwood25–0
  9. –PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten25–3
  10. –PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten25–6
  11. –PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten25–9
  12. –PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten25–12
  13. –TSouth Africa try · Braam van Straaten25–17

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Jason LeonardProp
  2. 2Phil GreeningHooker
  3. 3Julian WhiteProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Danny GrewcockSecond row
  6. 6Richard HillFlanker
  7. 7Neil BackFlanker
  8. 8Lawrence DallaglioNumber 8
  9. 9Matt DawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Jonny WilkinsonFly-half
  11. 11Dan LugerWing
  12. 12Will GreenwoodCentre
  13. 13Mike TindallCentre
  14. 14Ben CohenWing
  15. 15Matt PerryFull-back
  16. 16Mark ReganBench
  17. 17David FlatmanBench
  18. 18Phil VickeryBench
  19. 19Martin CorryBench
  20. 20Kyran BrackenBench
  21. 21Austin HealeyBench
  22. 22Iain BalshawBench

South Africa

  1. 1Robbie KempsonProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3Willie MeyerProp
  4. 4Albert van den BergSecond row
  5. 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Corne KrigeFlanker
  7. 7Andre VenterFlanker
  8. 8Andre VosNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Braam van StraatenFly-half
  11. 11Stefan TerblancheWing
  12. 12Japie MulderCentre
  13. 13Robbie FleckCentre
  14. 14Breyton PaulseWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Charl MaraisBench
  17. 17Ollie le RouxBench
  18. 18Warren BrosnihanBench
  19. 19AJ VenterBench
  20. 20Dan van ZylBench
  21. 21Grant EsterhuizenBench
  22. 22Chester WilliamsBench

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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.