TheBreakdown
Full time15 November 2014
England
28–31
South Africa
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 2014Head-to-head

South Africa won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 13’PSouth Africa penalty · Pat Lambie0–3
  2. 17’TSouth Africa try · Jan Serfontein0–8
  3. 18’CSouth Africa conversion · Pat Lambie0–10
  4. 29’PEngland penalty · Owen Farrell3–10
  5. 34’PSouth Africa penalty · Pat Lambie3–13
  6. 37’PEngland penalty · Owen Farrell6–13
  7. 42’TSouth Africa try · Cobus Reinach6–18
  8. 43’CSouth Africa conversion · Pat Lambie6–20
  9. 46’TEngland try · David Wilson11–20
  10. 47’CEngland conversion · Owen Farrell13–20
  11. 49’TEngland try · Ben Morgan18–20
  12. 50’CEngland conversion · Owen Farrell20–20
  13. 55’TSouth Africa try · Schalk Burger20–25
  14. 68’PSouth Africa penalty · Pat Lambie20–28
  15. 69’PEngland penalty · George Ford23–28
  16. 78’DSouth Africa drop goal · Pat Lambie23–31
  17. 80’TEngland try · Brad Barritt28–31

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Joe MarlerProp
  2. 2Dylan HartleyHooker
  3. 3David WilsonProp
  4. 4David AttwoodSecond row
  5. 5Courtney LawesSecond row
  6. 6Tom WoodFlanker
  7. 7Chris RobshawFlanker
  8. 8Billy VunipolaNumber 8
  9. 9Danny CareScrum-half
  10. 10Owen FarrellFly-half
  11. 11Jonny MayWing
  12. 12Kyle EastmondCentre
  13. 13Brad BarrittCentre
  14. 14Anthony WatsonWing
  15. 15Mike BrownFull-back
  16. 16Rob WebberBench
  17. 17Matt MullanBench
  18. 18Kieran BrookesBench
  19. 19George KruisBench
  20. 20Ben MorganBench
  21. 21Ben YoungsBench
  22. 22George FordBench
  23. 23Marland YardeBench

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Adriaan StraussHooker
  3. 3Jannie Du PlessisProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Marcell CoetzeeFlanker
  7. 7Schalk BurgerFlanker
  8. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Cobus ReinachScrum-half
  10. 10Pat LambieFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Jan SerfonteinCentre
  14. 14JP PietersenWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Bismarck Du PlessisBench
  17. 17Trevor NyakaneBench
  18. 18Coenie OosthuizenBench
  19. 19Bakkies BothaBench
  20. 20Teboho MohojeBench
  21. 21Francois HougaardBench
  22. 22Handre PollardBench
  23. 23Cornal HendricksBench

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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

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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.