TheBreakdown
Full time12 November 2016
England
37–21
South Africa
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 2016Head-to-head

England won by 16 points.

Scoring

  1. 6’PSouth Africa penalty · Pat Lambie0–3
  2. 8’DSouth Africa drop goal · Pat Lambie0–6
  3. 11’TEngland try · Jonny May5–6
  4. 12’CEngland conversion · Owen Farrell7–6
  5. 22’PSouth Africa penalty · Pat Lambie7–9
  6. 35’PEngland penalty · Owen Farrell10–9
  7. 37’TEngland try · Courtney Lawes15–9
  8. 38’CEngland conversion · Owen Farrell17–9
  9. 41’PEngland penalty · Elliot Daly20–9
  10. 44’TEngland try · George Ford25–9
  11. 45’CEngland conversion · Owen Farrell27–9
  12. 50’PEngland penalty · Owen Farrell30–9
  13. 59’TSouth Africa try · Johan Goosen30–14
  14. 67’TEngland try · Owen Farrell35–14
  15. 68’CEngland conversion · Owen Farrell37–14
  16. 80’TSouth Africa try · Willie Le Roux37–19
  17. 81’CSouth Africa conversion · Ruan Combrinck37–21

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Mako VunipolaProp
  2. 2Dylan HartleyHooker
  3. 3Dan ColeProp
  4. 4Joe LaunchburySecond row
  5. 5Courtney LawesSecond row
  6. 6Chris RobshawFlanker
  7. 7Tom WoodFlanker
  8. 8Billy VunipolaNumber 8
  9. 9Ben YoungsScrum-half
  10. 10George FordFly-half
  11. 11Jonny MayWing
  12. 12Owen FarrellCentre
  13. 13Elliot DalyCentre
  14. 14Marland YardeWing
  15. 15Mike BrownFull-back
  16. 16Jamie GeorgeBench
  17. 17Joe MarlerBench
  18. 18Kyle SincklerBench
  19. 19David AttwoodBench
  20. 20Nathan HughesBench
  21. 21Danny CareBench
  22. 22Ben Te'oBench
  23. 23Jonathan JosephBench

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Adriaan StraussHooker
  3. 3Vincent KochProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Lodewyk De JagerSecond row
  6. 6Willem AlbertsFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Warren WhiteleyNumber 8
  9. 9Rudy PaigeScrum-half
  10. 10Pat LambieFly-half
  11. 11JP PietersenWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Francois VenterCentre
  14. 14Ruan CombrinckWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Mbongeni MbonambiBench
  17. 17Steven KitshoffBench
  18. 18Lourens AdriaanseBench
  19. 19Franco MostertBench
  20. 20Nizaam CarrBench
  21. 21Faf de KlerkBench
  22. 22Johan GoosenBench
  23. 23Lionel MapoeBench

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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.