TheBreakdown
Full time3 November 2018
England
12–11
South Africa
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 2018Head-to-head

England won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. 8’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard0–3
  2. 24’PEngland penalty · Owen Farrell3–3
  3. 35’TSouth Africa try · S'Busiso Nkosi3–8
  4. 38’PEngland penalty · Owen Farrell6–8
  5. 52’PEngland penalty · Elliot Daly9–8
  6. 69’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard9–11
  7. 74’PEngland penalty · Owen Farrell12–11

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Alec HepburnProp
  2. 2Dylan HartleyHooker
  3. 3Kyle SincklerProp
  4. 4Maro ItojeSecond row
  5. 5George KruisSecond row
  6. 6Brad ShieldsFlanker
  7. 7Tom CurryFlanker
  8. 8Mark WilsonNumber 8
  9. 9Ben YoungsScrum-half
  10. 10Owen FarrellFly-half
  11. 11Jonny MayWing
  12. 12Ben Te'oCentre
  13. 13Henry SladeCentre
  14. 14Jack NowellWing
  15. 15Elliot DalyFull-back
  16. 16Jamie GeorgeBench
  17. 17Ben MoonBench
  18. 18Harry WilliamsBench
  19. 19Charlie EwelsBench
  20. 20Zach MercerBench
  21. 21Danny CareBench
  22. 22George FordBench
  23. 23Chris AshtonBench

South Africa

  1. 1Steven KitshoffProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Frans MalherbeProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Pieter-Steph Du ToitSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Duane VermeulenFlanker
  8. 8Warren WhiteleyNumber 8
  9. 9Ivan Van ZylScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Aphiwe DyantyiWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14S'Busiso NkosiWing
  15. 15Damian WillemseFull-back
  16. 16Mbongeni MbonambiBench
  17. 17Thomas Du ToitBench
  18. 18Wilco LouwBench
  19. 19RG SnymanBench
  20. 20Lodewyk De JagerBench
  21. 21Embrose PapierBench
  22. 22Elton JantjiesBench
  23. 23Andre EsterhuizenBench

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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.