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Full time9 June 2018
South Africa
42–39
England
Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tour 2018Head-to-head

South Africa won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PEngland penalty · Elliot Daly0–3
  2. 5’TEngland try · Mike Brown0–8
  3. 6’CEngland conversion · Owen Farrell0–10
  4. 12’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard3–10
  5. 14’TEngland try · Elliot Daly3–15
  6. 16’CEngland conversion · Owen Farrell3–17
  7. 18’TEngland try · Owen Farrell3–22
  8. 19’CEngland conversion · Owen Farrell3–24
  9. 21’TSouth Africa try · Faf de Klerk8–24
  10. 31’TSouth Africa try · S'Busiso Nkosi13–24
  11. 32’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard15–24
  12. 35’TSouth Africa try · S'Busiso Nkosi20–24
  13. 36’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard22–24
  14. 40’TSouth Africa try · Willie Le Roux27–24
  15. 41’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard29–24
  16. 43’PEngland penalty · Owen Farrell29–27
  17. 53’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard32–27
  18. 65’TSouth Africa try · Aphiwe Dyantyi37–27
  19. 67’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard39–27
  20. 71’TEngland try · Maro Itoje39–32
  21. 77’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard42–32
  22. 79’CEngland conversion · Owen Farrell42–34
  23. 79’TEngland try · Jonny May42–39

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Mbongeni MbonambiHooker
  3. 3Wilco LouwProp
  4. 4RG SnymanSecond row
  5. 5Franco MostertSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Jean-Luc Du PreezFlanker
  8. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Faf de KlerkScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Aphiwe DyantyiWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Lukhanyo AmCentre
  14. 14S'Busiso NkosiWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Akker van der MerweBench
  17. 17Steven KitshoffBench
  18. 18Thomas Du ToitBench
  19. 19Pieter-Steph Du ToitBench
  20. 20Sikhumbuzo NotsheBench
  21. 21Ivan Van ZylBench
  22. 22Elton JantjiesBench
  23. 23Warrick GelantBench

England

  1. 1Mako VunipolaProp
  2. 2Jamie GeorgeHooker
  3. 3Kyle SincklerProp
  4. 4Maro ItojeSecond row
  5. 5Nick IsiekweSecond row
  6. 6Chris RobshawFlanker
  7. 7Tom CurryFlanker
  8. 8Billy VunipolaNumber 8
  9. 9Ben YoungsScrum-half
  10. 10George FordFly-half
  11. 11Mike BrownWing
  12. 12Owen FarrellCentre
  13. 13Henry SladeCentre
  14. 14Jonny MayWing
  15. 15Elliot DalyFull-back
  16. 16Luke Cowan-DickieBench
  17. 17Joe MarlerBench
  18. 18Harry WilliamsBench
  19. 19Brad ShieldsBench
  20. 20Nathan HughesBench
  21. 21Ben SpencerBench
  22. 22Piers FrancisBench
  23. 23Denny SolomonaBench

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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

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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.