TheBreakdown
Full time16 June 2018
South Africa
23–12
England
Toyota Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa · Tour 2018Head-to-head

South Africa won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. 10’TEngland try · Mike Brown
  2. 11’CEngland conversion · Owen Farrell
  3. 13’TEngland try · Jonny May
  4. 24’TSouth Africa try · Duane Vermeulen
  5. 25’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard
  6. 29’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard
  7. 39’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard
  8. 50’TSouth Africa try
  9. 67’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard

The scoring record for this Test does not add up to the final score, so running scores are hidden.

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Mbongeni MbonambiHooker
  3. 3Frans MalherbeProp
  4. 4RG SnymanSecond row
  5. 5Franco MostertSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  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. 19Jean-Luc Du PreezBench
  20. 20Sikhumbuzo NotsheBench
  21. 21Ivan Van ZylBench
  22. 22Jesse KrielBench
  23. 23Warrick GelantBench

England

  1. 1Mako VunipolaProp
  2. 2Jamie GeorgeHooker
  3. 3Kyle SincklerProp
  4. 4Joe LaunchburySecond row
  5. 5Maro ItojeSecond row
  6. 6Brad ShieldsFlanker
  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. 19Mark WilsonBench
  20. 20Nathan HughesBench
  21. 21Ben SpencerBench
  22. 22Danny CiprianiBench
  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

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.