TheBreakdown
Full time23 November 2002
England
53–3
South Africa
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 2002Head-to-head

England won by 50 points.

Scoring

  1. 13’PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson3–0
  2. 21’TEngland try · Ben Cohen8–0
  3. 31’CEngland conversion · Jonny Wilkinson10–0
  4. 31’TEngland try · Will Greenwood15–0
  5. 38’PSouth Africa penalty · Andre Pretorius15–3
  6. 41’PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson18–3
  7. 43’CEngland conversion · Matt Dawson20–3
  8. 43’TEngland try · Will Greenwood25–3
  9. 62’CEngland conversion · Andy Gomarsall27–3
  10. 62’TEngland try32–3
  11. 70’TEngland try · Neil Back37–3
  12. 71’CEngland conversion · Andy Gomarsall39–3
  13. 75’TEngland try · Richard Hill44–3
  14. 76’CEngland conversion · Tim Stimpson46–3
  15. 94’TEngland try · Lawrence Dallaglio51–3
  16. 95’CEngland conversion · Tim Stimpson53–3

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Jason LeonardProp
  2. 2Steve ThompsonHooker
  3. 3Phil VickeryProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Ben KaySecond row
  6. 6Lewis MoodyFlanker
  7. 7Neil BackFlanker
  8. 8Richard HillNumber 8
  9. 9Matt DawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Jonny WilkinsonFly-half
  11. 11Phil ChristophersWing
  12. 12Mike TindallCentre
  13. 13Will GreenwoodCentre
  14. 14Ben CohenWing
  15. 15Jason RobinsonFull-back
  16. 16Mark ReganBench
  17. 17Robbie MorrisBench
  18. 18Danny GrewcockBench
  19. 19Lawrence DallaglioBench
  20. 20Andy GomarsallBench
  21. 21Austin HealeyBench
  22. 22Tim StimpsonBench

South Africa

  1. 1Wessel RouxProp
  2. 2James DaltonHooker
  3. 3Deon CarstensProp
  4. 4Jannes LabuschagneSecond row
  5. 5AJ VenterSecond row
  6. 6Corne KrigeFlanker
  7. 7Pedrie WannenburgFlanker
  8. 8Joe Van NiekerkNumber 8
  9. 9Bolla ConradieScrum-half
  10. 10Andre PretoriusFly-half
  11. 11Fredrich LombardWing
  12. 12Butch JamesCentre
  13. 13Robbie FleckCentre
  14. 14Breyton PaulseWing
  15. 15Werner GreeffFull-back
  16. 16Lukas van BiljonBench
  17. 17CJ Van Der LindeBench
  18. 18Marco WentzelBench
  19. 19Pierre UysBench
  20. 20Norman JordaanBench
  21. 21Adi JacobsBench
  22. 22Brent RussellBench

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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.