TheBreakdown
Full time20 November 2021
England
27–26
South Africa
Twickenham, London, England · Autumn Nations Series 2021Head-to-head

England won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. 7’TEngland try · Manu Tuilagi5–0
  2. 8’CEngland conversion · Marcus Smith7–0
  3. 15’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard7–3
  4. 18’TEngland try · Freddie Steward12–3
  5. 19’CEngland conversion · Marcus Smith14–3
  6. 22’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard14–6
  7. 24’PEngland penalty · Marcus Smith17–6
  8. 26’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard17–9
  9. 30’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard17–12
  10. 55’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard17–15
  11. 64’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies17–18
  12. 65’TEngland try · Raffi Quirke22–18
  13. 66’CEngland conversion · Marcus Smith24–18
  14. 69’TSouth Africa try · Makazole Mapimpi24–23
  15. 73’PSouth Africa penalty · Frans Steyn24–26
  16. 80’PEngland penalty · Marcus Smith27–26

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Bevan RoddProp
  2. 2Jamie BlamireHooker
  3. 3Kyle SincklerProp
  4. 4Maro ItojeSecond row
  5. 5Jonny HillSecond row
  6. 6Courtney LawesFlanker
  7. 7Sam UnderhillFlanker
  8. 8Tom CurryNumber 8
  9. 9Ben YoungsScrum-half
  10. 10Marcus SmithFly-half
  11. 11Jonny MayWing
  12. 12Manu TuilagiCentre
  13. 13Henry SladeCentre
  14. 14Joe MarchantWing
  15. 15Freddie StewardFull-back
  16. 16Nic DollyBench
  17. 17Joe MarlerBench
  18. 18Will StuartBench
  19. 19Charlie EwelsBench
  20. 20Sam SimmondsBench
  21. 21Alex DombrandtBench
  22. 22Raffi QuirkeBench
  23. 23Max MalinsBench

South Africa

  1. 1Ox NcheProp
  2. 2Mbongeni MbonambiHooker
  3. 3Trevor NyakaneProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Lodewyk De JagerSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Kwagga SmithFlanker
  8. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Cobus ReinachScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Makazole MapimpiWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Lukhanyo AmCentre
  14. 14Jesse KrielWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Malcolm MarxBench
  17. 17Steven KitshoffBench
  18. 18Vincent KochBench
  19. 19Franco MostertBench
  20. 20Jasper WieseBench
  21. 21Herschel JantjiesBench
  22. 22Elton JantjiesBench
  23. 23Frans SteynBench

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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.