TheBreakdown
Full time24 November 2001
England
29–9
South Africa
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 2001Head-to-head

England won by 20 points.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson3–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson6–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson9–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson12–0
  5. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson15–0
  6. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson18–0
  7. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson21–0
  8. –TEngland try · Dan Luger26–0
  9. –DEngland drop goal · Mike Catt29–0
  10. –PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten29–3
  11. –PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten29–6
  12. –PSouth Africa penalty · Braam van Straaten29–9

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Graham RowntreeProp
  2. 2Dorian WestHooker
  3. 3Phil VickeryProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Danny GrewcockSecond row
  6. 6Richard HillFlanker
  7. 7Neil BackFlanker
  8. 8Joe WorsleyNumber 8
  9. 9Kyran BrackenScrum-half
  10. 10Jonny WilkinsonFly-half
  11. 11Dan LugerWing
  12. 12Mike CattCentre
  13. 13Will GreenwoodCentre
  14. 14Austin HealeyWing
  15. 15Jason RobinsonFull-back
  16. 16Mark ReganBench
  17. 17Jason LeonardBench
  18. 18Ben KayBench
  19. 19Lewis MoodyBench
  20. 20Charlie HodgsonBench
  21. 21Mike TindallBench
  22. 22Ben CohenBench

South Africa

  1. 1Ollie le RouxProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3Willie MeyerProp
  4. 4Victor MatfieldSecond row
  5. 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Andre VosFlanker
  7. 7AJ VenterFlanker
  8. 8Bobby SkinstadNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Louis KoenFly-half
  11. 11Dean HallWing
  12. 12Braam van StraatenCentre
  13. 13Trevor HalsteadCentre
  14. 14Breyton PaulseWing
  15. 15Conrad JantjesFull-back
  16. 16Lukas van BiljonBench
  17. 17Cobus VisagieBench
  18. 18Corne KrigeBench
  19. 19Andre VenterBench
  20. 20Deon de KockBench
  21. 21Andre SnymanBench
  22. 22Percy MontgomeryBench

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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.