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Nations Championship 2026 · Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg · 4 July 2026Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 24 points.Half-time 17–14 · Tries 7–3 · RSA 1 yellow card · ENG 2 yellow cards

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36123642455768737936146Attacks1249Ball won881142732113100312715136471220%Own 2244%Own half53%Opp half81%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
RSA17429
ENG16230
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
RSA5/70/00
ENG3/30/00
← England attack · South Africa attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
3′South AfricaTry, Thomas Du Toit5–0
6′South AfricaTry, Cheslin Kolbe, converted10–0
12′South AfricaTry, Kurt-Lee Arendse17–0
36′EnglandTry, Ellis Genge, converted17–5
42′EnglandTry, George Martin, converted17–12
45′South AfricaTry, Grant Williams, converted22–14
57′South AfricaTry, Jesse Kriel, converted29–14
68′EnglandTry, Alex Coles, converted31–19
73′South AfricaTry, Malcolm Marx, converted36–21
79′South AfricaTry, Ben-Jason Dixon, converted43–21
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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013253850HT0′20′40′60′80′1 RSA card · 2 ENG cards
3′Thomas Du Toit6′Cheslin Kolbe12′Kurt-Lee Arendse36′Ellis Genge42′George Martin45′Grant Williams57′Jesse Kriel68′Alex Coles73′Malcolm Marx79′Ben-Jason Dixon
RSA

Team stats

ENG
53%Possession47%
54%Territory46%
117Carries117
414Metres gained288
10Clean breaks4
30Defenders beaten29
127Passes140
4Offloads2
174Tackles made162
29Tackles missed30
98/98Rucks won107/112
16/18Lineouts won10/10
3/3Scrums won3/4
5/5Mauls won2/2
4Turnovers won1
6Penalties conceded13
30Kicks from hand25
595Kick metres726
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 5/7, penalties 0/0 · ENG conversions 3/3, penalties 0/0. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Ox NcheProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Thomas Du ToitProp
  4. 5Ruan NortjeSecond row
  5. 6Paul de VilliersFlanker
  6. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitSecond row
  7. 8Jasper WieseNumber 8
  8. 9Grant WilliamsScrum-half
  9. 10Manie LibbokFly-half
  10. 11Kurt-Lee ArendseWing
  11. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  12. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  13. 14Cheslin KolbeWing
  14. 15Damian WillemseFull-back
  15. 20Cameron HanekomFlanker
  16. 16Jan-Hendrik WesselsBench
  17. 17Gerhard SteenekampBench
  18. 18Zach PorthenBench
  19. 19Marco van StadenBench
  20. 20Ben-Jason DixonBench
  21. 21Cobus ReinachBench
  22. 22Andre EsterhuizenBench
  23. 23Canan MoodieBench

England

  1. 1Ellis GengeProp
  2. 2Jamie GeorgeHooker
  3. 3Joe HeyesProp
  4. 4Alex ColesSecond row
  5. 5George MartinSecond row
  6. 6Ollie ChessumFlanker
  7. 7Tom CurryFlanker
  8. 8Ben EarlNumber 8
  9. 9Jack van PoortvlietScrum-half
  10. 10Fin SmithFly-half
  11. 11Cadan MurleyWing
  12. 12Seb AtkinsonCentre
  13. 13Tommy FreemanCentre
  14. 14Immanuel Feyi-WabosoWing
  15. 23Marcus SmithFull-back
  16. 16Luke Cowan-DickieBench
  17. 17Beno ObanoBench
  18. 18Asher Opoku-FordjourBench
  19. 19Charlie EwelsBench
  20. 20Guy PepperBench
  21. 21Henry PollockBench
  22. 22Alex MitchellBench
  23. 23Henry SladeBench

Match officials

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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.