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Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Subiaco Oval, Perth | Boorloo · 18 October 2003Head-to-head
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England won by 19 points.Half-time 6–6 · Tries 0–1

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Tacklesmademissed
RSA11017
ENG10817
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
RSA0/02/20
ENG1/14/42
← 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
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  • 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
64′EnglandTry, Will Greenwood, converted6–17
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.

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64′Will Greenwood
RSA

Team stats

ENG
0%Possession100%
98Carries108
349Metres gained365
5Clean breaks8
17Defenders beaten17
116Passes150
6Offloads9
110Tackles made108
17Tackles missed17
63/70Rucks won72/81
20/25Lineouts won10/11
7/7Scrums won14/14
6/7Mauls won8/8
10Turnovers won8
11Penalties conceded12
25Kicks from hand36
696Kick metres1,106
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 0/0, penalties 2/2 · ENG conversions 1/1, penalties 4/4. Pale segment = set piece lost.

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Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Christo BezuidenhoudtProp
  2. 2Danie CoetzeeHooker
  3. 3Richard BandsProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Corne KrigeFlanker
  7. 7Joe Van NiekerkFlanker
  8. 8Juan SmithNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Louis KoenFly-half
  11. 11Thinus DelportWing
  12. 12De Wet BarryCentre
  13. 13Jorrie MullerCentre
  14. 14Ashwin WillemseWing
  15. 15Jaco van der WesthuyzenFull-back
  16. 16John SmitBench
  17. 17Lawrence SephakaBench
  18. 18Selborne BoomeBench
  19. 19Danie RossouwBench
  20. 20Neil de KockBench
  21. 21Derick HougaardBench
  22. 22Werner GreeffBench

England

  1. 1Trevor WoodmanProp
  2. 2Steve ThompsonHooker
  3. 3Phil VickeryProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Ben KaySecond row
  6. 6Lewis MoodyFlanker
  7. 7Neil BackFlanker
  8. 8Lawrence DallaglioNumber 8
  9. 9Kyran BrackenScrum-half
  10. 10Jonny WilkinsonFly-half
  11. 11Ben CohenWing
  12. 12Mike TindallCentre
  13. 13Will GreenwoodCentre
  14. 14Jason RobinsonWing
  15. 15Josh LewseyFull-back
  16. 16Dorian WestBench
  17. 17Jason LeonardBench
  18. 18Martin CorryBench
  19. 19Joe WorsleyBench
  20. 20Andy GomarsallBench
  21. 21Paul GraysonBench
  22. 22Dan LugerBench

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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.