TheBreakdown
Full time20 November 2004
England
32–16
South Africa
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 2004Head-to-head

England won by 16 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’PEngland penalty · Charlie Hodgson3–0
  2. 14’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery3–3
  3. 18’TEngland try · Charlie Hodgson8–3
  4. 19’CEngland conversion · Charlie Hodgson10–3
  5. 29’TEngland try · Mark Cueto15–3
  6. 30’CEngland conversion · Charlie Hodgson17–3
  7. 32’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery17–6
  8. 35’PEngland penalty · Charlie Hodgson20–6
  9. 47’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery20–9
  10. 50’PEngland penalty · Charlie Hodgson23–9
  11. 55’DEngland drop goal · Charlie Hodgson26–9
  12. 60’PEngland penalty · Charlie Hodgson29–9
  13. 74’PEngland penalty · Charlie Hodgson32–9
  14. 77’TSouth Africa try · Bryan Habana32–14
  15. 78’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery32–16

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Graham RowntreeProp
  2. 2Steve ThompsonHooker
  3. 3Julian WhiteProp
  4. 4Danny GrewcockSecond row
  5. 5Steve BorthwickSecond row
  6. 6Joe WorsleyFlanker
  7. 7Lewis MoodyFlanker
  8. 8Martin CorryNumber 8
  9. 9Andy GomarsallScrum-half
  10. 10Charlie HodgsonFly-half
  11. 11Josh LewseyWing
  12. 12Henry PaulCentre
  13. 13Mike TindallCentre
  14. 14Mark CuetoWing
  15. 15Jason RobinsonFull-back
  16. 16Andy TitterrellBench
  17. 17Andrew SheridanBench
  18. 18Ben KayBench
  19. 19Andy HazellBench
  20. 20Harry EllisBench
  21. 21Will GreenwoodBench
  22. 22Ben CohenBench

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3Eddie AndrewsProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Schalk BurgerFlanker
  7. 7AJ VenterFlanker
  8. 8Joe Van NiekerkNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Jaco van der WesthuyzenFly-half
  11. 11Jean De VilliersWing
  12. 12De Wet BarryCentre
  13. 13Marius JoubertCentre
  14. 14Breyton PaulseWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Hanyani ShimangeBench
  17. 17CJ Van Der LindeBench
  18. 18Danie RossouwBench
  19. 19Gerrie BritzBench
  20. 20Michael ClaassensBench
  21. 21Jaque FourieBench
  22. 22Bryan HabanaBench

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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.