TheBreakdown
Full time18 November 2006
England
23–21
South Africa
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 2006Head-to-head

England won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’PEngland penalty · Charlie Hodgson3–0
  2. 9’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James3–3
  3. 18’PEngland penalty · Charlie Hodgson6–3
  4. 30’DSouth Africa drop goal · Frans Steyn6–6
  5. 37’CSouth Africa conversion · Butch James6–8
  6. 37’TSouth Africa try · Butch James6–13
  7. 44’TSouth Africa try · Akona Ndungane6–18
  8. 51’CEngland conversion · Andy Goode8–18
  9. 51’TEngland try · Mark Cueto13–18
  10. 58’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James13–21
  11. 69’PEngland penalty · Andy Goode16–21
  12. 74’CEngland conversion · Andy Goode18–21
  13. 74’TEngland try · Phil Vickery23–21

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Andrew SheridanProp
  2. 2George ChuterHooker
  3. 3Julian WhiteProp
  4. 4Tom PalmerSecond row
  5. 5Ben KaySecond row
  6. 6Joe WorsleyFlanker
  7. 7Pat SandersonFlanker
  8. 8Martin CorryNumber 8
  9. 9Peter RichardsScrum-half
  10. 10Charlie HodgsonFly-half
  11. 11Ben CohenWing
  12. 12Jamie NoonCentre
  13. 13Mathew TaitCentre
  14. 14Mark CuetoWing
  15. 15Josh LewseyFull-back
  16. 16Lee MearsBench
  17. 17Phil VickeryBench
  18. 18Chris JonesBench
  19. 19Lewis MoodyBench
  20. 20Shaun PerryBench
  21. 21Andy GoodeBench
  22. 22Toby FloodBench

South Africa

  1. 1CJ Van Der LindeProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3BJ BothaProp
  4. 4Johan AckermannSecond row
  5. 5Johan MullerSecond row
  6. 6Pierre SpiesFlanker
  7. 7Danie RossouwFlanker
  8. 8Jacques CronjeNumber 8
  9. 9Ricky JanuarieScrum-half
  10. 10Butch JamesFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Wynand OlivierCentre
  14. 14Akona NdunganeWing
  15. 15Frans SteynFull-back
  16. 16Chiliboy RalepelleBench
  17. 17Deon CarstensBench
  18. 18Albert van den BergBench
  19. 19Hilton LobbertsBench
  20. 20Ruan PienaarBench
  21. 21Andre PretoriusBench
  22. 22Bevin FortuinBench

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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.