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Full time25 November 2006
England
14–25
South Africa
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 2006Head-to-head

South Africa won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. 6’PEngland penalty · Andy Goode3–0
  2. 12’PEngland penalty · Andy Goode6–0
  3. 16’DSouth Africa drop goal · Andre Pretorius6–3
  4. 19’PEngland penalty · Andy Goode9–3
  5. 30’TEngland try · Mark Cueto14–3
  6. 33’PSouth Africa penalty · Andre Pretorius14–6
  7. 36’PSouth Africa penalty · Andre Pretorius14–9
  8. 42’CSouth Africa conversion · Andre Pretorius14–11
  9. 42’TSouth Africa try · CJ Van Der Linde14–16
  10. 47’DSouth Africa drop goal · Andre Pretorius14–19
  11. 75’DSouth Africa drop goal · Andre Pretorius14–22
  12. 79’DSouth Africa drop goal · Andre Pretorius14–25

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Phil VickeryProp
  2. 2Lee MearsHooker
  3. 3Julian WhiteProp
  4. 4Tom PalmerSecond row
  5. 5Chris JonesSecond row
  6. 6Joe WorsleyFlanker
  7. 7Pat SandersonFlanker
  8. 8Martin CorryNumber 8
  9. 9Peter RichardsScrum-half
  10. 10Andy GoodeFly-half
  11. 11Ben CohenWing
  12. 12Jamie NoonCentre
  13. 13Mathew TaitCentre
  14. 14Mark CuetoWing
  15. 15Josh LewseyFull-back
  16. 16George ChuterBench
  17. 17Tim PayneBench
  18. 18Ben KayBench
  19. 19Lewis MoodyBench
  20. 20Shaun PerryBench
  21. 21Toby FloodBench
  22. 22Mark van GisbergenBench

South Africa

  1. 1CJ Van Der LindeProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3BJ BothaProp
  4. 4Johan AckermannSecond row
  5. 5Johan MullerSecond row
  6. 6Kabamba FloorsFlanker
  7. 7Juan SmithFlanker
  8. 8Danie RossouwNumber 8
  9. 9Ricky JanuarieScrum-half
  10. 10Andre PretoriusFly-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. 19Gerrie BritzBench
  20. 20Ruan PienaarBench
  21. 21JP PietersenBench
  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

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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.