TheBreakdown
Full time3 June 1972
South Africa
9–18
England
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tour 1972Head-to-head

England won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –PSouth Africa penalty · Dawie Snyman3–0
  2. –PSouth Africa penalty · Dawie Snyman6–0
  3. –PSouth Africa penalty · Dawie Snyman9–0
  4. –CEngland conversion · Sam Doble9–2
  5. –PEngland penalty · Sam Doble9–5
  6. –PEngland penalty · Sam Doble9–8
  7. –PEngland penalty · Sam Doble9–11
  8. –PEngland penalty · Sam Doble9–14
  9. –TEngland try · Alan Morley9–18

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Nick BezuidenhoudtProp
  2. 2Piston van WykHooker
  3. 3Theo SauermannProp
  4. 4Piet GreylingSecond row
  5. 5Piet Du PlessisSecond row
  6. 6John WilliamsFlanker
  7. 7Jan EllisFlanker
  8. 8Albie BatesNumber 8
  9. 9Joggie ViljoenScrum-half
  10. 10Dawie SnymanFly-half
  11. 11Syd NomisWing
  12. 12Tonie RouxCentre
  13. 13Joggie JansenCentre
  14. 14Gert MullerWing
  15. 15Ray CarlsonFull-back

England

  1. 1Stack StevensProp
  2. 2John PullinHooker
  3. 3Mike BurtonProp
  4. 4John WatkinsSecond row
  5. 5Peter LarterSecond row
  6. 6Chris RalstonFlanker
  7. 7Tony NearyFlanker
  8. 8Andy RipleyNumber 8
  9. 9Jan WebsterScrum-half
  10. 10Alan OldFly-half
  11. 11Alan MorleyWing
  12. 12Peter PreeceCentre
  13. 13Jeremy JanionCentre
  14. 14Peter KnightWing
  15. 15Sam DobleFull-back

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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.