England v South Africa

Date:

Venue: Twickenham Stadium, London

Referee: Jérôme Garcès (FFR)

Attendance: 81,221

England v South Africa Match Reports

An impressive England beat South Africa for the first time in a decade - winning 37-21 at Twickenham in the opening match of the Old Mutual Wealth Series. England scored four tries and always looked in control as they ended 10 years of hurt against the Springboks. It was England's 10th consecutive victory under head coach Eddie Jones. A selection of match reports is listed below:

O2 Inside Line: England v South Africa

England v South Africa - Match Stats

England: (20) 37
Try: May (10'), Lawes (36'), Ford (44'), Farrell (67')
Conversion: Farrell (12', 37', 44', 67')
Penalty: Farrell (34', 49'), Daly (40')

South Africa: (9) 21
Try: Goosen (58'), le Roux (79')
Conversion: Combrinck (80')
Penalty: Lambie (4', 21')
Drop-goal: Lambie (8')

Man of the Match: Joe Launchbury (England)

England v South Africa - Team Line-ups

England Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Mako Vunipola
  • 2 Dylan Hartley (CAPTAIN)
  • 3 Dan Cole
  • 4 Joe Launchbury
  • 5 Courtney Lawes
  • 6 Chris Robshaw
  • 7 Tom Wood
  • 8 Billy Vunipola

Backs

  • 9 Ben Youngs
  • 10 George Ford
  • 11 Jonny May
  • 12 Owen Farrell
  • 13 Elliot Daly
  • 14 Marland Yarde
  • 15 Mike Brown

Replacements

  • 16 Jamie George
  • 17 Joe Marler
  • 18 Kyle Sinckler
  • 19 Dave Attwood
  • 20 Nathan Hughes
  • 21 Danny Care
  • 22 Ben Te'o
  • 23 Jonathan Joseph

South Africa Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Tendai Mtawarira
  • 2 Adriaan Strauss (CAPTAIN)
  • 3 Vincent Koch
  • 4 Eben Etzebeth
  • 5 Lood de Jager
  • 6 Willem Alberts
  • 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit
  • 8 Warren Whiteley

Backs

  • 9 Rudy Paige
  • 10 Patrick Lambie
  • 11 JP Pietersen
  • 12 Damian de Allende
  • 13 Francois Venter
  • 14 Ruan Combrinck
  • 15 Willie le Roux

Replacements

  • 16 Bongi Mbonambi
  • 17 Steven Kitshoff
  • 18 Lourens Adriaanse
  • 19 Franco Mostert
  • 20 Nizaam Carr
  • 21 Faf de Klerk
  • 22 Johan Goosen
  • 23 Lionel Mapoe