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England
v South Africa⁠

14–24

Full time

England v South Africa finished 14–24.

South Africa
Chester Williams 39', Joost van der Westhuizen 41', Chester Williams 66'
Date
Saturday 18 November 1995 · England in 1995
Venue
Twickenham, London
Competition
Test matches · Test Match

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

South Africa

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Toks van der Linde Prop
  • No. 2, James Dalton Hooker
  • No. 3, Tommie Laubscher Prop
  • No. 4, Kobus Wiese Lock
  • No. 5, Mark Andrews Lock
  • No. 6, Ruben Kruger Flanker Off in the 62'
  • No. 7, Fritz Van Heerden Flanker
  • No. 8, Francois Pienaar (c) Number 8
  • No. 9, Joost van der Westhuizen Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Joel Stransky Fly Half
  • No. 11, Chester Williams Wing
  • No. 12, Hennie le Roux Centre
  • No. 13, Japie Mulder Centre
  • No. 14, Jacques Olivier Wing Off in the 46'
  • No. 15, Andre Joubert Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, James Small On in the 46'
  • No. 17, Henry Honiball (not used)
  • No. 18, Johan Roux (not used)
  • No. 19, Rudolf Straeuli On in the 62'
  • No. 20, Willie Meyer (not used)
  • No. 21, Chris Rossouw (not used)

Referee: Jim Fleming. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1984 – 1994

Official meetings since 1906

England v South Africa stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings48In our results database
England wins16England perspective
Draws2Level at full time
South Africa wins30South Africa victories

England have scored 825 points to South Africa's 1062 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

4

Jonny May

4 tries against South Africa in matches we hold scorer data for.

South Africa · Fixture leader

6

Bryan Habana

South Africa's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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