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England
v South Africa⁠

29–9

Full time

England v South Africa finished 29–9.

England
Dan Luger
South Africa
None
Date
Saturday 24 November 2001 · England in 2001
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, Ollie le Roux Prop
  • No. 2, John Smit Hooker Off in the 66'
  • No. 3, Willie Meyer Prop Off in the 40'
  • No. 4, Victor Matfield Lock
  • No. 5, Mark Andrews Lock Off in the 66'
  • No. 6, Andre Vos Flanker Off in the 66'
  • No. 7, AJ Venter Flanker
  • No. 8, Bobby Skinstad (c) Number 8
  • No. 9, Joost van der Westhuizen Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Louis Koen Fly Half
  • No. 11, Dean Hall Wing
  • No. 12, Braam van Straaten Centre
  • No. 13, Trevor Halstead Centre
  • No. 14, Breyton Paulse Wing
  • No. 15, Conrad Jantjes Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Lukas van Biljon On in the 66'
  • No. 17, Cobus Visagie On in the 24'
  • No. 18, Corne Krige On in the 66'
  • No. 19, Andre Venter On in the 44'
  • No. 20, Deon de Kock (not used)
  • No. 21, Andre Snyman (not used)
  • No. 22, Percy Montgomery (not used)

Referee: Stuart Dickinson. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1998 – 2000

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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