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England
v South Africa⁠

53–3

Full time

England v South Africa finished 53–3.

South Africa
None
Date
Saturday 23 November 2002 · England in 2002
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, Wessel Roux Prop
  • No. 2, James Dalton Hooker Off in the 54'
  • No. 3, Deon Carstens Prop Off in the 61'
  • No. 4, Jannes Labuschagne Lock Red card 23'
  • No. 5, AJ Venter Lock
  • No. 6, Corne Krige (c) Flanker
  • No. 7, Pedrie Wannenburg Flanker
  • No. 8, Joe Van Niekerk Number 8
  • No. 9, Bolla Conradie Scrum Half Off in the 10'
  • No. 10, Andre Pretorius Fly Half Off in the 55'
  • No. 11, Fredrich Lombard Wing
  • No. 12, Butch James Centre
  • No. 13, Robbie Fleck Centre
  • No. 14, Breyton Paulse Wing Off in the 48'
  • No. 15, Werner Greeff Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Lukas van Biljon On in the 54'
  • No. 17, CJ Van Der Linde On in the 61'
  • No. 18, Marco Wentzel (not used)
  • No. 19, Pierre Uys (not used)
  • No. 20, Norman Jordaan On in the 10'
  • No. 21, Adi Jacobs On in the 55'
  • No. 22, Brent Russell On in the 48'

Referee: Paddy O'Brien. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1999 – 2001

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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