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England
v South Africa⁠

32–16

Full time

England v South Africa finished 32–16.

South Africa
Bryan Habana 76'
Date
Saturday 20 November 2004 · England in 2004
Venue
Twickenham, London
Competition
Test matches · Test Match

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Andy Titterrell (not used)
  • No. 17, Andrew Sheridan (not used)
  • No. 18, Ben Kay On in the 73'
  • No. 19, Andy Hazell On in the 7'
  • No. 20, Harry Ellis On in the 68'
  • No. 21, Will Greenwood On in the 73'
  • No. 22, Ben Cohen (not used)

South Africa

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Os du Randt Prop Off in the 18'
  • No. 2, John Smit (c) Hooker
  • No. 3, Eddie Andrews Prop Off in the 45'
  • No. 4, Bakkies Botha Lock
  • No. 5, Victor Matfield Lock
  • No. 6, Schalk Burger Flanker
  • No. 7, AJ Venter Flanker Off in the 55'
  • No. 8, Joe Van Niekerk Number 8
  • No. 9, Fourie Du Preez Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Jaco van der Westhuyzen Fly Half
  • No. 11, Jean De Villiers Wing Off in the 75'
  • No. 12, De Wet Barry Centre
  • No. 13, Marius Joubert Centre
  • No. 14, Breyton Paulse Wing Off in the 78'
  • No. 15, Percy Montgomery Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Hanyani Shimange (not used)
  • No. 17, CJ Van Der Linde On in the 18'
  • No. 18, Danie Rossouw On in the 55'
  • No. 19, Gerrie Britz (not used)
  • No. 20, Michael Claassens (not used)
  • No. 21, Jaque Fourie On in the 78'
  • No. 22, Bryan Habana On in the 75'

Referee: Alain Rolland. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2000 – 2003

02 23 Nov 2002
Test matches · Test Match Twickenham, London

England 53–3 South Africa England won

England tries: Ben Cohen 20', Will Greenwood 30', Will Greenwood 42', Penalty try 61', Neil Back 69', Richard Hill 74', Lawrence Dallaglio 93'

South Africa tries: None

Match page: England v South Africa, 23 November 2002

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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