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England men · Test matches · First Test

South Africa
v England⁠

15–32

Full time

South Africa v England finished 15–32.

South Africa
None
Date
Saturday 4 June 1994 · England in 1994
Venue
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Competition
Test matches · First Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Jon Callard (not used)
  • No. 17, Mike Catt (not used)
  • No. 18, Steve Bates (not used)
  • No. 19, Graham Rowntree (not used)
  • No. 20, Graham Dawe (not used)
  • No. 21, Steve Ojomoh On in the 55'

South Africa

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Ollie le Roux Prop
  • No. 2, John Allan Hooker
  • No. 3, Balie Swart Prop
  • No. 4, Hannes Strydom Lock
  • No. 5, Steve Atherton Lock
  • No. 6, Francois Pienaar (c) Flanker
  • No. 7, Fritz Van Heerden Flanker
  • No. 8, Tiaan Strauss Number 8
  • No. 9, Joost van der Westhuizen Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Hennie le Roux Fly Half
  • No. 11, Chester Williams Wing
  • No. 12, Brendan Venter Centre
  • No. 13, Pieter Muller Centre
  • No. 14, James Small Wing
  • No. 15, Andre Joubert Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, FA Meiring (not used)
  • No. 17, Joel Stransky (not used)
  • No. 18, Johan Roux (not used)
  • No. 19, Ruben Kruger (not used)
  • No. 20, Johan le Roux (not used)
  • No. 21, James Dalton (not used)

Referee: Colin Hawke. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1969 – 1992

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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