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South Africa
v England⁠

18–0

Full time

South Africa v England finished 18–0.

England
None
South Africa
Stefan Terblanche, Joost van der Westhuizen 21'
Date
Saturday 4 July 1998 · England in 1998
Venue
Newlands, Cape Town
Competition
Test matches · Test Match

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Scott Benton (not used)
  • No. 17, Tim Stimpson On in the 55'
  • No. 18, Steve Ravenscroft (not used)
  • No. 19, Steve Ojomoh (not used)
  • No. 20, Ben Sturnham (not used)
  • No. 21, Will Green (not used)
  • No. 22, Phil Greening (not used)

South Africa

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Robbie Kempson Prop Off in the 75'
  • No. 2, James Dalton Hooker
  • No. 3, Adrian Garvey Prop
  • No. 4, Krynauw Otto Lock Off in the 10'
  • No. 5, Mark Andrews Lock
  • No. 6, Rassie Erasmus Flanker
  • No. 7, Andre Venter Flanker
  • No. 8, Gary Teichmann (c) Number 8
  • No. 9, Joost van der Westhuizen Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Henry Honiball Fly Half
  • No. 11, Pieter Rossouw Wing
  • No. 12, Pieter Muller Centre
  • No. 13, Andre Snyman Centre
  • No. 14, Stefan Terblanche Wing
  • No. 15, Percy Montgomery Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, McNeil Hendricks (not used)
  • No. 17, Braam van Straaten (not used)
  • No. 18, Werner Swanepoel (not used)
  • No. 19, Andy Aitken (not used)
  • No. 20, Bobby Skinstad On in the 10'
  • No. 21, Ollie le Roux On in the 75'
  • No. 22, Naka Drotske (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

1992 – 1997

01 29 Nov 1997
Test matches · Test Match Twickenham, London

England 11–29 South Africa England lost

England tries: Nick Greenstock

South Africa tries: Andre Snyman, Werner Swanepoel, Adrian Garvey, Mark Andrews

Match page: England v South Africa, 29 November 1997

02 18 Nov 1995
Test matches · Test Match Twickenham, London

England 14–24 South Africa England lost

England tries: Phil De Glanville

South Africa tries: Chester Williams 39', Joost van der Westhuizen 41', Chester Williams 66'

Match page: England v South Africa, 18 November 1995

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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