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England men · Rugby World Cup

South Africa
v England⁠

6–25

Full time

South Africa v England finished 6–25.

South Africa
None
Date
Saturday 18 October 2003 · England in 2003
Venue
Subiaco Oval, Perth
Competition
Rugby World Cup

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

South Africa

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Christo Bezuidenhoudt Prop
  • No. 2, Danie Coetzee Hooker Off in the 58'
  • No. 3, Richard Bands Prop Off in the 69'
  • No. 4, Bakkies Botha Lock
  • No. 5, Victor Matfield Lock
  • No. 6, Corne Krige (c) Flanker
  • No. 7, Joe Van Niekerk Flanker
  • No. 8, Juan Smith Number 8
  • No. 9, Joost van der Westhuizen Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Louis Koen Fly Half Off in the 69'
  • No. 11, Thinus Delport Wing
  • No. 12, De Wet Barry Centre
  • No. 13, Jorrie Muller Centre
  • No. 14, Ashwin Willemse Wing
  • No. 15, Jaco van der Westhuyzen Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, John Smit On in the 45' Off in the 52'
  • No. 17, Lawrence Sephaka On in the 7' Off in the 14'
  • No. 18, Selborne Boome (not used)
  • No. 19, Danie Rossouw (not used)
  • No. 20, Neil de Kock (not used)
  • No. 21, Derick Hougaard On in the 69'
  • No. 22, Werner Greeff (not used)

Referee: Peter Marshall. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2000 – 2002

01 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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