ENG
No.Name
6Chris Robshaw, FL
9Ben Youngs, SH
7Tom Wood, FL
3Dan Cole, P
2Dylan Hartley, H
5Courtney Lawes, L
T
1Mako Vunipola, P
4Joe Launchbury, L
8Billy Vunipola, -
15Mike Brown, FB
14Marland Yarde, W
13Elliot Daly, C
12Owen Farrell, C
T
4
2
11Jonny May, W
T
10George Ford, FH
T
Replacements
16Jamie George, -
17Joe Marler, -
18Kyle Sinckler, -
19Dave Attwood, -
20Nathan Hughes, -
21Danny Care, -
22Ben Te'o, -
23Jonathan Joseph, -

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Twickenham Stadium
7:30 PM, November 11, 2016
Attendance: 81,221
All CommentaryKey Events

Match Commentary

81'+137-21 End of second half
80'
80'England secure the restart, throw the ball around before they're awarded a penalty. Farrell decides that's enough and that is game over. 10/10 for Eddie Jones, and a ten year streak without a win against South Africa is OVER.
80'37-21 Conversion - Ruan Combrinck , South Africa
79'South Africa get some consolation with Willie le Roux getting the try out wide. Not the way England would've wanted to finish but it won't have any impact on the result. Try is converted, there is time for one last play.
79'37-19 Try - Willie Le Roux , South Africa
77'Substitute on - Lionel Mapoe , South Africa
77'Player substituted - JP Pietersen , South Africa
75'Nathan Hughes penalised for a late hit on Johan Goosen. Springboks kick for touch but INEXPLICABLY the ball goes dead. Schoolboy error.
74'Springboks enter England's 22 looking for some small consolation in the final minutes, but they lose the ball. Sums up their afternoon.
73'Chris Robshaw goes close to an intercept but can't get two hands to it and puts it down. The former skipper has put in a huge shift, as has fellow loose forward Billy Vunipola.
72'Substitute on - Kyle Sinckler , England
72'Player substituted - Dan Cole , England
71'Kyle Sinckler is on for his England debut.
71'Substitute on - Ben Te'o , England
71'Player substituted - George Ford , England
71'Player substituted - Billy Vunipola , England
71'Substitute on - Dave Attwood , England
71'Substitute on - Bongi Mbonambi , South Africa
71'Player substituted - Adriaan Strauss , South Africa
70'Eddie Jones is emptying the bench, Dave Atwood on while New Zealand born Ben Te'o comes on for his debut for England.
69'England go close again! Springboks wing Ruan Combrinck does well to clean up. South Africa's fringe defence is non-existent.
68'Substitute on - Nizaam Carr , South Africa
68'Player substituted - Lood de Jager , South Africa
68'Substitute on - Danny Care , England
68'Player substituted - Ben Youngs , England
67'37-14 Conversion - Owen Farrell , England
67'35-14 Try - Owen Farrell , England
66'Ben Youngs has done it again! Sprinboks defence fast asleep on the edge of the rucks, the scrum half sells the dummy and this time he finds Owen Farrell who has superb hands to hold onto it and score. Easy conversion.
63'England have a scrum in great field possession after Goosen knocks the ball on. Joe Marler gets his boarding pass and comes onto the field replacing Mako Vunipola.
63'Substitute on - Joe Marler , England
63'Player substituted - Mako Vunipola , England
63'Substitute on - Jonathan Joseph , England
63'Player substituted - Jonny May , England
63'Substitute on - Faf de Klerk , South Africa
63'Player substituted - Rudy Paige , South Africa
62'England are awarded a penalty for a high tackle, but this time the flags stay down after Farrell's attempt.
59'The pass looked 50/50 but Garces gives the benefit of the doubt to South Africa, who need any luck they can get. Great break out wide with Warren Whiteley getting the offload out wide, brushing aside a defender and finding Goosen in support who scores.
59'30-14 Try - Johan Goosen , South Africa
58'South Africa score against the run of play. But first of all referee Garces wants the TMO's input for a potential forward pass.
57'Substitute on - Lourens Adriaanse , South Africa
57'Player substituted - Vincent Koch , South Africa
57'Substitute on - Jamie George , England
57'Player substituted - Dylan Hartley , England
56'Captain Dylan Hartley comes off, that reflects the nature of this Test still with over a quarter of the game left to play.
56'Player substituted - Tendai Mtawarira , South Africa
56'Substitute on - Steven Kitshoff , South Africa
54'Springboks fly-half Pat Lambie has succumbed to injury and is replaced by Johan Goosen.
54'Substitute on - Johan Goosen , South Africa
54'Player substituted - Patrick Lambie , South Africa
54'Substitute on - Nathan Hughes , England
54'Player substituted - Tom Wood , England
53'George Ford with some intelligent play, pulling the strings from fly-half. Nice tactical kick finding touch. The stoppage of play brings about a replacement and its Wasps' Nathan Hughes on for his international debut, Tom Wood comes off.
50'Springboks string a few phases together before Pat Lambie kicks straight into the hands of Jonny May. Pretty much sums up South Africa's attack this afternoon. Struggling for ideas.
49'30-9 Penalty goal - Owen Farrell , England
48'England continue the momentum and settle things down with a penalty to bring up 30 points.
46'Fair assessment from Tom May.
44'Farrell makes no mistake and Swing Low Sweet Chariot echoes around Twickenham. Lambie's re-start goes out on the full. Awful start to the second half from the Boks.
44'27-9 Conversion - Owen Farrell , England
44'25-9 Try - George Ford , England
43'Right. On. Queue. Billy Vunipola with a big run, Ben Youngs goes through a huge hole off the ruck, finds George Ford in support who scores the easiest of tries.
42'England on the attack early, South Africa doing just enough to hold them out. It looks a matter of time though before the hosts score more points.
41'Both sides back onto Twickenham. George Ford gets the second half underway.
41'20-9 End of first half
41'20-9 Penalty goal - Elliot Daly , England
40'Allister Coetzee will be pulling his hair out at the break. Springboks up 7-9, but concede 13 points in the space of six minutes to trail by 11. Eddie Jones won't be all that impressed with the effort from his side in that first forty, England's ill discipline keeping the Boks in the Test.
40'England get a penalty right on half-time and Elliot Daly lines it up from the halfway line and he absolutely nails it. Prince Harry stands and applauds as England march into the sheds up 20-9.
40'20-9 Start of second half
38'England have all the momentum and march into South Africa's half, but the attack is halted with Lawes dropping the ball cold. News in that Etzebeth won't be returning after that head knock with Billy Vunipola, big loss for the Boks.
37'17-9 Conversion - Owen Farrell , England
36'15-9 Try - Courtney Lawes , England
35'Farrell successful with the conversion, and after trailing by two points a couple of minutes ago England lead by eight.
35'The TMO is telling Garces that Pat Lambie has pushed the ball forward out of Mike Brown's hands, so it's not a knock on, it's a TRY! Big moment in this Test.
35'Could be a try here for England but I think it'll be a knock on. Great counter attack by England after a South Africa mistake, Elliot Daly kicks through great chase by Jonny May who puts pressure on, Brown toes it through and dives on it where he looks to have knocked it forward before Courtney Lawes grounds the ball.
34'10-9 Penalty goal - Owen Farrell , England
33'The scrum collapses and England are awarded a penalty. In a close Test like this Farrell will be taking the shot at goal to put England back in front.
31'Big pressure coming on from the Springboks who turn the screws, referee Garces call for a reset.
31'Player substituted - Eben Etzebeth , South Africa
31'Substitute on - Franco Mostert , South Africa
30'Etzebeth comes off for a head injury assessment. Big scrum for England five metres out centre of the field.
30'Ben Youngs with a great snipe on the ruck and then an ALMIGHTY collision between Billy Vunipola and Springboks towering second row Eben Etzebeth with the latter coming off worse for wear. Referee Garces stops play for Etzebeth to get treatment.
28'England's forwards march close to the try line, Joe Launchbury with a couple of bruising runs. George Ford is back in the pocket and misses his dropped goal attempt. Should nail those.
28'Drop goal-missed
26'Willie le Roux makes up for his previous mistake. Delicate grubber kick from George Ford trying to find Marland Yarde but le Roux does well to clean up. England have a line-out.
25'Another kicking exchange this time won by England with Willie le Roux finding touch on the full.
24'Messy sequence of play, plenty of dropped ball. South Africa have possession and territory but a chipped kick is grounded in goal by Mike Brown. 22 metre re-start.
21'7-9 Penalty goal - Patrick Lambie , South Africa
20'South Africa make serious inroads from the line-out through Willem Alberts. A cross find kick for JP Pietersen is unsuccessful, but the referee was playing advantage for offside. Lambie takes the shot at goal, Springboks back in front.
19'Huge scrum by South Africa gets them a penalty, and there's a few pleasantries exchanged after that. That's England's fifth penalty they've conceded in 19 minutes.
18'Ben Youngs with a few great box kicks giving England a chance to regather, Chris Robshaw gets his fingertips to it but can't hold on. Springbok scrum just inside England's half.
14'England do well to get the ball back off the 22 metre re-start and make some inroads into South Africa's defence before making an error. Springboks scrum.
13'Lambie sprays the penalty attempt to the right.
12'England put a box kick up after the re-start and give away a penalty with the referee ruling an England player took out Willie le Roux in the air. Lambie points to the posts.
12'7-6 Conversion - Owen Farrell , England
11'Owen Farrell makes no mistake, and England are in the lead.
11'5-6 Try - Jonny May , England
10'TRY! Lovely set piece from England's backs off the line-out. Double decoy move finds Marlan Yarde in acres of space who gets it wide to Jonny May who finishes smartly in the corner.
9'England go for the up and under high kick but Willie le Roux comfortably takes the mark and clears for touch.
8'Huge run from Tendai Mtawarira aka The Beast off the re-start. England do well though and earn their first penalty from the following ruck. Farrell finds touch.
7'Adrian Strauss throws long and finds inside centre Damian de Allande who goes over the gain line. Pat Lambie in the pocket and kicks a dropped goal with his left foot! Tidy.
7'0-6 Drop goal - Patrick Lambie , South Africa
6'Elliot Daly charges down a Pat Lambie kick but the referee was playing advantage to South Africa. Springboks kick for touch, line-out 22 metres out.
4'0-3 Penalty goal - Patrick Lambie , South Africa
3'Lambie slots the penalty for the first points of the afternoon.
3'After a bit of kicking back and forth South Africa are awarded the first penalty of the Test roughly 45 metres out. Pat Lambie to have a shot at goal.
1'Sprinboks fly-half Pat Lambie gets us underway!
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1'The stage is set, both teams stare each other down in the tunnel before walking onto Twickenham. Courtney Lawes leads England onto the pitch in his 50th Test.
1'Our reporter Tom Hamilton is at Twickenham where there are no late changes to either side.
1'Milestone Test for Courtney Lawes, the second row will bring up the half century for England after making his debut back in 2009.
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1'Good afternoon and welcome to the live updates from England's first Test of the Autumn Internationals against South Africa at Twickenham. We're about 25 minutes out from kick-off, can Eddie Jones' men beat the Boks for the first time in almost 10 years?
1'0-0 Start of first half