History of rugby union matches between England and South Africa

The national rugby union teams of England and South Africa (the Springboks) have been playing each other in Test rugby since 1906, and, by November 2021, had met in 44 Test matches. South Africa lead the series by 26 wins to 16, with 2 matches drawn. Their first meeting was on 8 December 1906, as part of South Africa's first tour of Europe, with the match ending in a 3-3 draw. The most recent meeting between the two teams was in the 2021 Autumn Internationals on 20 November 2021, which England won 27-26. The two highest-profile matches between the sides were the 2007 and the 2019 Rugby World Cup finals, both of which were won by South Africa.

Summary[]

Overall[]

Records[]

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was last set.

Results[]

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
1	8 December 1906	Crystal Palace, London	3–3	draw	1906-07 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe
2	4 January 1913	Twickenham, London	3–9	South Africa	1912-13 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe
3	2 January 1932	Twickenham, London	0–7	South Africa	1931-32 South Africa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
4	5 January 1952	Twickenham, London	3–8	South Africa	1951-52 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe
5	7 January 1961	Twickenham, London	0–5	South Africa	1960-61 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe
6	20 December 1969	Twickenham, London	11–8	England	1969-70 South Africa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
7	3 June 1972	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	9–18	England	1972 England rugby union tour of South Africa
8	2 June 1984	Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth	33–15	South Africa	1984 England rugby union tour of South Africa
9	9 June 1984	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	35–9	South Africa
10	14 November 1992	Twickenham, London	33–16	England	1992 South Africa rugby union tour of France and England
11	4 June 1994	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	15–32	England	1994 England rugby union tour of South Africa
12	11 June 1994	Newlands, Cape Town	27–9	South Africa
13	18 November 1995	Twickenham, London	14–24	South Africa
14	29 November 1997	Twickenham, London	11–29	South Africa	1997 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe
15	4 July 1998	Newlands, Cape Town	18–0	South Africa	1998 England rugby union tour of Australasia and South Africa
16	5 December 1998	Twickenham, London	13–7	England	1998 South Africa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
17	24 October 1999	Stade de France, Paris	21–44	South Africa	1999 Rugby World Cup Quarter-final
18	17 June 2000	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	18–13	South Africa	2000 England rugby union tour of South Africa
19	24 June 2000	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	22–27	England
20	2 December 2000	Twickenham, London	25–17	England	2000 Autumn International
21	24 November 2001	Twickenham, London	29–9	England	2001 Autumn International
22	23 November 2002	Twickenham, London	53–3	England	2002 Autumn International
23	18 October 2003	Subiaco Oval, Perth	25–6	England	2003 Rugby World Cup Pool C
24	20 November 2004	Twickenham, London	32–16	England	2004 Autumn International
25	18 November 2006	Twickenham, London	23–21	England	2006 South Africa rugby union tour of Ireland and England
26	25 November 2006	Twickenham, London	14–25	South Africa
27	26 May 2007	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	58–10	South Africa	2007 England rugby union tour of South Africa
28	2 June 2007	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	55–22	South Africa
29	14 September 2007	Stade de France, Paris	0–36	South Africa	2007 Rugby World Cup Pool Stage
30	20 October 2007	Stade de France, Paris	6–15	South Africa	2007 Rugby World Cup Final
31	22 November 2008	Twickenham, London	6–42	South Africa	2008 Autumn International
32	27 November 2010	Twickenham, London	11–21	South Africa	2010 Autumn International
33	9 June 2012	Kings Park, Durban	22–17	South Africa	2012 England rugby union tour of South Africa
34	16 June 2012	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	36–27	South Africa
35	23 June 2012	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth	14–14	draw
36	24 November 2012	Twickenham, London	15–16	South Africa	2012 Autumn International
37	15 November 2014	Twickenham, London	28–31	South Africa	2014 Autumn International
38	12 November 2016	Twickenham, London	37–21	England	2016 Autumn International
39	9 June 2018	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	42–39	South Africa	2018 England rugby union tour of South Africa
40	16 June 2018	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	23–12	South Africa
41	23 June 2018	Newlands, Cape Town	10–25	England
42	3 November 2018	Twickenham, London	12–11	England	2018 Autumn International
43	2 November 2019	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama	12–32	South Africa	2019 Rugby World Cup Final
44	20 November 2021	Twickenham, London	27-26	England	2021 Autumn International

List of series[]

Year	England	South Africa	Series winner
1984	0	2	South Africa
1994	1	1	draw
2000	1	1	draw
2006	1	1	draw
2007	0	2	South Africa
2012	0	2	South Africa
2018	1	2	South Africa

References[]

External links[]

• "Pick and Go Test match results database". lassen.co.nz. Retrieved 2008-11-24.