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 2016, had met in 38 Test matches. South Africa lead the series by 23 wins to 13, with 2 matches drawn. Their first meeting was on 8 December 1906, as part of the Springboks' first tour of Europe, with the match ending in a 3–3 draw. England won the most recent meeting between the teams on 12 November 2016 at Twickenham, 37-21.

Summary

Overall

Details	Played	Won by  England	Won by  South Africa	Drawn	England points	South Africa points
In England	21	9	11	1	364	338
In South Africa	13	3	9	1	213	362
Neutral venue	4	1	3	0	52	101
Overall	38	13	23	2	629	801

Records

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

Results

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

List of series

Details	Played	Won by  England	Won by  South Africa	Drawn
Overall	6	0	3	3

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

External links

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