South Africa tour - Twickenham, 24 November 2012, 14:30 local, 14:30 GMT
England (6) 15 - 16 (9) South Africa (FT)

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Timeline

Time England  Score  South Africa
0 start of first half start of first half
5 Flood - penalty goal 3 - 0
6 Farrell - sub on
Flood - sub off
8 3 - 3 Lambie - penalty goal
10 Flood - sub on
Farrell - sub off
12 Flood - penalty goal 6 - 3
14 6 - 6 Lambie - penalty goal
25 6 - 9 Lambie - penalty goal
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
Cilliers - sub on
du Plessis - sub off
43 6 - 16 Alberts - try
Lambie - conversion
45 Farrell - sub on
Flood - sub off
53 Corbisiero - sub off
Vunipola - sub on
Wood - sub off
Haskell - sub on
56 Coetzee - sub on
Alberts - sub off
61 Farrell - penalty goal 9 - 16
62 HS van der Merwe - sub on
Steenkamp - sub off
67 Paice - sub on
TN Youngs - sub off
Care - sub on
BR Youngs - sub off
69 Etzebeth - sub off
PR van der Merwe - sub on
72 Farrell - penalty goal
Botha - sub on
Launchbury - sub off
12 - 16
74 Brits - sub on
Strauss - sub off
75 Cole - sub off
Wilson - sub on
78 Farrell - penalty goal 15 - 16
80 end of second half
end of half
end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result South Africa won by a margin of 1 point
 
Ground name Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance 81151
 
Referee N Owens (Wales)
 
England Test debuts none
South Africa Test debuts none

Teams

England South Africa
Tries none Tries Alberts (43)
Cons none Cons Lambie (43)
Pens Flood (5, 12), Farrell (61, 72, 78) Pens Lambie (8, 14, 25)

Match stats

England   South Africa
0 Tries 1
0 from 0 Conversion goals 1 from 1
5 from 7 Penalty goals 3 from 3
71.4% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
29 Kicks from hand 33
161 Passes 69
119 Runs 68
433 Metres run with ball 169
Attacking
58% Possession 42%
60% Territory 40%
5 Clean breaks 1
15 Defenders beaten 9
5 Offloads 1
101 from 105 (96.2%) Rucks won 56 from 61 (91.8%)
4 from 5 (80.0%) Mauls won 7 from 8 (87.5%)
16 Turnovers conceded 14
Defensive
87/9 Tackles made/missed 138/15
90.6% Tackling success rate 90.2%
Set pieces
6 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 7 won, 1 lost (87.5%)
13 won, 5 lost (72.2%) Lineouts on own throw 11 won, 1 lost (91.7%)
Discipline
9 Penalties conceded 17
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Eng stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Goode 0/0 0 6/8/9 84 1 3 0 1 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Ashton 0/0 0 1/4/7 38 1 1 2 2 4/1 0/0 2 0/0
C Tuilagi 0/0 0 1/1/7 64 2 1 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Barritt 0/0 0 0/6/6 8 0 0 0 0 9/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Brown 0/0 0 1/3/8 63 1 2 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Flood 0/0 6 4/9/1 0 0 1 0 1 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH BR Youngs 0/0 0 11/69/2 3 0 1 0 1 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Corbisiero 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
H TN Youngs 0/0 0 0/1/9 30 0 0 0 1 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Cole 0/0 0 0/0/3 2 0 0 0 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
L Launchbury 0/0 0 0/3/9 15 0 1 1 2 8/0 2/0 0 0/0
L Parling 0/0 0 0/3/9 28 0 1 0 1 5/0 6/0 0 0/0
F Wood 0/0 0 0/1/5 5 0 0 0 0 10/0 1/0 2 0/0
F Robshaw 0/0 0 0/9/14 29 0 1 0 0 12/1 2/0 1 0/0
N8 Morgan 0/0 0 0/7/14 52 0 3 2 3 7/1 1/0 1 0/0
(H) Paice 0/0 0 0/0/2 2 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Wilson 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Vunipola 0/0 0 0/0/4 5 0 0 0 1 1/1 0/0 1 0/0
(L) Botha 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 1 0/0 1/0 0 0/0
(F) Haskell 0/0 0 0/0/8 5 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Care 0/0 0 0/22/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Farrell 0/0 9 5/14/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

SA stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Kirchner 0/0 0 5/1/6 15 0 0 0 2 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Pietersen 0/0 0 2/2/6 13 0 0 0 1 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
C de Jongh 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
C de Villiers 0/0 0 0/2/3 12 0 2 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Hougaard 0/0 0 4/0/5 42 1 2 0 2 6/2 0/0 1 0/0
FH Lambie 0/0 11 8/4/7 17 0 1 0 1 12/1 0/0 2 0/0
SH Pienaar 0/0 0 14/51/3 19 0 1 0 4 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Steenkamp 0/0 0 0/0/6 4 0 0 0 1 6/2 1/0 0 0/0
H Strauss 0/0 0 0/2/6 1 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
P du Plessis 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 0 4/3 0/0 2 0/0
L Etzebeth 0/0 0 0/0/5 10 0 0 0 2 17/1 4/1 1 0/0
L Kruger 0/0 0 0/0/3 3 0 0 0 0 12/0 4/0 0 0/0
F Louw 0/0 0 0/2/4 7 0 1 1 1 10/1 1/0 1 0/0
F Alberts 1/0 5 0/0/3 4 0 0 0 0 10/2 1/1 1 0/0
N8 Vermeulen 0/0 0 0/4/7 21 0 2 0 0 14/0 0/0 2 0/0
(H) Brits 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) HS van der Merwe 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Cilliers 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 10/0 0/0 1 0/0
(L) PR van der Merwe 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Coetzee 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 9/1 0/0 1 0/0
Key T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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