England tour - Johannesburg, 16 June 2012, 17:00 local, 15:00 GMT
South Africa (25) 36 - 27 (10) England (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
2 5 - 0

All of England's tackles have gone to waste as the ball comes out at the side of the scrum and Willem Alberts goes over completely unopposed. A very easy try for the Boks

7 12 - 0

After a spell with the TMO - Bismarck Du Plessis' effort counts despite the best efforts of Jonathan Joseph

9 12 - 3

Flood slots the penalty from in front of the posts to reduce the deficit to nine points

15 15 - 3

M Steyn - penalty goal

18 20 - 3

England are on the ropes. Francois Hougaard darts over and the Boks have a huge advantage - this is brutal

19 22 - 3

Morne Steyn adds the extras - England are 19 behind

23 22 - 10

Great piece of play from Ben Youngs as he taps and goes at the penalty. Chris Ashton sprints away with the Boks defence disorganised and Flood goes over for the try

26 25 - 10

Morne Steyn kicks a superb drop-goal to extend the lead back to more than 2 converted tries - superb play from the fly-half

46 28 - 10

Morne Steyn adds an easy three from about 20 metres out

51 28 - 17

After much deliberation, Ben Youngs' try is given - had it been deemed to have been held up, then there would have been a clamour for the penalty try due to Alberts' high shot. Flood slots a superb conversion

58 31 - 17

Morne Steyn slots the penalty and the Boks are back to a 14 point advantage

61 31 - 24

Great rolling maul from England and Ben Youngs gets the ball down - impressive play. Flood nails a brilliant conversion as it clips the post and goes over

64 31 - 27

Great nudge from Flood - 15 minutes left and the difference is just four points - incredible effort

72 36 - 27

JP Pietersen starts atnd finishes that try - just superb. After his jinking run and the resulting phase play, Pietersen is put over in the corner

Timeline

Time South Africa  Score  England
0 start of first half start of first half
2 Alberts - try 5 - 0
7 BW du Plessis - try
M Steyn - conversion		 12 - 0
9 12 - 3 Flood - penalty goal
15 M Steyn - penalty goal 15 - 3
18 Hougaard - try 20 - 3
19 M Steyn - conversion 22 - 3
23 22 - 10 Flood - try
Flood - conversion
26 M Steyn - drop goal 25 - 10
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
44 Olivier - sub on
Lambie - sub off		 Palmer - sub on
Botha - sub off
46 M Steyn - penalty goal 28 - 10 Morgan - sub off
Waldrom - sub on
49 Cole - sub off
Corbisiero - sub on
51 28 - 17 Youngs - try
Flood - conversion
52 Alberts - sub off
Daniel - sub on
56 Marler - sub off
Cole - sub on
57 Pienaar - sub on
Habana - sub off
58 M Steyn - penalty goal 31 - 17
59 W Kruger - sub on
JN du Plessis - sub off		 Farrell - sub on
Strettle - sub off
60 Strauss - sub on
BW du Plessis - sub off
61 31 - 24 Youngs - try
Flood - conversion
62 van der Merwe - sub on
PJJ Kruger - sub off
64 31 - 27 Flood - penalty goal
72 Pietersen - try 36 - 27
74 Mears - sub on
Hartley - sub off
Dickson - sub on
Youngs - sub off
77 Joseph - sub off
Goode - sub on
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 9 points
 
Ground name Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Attendance 60101
 
Referee ACP Rolland (Ireland)
 
South Africa Test debuts none
England Test debuts AD Goode, TR Waldrom

Teams

South Africa England
Tries Alberts (2), BW du Plessis (7), Hougaard (18), Pietersen (72) Tries Flood (23), Youngs (51, 61)
Cons M Steyn (7, 19) Cons Flood (23, 51, 61)
Pens M Steyn (15, 46, 58) Pens Flood (9, 64)
Drops M Steyn (26) Drops none
    Team
15 FB
Patrick Lambie
14 W
JP Pietersen
13 C
Jean de Villiers (c)
12 C
Frans Steyn
11 W
Bryan Habana
10 FH
Morne Steyn
9 SH
Francois Hougaard
1 P
Tendai Mtawarira
2 H
Bismarck du Plessis
3 P
Jannie du Plessis
4 L
Eben Etzebeth
5 L
Juandre Kruger
6 F
Marcell Coetzee
7 F
Willem Alberts
8 N8
Pierre Spies
    Replacements
16 H
Adriaan Strauss
17 P
Werner Kruger
18 L
Flip van der Merwe
19 F
Keegan Daniel
20 W
Ruan Pienaar
21
Bjorn Basson
22 FB
Wynand Olivier
    Team
15 FB
Ben Foden
14 W
Chris Ashton
13 C
Jonathan Joseph
12 C
Manu Tuilagi
11 W
David Strettle
10 FH
Toby Flood
9 SH
Ben Youngs
1 P
Joe Marler
2 H
Dylan Hartley
3 P
Dan Cole
4 L
Mouritz Botha
5 L
Geoff Parling
6 F
Tom Johnson
7 F
Chris Robshaw (c)
8 N8
Ben Morgan
    Replacements
16 H
Lee Mears
17 P
Alex Corbisiero
18 L
Tom Palmer
19 N8
Thomas Waldrom
20 SH
Lee Dickson
21 W
Owen Farrell
22 C
Alex Goode

Match stats

South Africa   England
4 Tries 3
2 from 4 Conversion goals 3 from 3
3 from 6 Penalty goals 2 from 2
50.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
1 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
25 Kicks from hand 21
137 Passes 113
111 Runs 70
360 Metres run with ball 291
Attacking
60% Possession 40%
65% Territory 35%
9 Clean breaks 8
22 Defenders beaten 7
9 Offloads 9
89 from 94 (94.7%) Rucks won 45 from 48 (93.8%)
5 from 5 (100.0%) Mauls won 2 from 2 (100.0%)
11 Turnovers conceded 16
Defensive
56/7 Tackles made/missed 112/22
88.9% Tackling success rate 83.6%
Set pieces
5 won, 2 lost (71.4%) Scrums on own feed 5 won, 2 lost (71.4%)
9 won, 1 lost (90.0%) Lineouts on own throw 14 won, 3 lost (82.4%)
Discipline
13 Penalties conceded 12
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

SA stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Lambie 0/0 0 4/3/0 0 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Pietersen 1/0 5 2/4/7 87 4 3 0 1 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
C de Villiers 0/1 0 1/2/5 5 0 0 1 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
C FPL Steyn 0/0 0 2/6/11 18 0 3 4 1 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Habana 0/0 0 0/3/4 37 1 0 0 1 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH M Steyn 0/0 14 13/21/6 17 0 1 0 3 4/1 0/0 1 0/0
SH Hougaard 1/1 5 2/72/6 19 0 1 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Mtawarira 0/0 0 0/0/5 5 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
H BW du Plessis 1/1 5 0/6/12 28 1 6 2 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
P JN du Plessis 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Etzebeth 0/0 0 0/0/10 28 1 1 0 0 5/0 0/0 2 0/0
L PJJ Kruger 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 4/1 2/0 0 0/0
F Coetzee 0/0 0 0/0/12 13 0 1 0 0 6/0 0/0 2 0/0
F Alberts 1/0 5 0/1/9 37 2 3 1 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Spies 0/0 0 0/2/12 45 0 2 0 0 4/0 4/3 0 0/0
(H) Strauss 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) W Kruger 0/0 0 0/0/2 4 0 1 0 0 3/0 0/0 2 0/0
(L) van der Merwe 0/0 0 0/0/2 8 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Daniel 0/0 0 0/1/4 4 0 0 1 1 1/0 1/0 0 0/0
(W) Pienaar 0/0 0 0/14/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(FB) Olivier 0/0 0 1/1/1 5 0 0 0 0 1/1 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

Eng stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Foden 0/0 0 2/4/5 55 3 1 2 1 8/1 1/0 0 0/0
W Ashton 0/2 0 1/6/3 29 2 0 2 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Joseph 0/0 0 2/4/3 0 0 0 0 2 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Tuilagi 0/0 0 0/5/6 45 1 1 2 1 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Strettle 0/0 0 0/1/4 8 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Flood 1/0 17 3/24/2 20 1 1 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Youngs 2/0 10 11/34/7 17 0 0 0 4 3/0 0/1 0 0/0
P Marler 0/0 0 0/1/3 2 0 0 0 1 6/1 0/0 1 0/0
H Hartley 0/0 0 0/2/3 0 0 0 0 0 9/3 0/0 1 0/0
P Cole 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 0 5/1 0/0 3 0/0
L Botha 0/0 0 0/0/1 2 0 0 0 1 9/1 2/0 1 0/0
L Parling 0/0 0 0/3/2 4 0 0 0 0 15/1 5/0 0 0/0
F Johnson 0/0 0 1/5/7 12 0 0 1 1 13/3 2/0 0 0/0
F Robshaw 0/0 0 0/3/4 4 0 0 0 0 10/4 3/0 3 0/0
N8 Morgan 0/0 0 0/3/6 34 0 1 2 0 10/2 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Mears 0/0 0 0/0/2 3 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Corbisiero 0/0 0 0/1/2 2 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 1 0/0
(L) Palmer 0/0 0 0/2/2 7 0 0 0 2 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) Waldrom 0/0 0 0/1/4 28 1 2 0 2 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Dickson 0/0 0 0/10/2 7 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Farrell 0/0 0 1/2/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Goode 0/0 0 0/0/1 12 0 1 0 0 0/0 1/0 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

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