England tour - Port Elizabeth, 23 June 2012, 17:00 local, 15:00 GMT
South Africa (9) 14 - 14 (8) England (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
1 0 - 3

Toby Flood slots the early penalty and England have the narrow advantage - solid start

6 3 - 3

Solid start from Steyn as he slots a long range penalty

10

Great piece of play from Danny Care as he catches the Springboks with a quick penalty and darts over the line - advantage England

10 3 - 8

Great piece of play from Danny Care as he catches the Springboks with a quick penalty and darts over the line - advantage England

15 6 - 8

Steyn - penalty goal

27 9 - 8

Steyn puts the Boks in front with a kick from out on the right - Boks in front by one

44 9 - 11

Farrell slots the three points - but that was all down to Ashton's brilliant hit on Aplon

61 14 - 11

England are slow to re-organise and Pietersen goes over in the corner - advantage Springboks

71

Farrell draws the game level - a fascinating last nine minutes in prospect

71 14 - 14

Farrell draws the game level - a fascinating last nine minutes in prospect

Timeline

Time South Africa  Score  England
0 start of first half start of first half
1 0 - 3 Flood - penalty goal
6 Steyn - penalty goal 3 - 3
10 3 - 8 Care - try
12 Flood - sub off
Farrell - sub on
15 Steyn - penalty goal 6 - 8
27 Steyn - penalty goal 9 - 8 Farrell - sub off
Barritt - sub on
35 Farrell - sub on
Barritt - sub off
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
44 9 - 11 Farrell - penalty goal
49 Pienaar - sub on
Hougaard - sub off
51 Hartley - yellow card
54 Potgieter - sub off
Kankowski - sub on
van der Merwe - sub on
Etzebeth - sub off
Johnson - sub off
Mears - sub on
61 Pietersen - try 14 - 11 Johnson - sub on
Mears - sub off
63 BW du Plessis - sub off
Strauss - sub on
Barritt - sub on
Joseph - sub off
66 Palmer - sub off
Botha - sub on
Dowson - sub on
Johnson - sub off
71 14 - 14 Farrell - penalty goal
75 W Kruger - sub on
JN du Plessis - sub off
80+1 end of second half
end of half
end of second half
end of half
0
81

Notes

 
Result Match drawn
 
Ground name Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Attendance 45668
 
Referee SR Walsh (Australia)
 
South Africa Test debuts UJ Potgieter
England Test debuts none

Teams

South Africa England
Tries Pietersen (61) Tries Care (10)
Pens Steyn (6, 15, 27) Pens Flood (1), Farrell (44, 71)

Match stats

South Africa   England
1 Tries 1
0 from 1 Conversion goals 0 from 1
3 from 5 Penalty goals 3 from 4
50.0% Kick at goal success 60.0%
0 (1 missed) Dropped goals 0 (2 missed)
Kick/pass/run
30 Kicks from hand 34
128 Passes 118
125 Runs 96
368 Metres run with ball 229
Attacking
55% Possession 45%
57% Territory 43%
2 Clean breaks 3
17 Defenders beaten 16
6 Offloads 6
102 from 107 (95.3%) Rucks won 79 from 83 (95.2%)
5 from 6 (83.3%) Mauls won 2 from 2 (100.0%)
15 Turnovers conceded 10
Defensive
115/16 Tackles made/missed 155/17
87.8% Tackling success rate 90.1%
Set pieces
6 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 7 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
9 won, 3 lost (75.0%) Lineouts on own throw 8 won, 2 lost (80.0%)
Discipline
8 Penalties conceded 12
0/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

SA stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Aplon 0/0 0 5/0/10 63 0 1 0 2 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Pietersen 1/0 5 0/2/12 67 1 3 1 1 3/0 0/0 2 0/0
C de Villiers 0/0 0 0/3/4 15 1 2 1 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Olivier 0/0 0 0/2/9 15 0 2 0 0 11/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Habana 0/0 0 2/3/9 67 0 1 0 0 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
FH Steyn 0/0 9 13/19/8 14 0 1 0 1 7/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Hougaard 0/0 0 7/59/4 20 0 2 1 0 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Mtawarira 0/0 0 0/0/4 2 0 0 0 0 8/1 0/0 0 0/0
H BW du Plessis 0/0 0 0/2/4 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
P JN du Plessis 0/0 0 0/0/4 2 0 0 0 1 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
L Etzebeth 0/0 0 0/0/6 7 0 0 0 2 4/0 1/1 0 0/0
L PJJ Kruger 0/0 0 0/3/2 1 0 0 0 0 10/0 4/0 0 0/0
F Coetzee 0/0 0 0/5/20 26 0 2 3 2 10/1 1/0 1 0/0
F Potgieter 0/0 0 0/0/5 8 0 0 0 1 10/1 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Spies 0/0 0 0/3/9 31 0 0 0 1 10/0 1/1 0 0/0
(H) Strauss 0/0 0 0/0/4 1 0 0 0 0 5/2 0/0 0 0/0
(P) W Kruger 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
(L) van der Merwe 0/0 0 0/0/4 4 0 0 0 0 6/3 1/0 0 0/0
(F) Kankowski 0/0 0 0/0/4 5 0 1 0 2 4/2 1/0 0 0/0
(SH) Pienaar 0/1 0 3/27/3 20 0 2 0 1 5/1 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

Eng stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Goode 0/0 0 7/2/10 29 0 1 0 1 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Ashton 0/0 0 1/3/9 25 0 4 0 0 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Joseph 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 1 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Tuilagi 0/0 0 0/0/7 20 0 3 0 0 9/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Foden 0/0 0 3/3/5 35 0 2 2 1 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Flood 0/0 3 0/4/1 0 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Care 1/0 5 10/74/5 6 1 1 0 3 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Marler 0/0 0 0/1/4 6 0 1 0 0 10/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Hartley 0/0 0 0/4/6 8 0 0 0 0 10/1 0/0 2 1/0
P Cole 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 7/1 0/0 3 0/0
L Palmer 0/0 0 0/3/5 3 0 0 2 0 14/1 2/0 1 0/0
L Parling 0/0 0 0/0/3 2 0 0 0 1 18/1 3/1 1 0/0
F Johnson 0/0 0 0/2/4 16 1 0 0 0 12/1 2/0 0 0/0
F Haskell 0/0 0 0/2/5 7 0 0 0 1 23/1 1/0 1 0/0
N8 Waldrom 0/0 0 0/4/19 61 1 3 0 2 13/0 0/0 1 0/0
(H) Mears 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Botha 0/0 0 0/0/4 1 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Dowson 0/0 0 0/0/3 3 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Farrell 0/0 6 13/14/3 7 0 1 1 0 6/2 0/0 1 0/0
(C) Barritt 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 8/1 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

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