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It's a chilly day at Twickenham in South West London, as Martin Johnson's England side welcome South Africa. Johnson has kept faith with many of those that struggled against the Wallabies last week - with James Haskell coming in for Tom Croft and Tim Payne for the injured Andrew Sheridan.
South Africa have failed to set Europe alight so far on this trip - but don't forget, they are the World Champions. Indeed this is a rematch of the 2007 World Cup Final in Paris, a game which South Africa ultimately controlled. Forget the concerns that South Africa are fatigued, and that England are a work in progress - it doesn't matter. It's fifteen vs fifteen and this will be tasty.
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3 - 0 |
Short, grubber kick-off from Cipriani, Burger is alive to it, slides in to gather. England forwards pile in and win the penalty at the ruck. Cipriani lines it up, 40m out, pretty straight. Great kick
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Jantjes restarts long and high - straight out. England scrum
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Scrum reset a couple of times on halfway. Freekick England. Care is away, play moves to the left touchline, as England gain 10m. Back right, Monye kicks through, into touch on the SA 22
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SA take comfortably and clear. Sackey takes, to Monye who brings it up on halfway. England pinged at the ruck for not releasing
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3 - 3 |
Pienaar lines it up and it flies straight and true
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England restart, SA return fire and Sackey knocks on under pressure from the chasing Habana
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SA make a mess of the scrum, knocking on. Rees pours through, but they come back for the knock on
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England penalty at the scrum - SA taking it down. Cipriani lines it up on halfway to the right of the posts. Right at the edge of his range
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He gets a solid contact but its short. SA bang it long. Sackey takes on the SA defence and make a hlaf break. On to Cipriani who kicks, SA gather but are charged down by Rees, Habana gathers and touches down behind his own line
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England scrum in the right hand corner. they got left, Noon has a goo but is stopped, back the other way, Flutey nearly through this time. More phases, but its static
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SA hack through at the ruck. Pietersen chases hard and beats Armitage to it. SA have ball and men over. It's move left, Habana in acres of space, but Sackey steps up to snuff out danger
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SA up the tempo and go on attack. England are a bit sluggish and make good ground
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SA still have it and are in the England 22. Jacobs goes hard for the corner, flipped back inside, Borthwick is back to save the day. SA scrum 5m out
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3 - 8 |
SA run a move, committing the defence, Rossouw gets hold of it and he powers over for the try at the posts
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3 - 10 |
England restart and SA kick back. England back three a bit uneasy there, but get away with it. SA scrum, they kick to the left touchline, Sackey takes athletically and runs it back hard making 25m good stuff that
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The defence is good though, not committing too many players. They get it back and attack strongly
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they loose it at a ruck in England territory, England scrum. Back to Cipriani, who takes too long - charged down
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3 - 17 |
Pienaar gathers and trots over for the try
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England get hold of it from the restart and win the penalty just in the SA half. Care goes
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England put pace on it. Cipriani to Rees to Haskell to Armitage. Armitage goes hard for the corner, but Botha of all people is there to force the England fullback into touch the right hand corner
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England steal the line out and build the phases on the SA 22. Flutey darts, and then Payne hammers on
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Penalty SA. Haskell for obstruction. Bit cynical that. Pienaar relieves the pressure with his kick
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England lineout put big pressure on but Palmer gives away a pen as it breaks up
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3 - 20 |
Solid kick from Pienaar. This is a big lead now
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Exchange of kicks from the restart. Cipriani hoists, but its not deep enough, but SA make a mess of it and England win it back. Cipriani half charged down, but England regain
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Play slows as England probe the fringes, Mears offloads well. England penalty and Cipriani lines it up again. Another tough shot this
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6 - 20 |
Thats a better kick
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Easter takes the restart, he's been solid this half. England kick and Jantjes returns fire. Armitage takes, but again it's a bit hesitant. Ruck formed and SA are penalised for off their feet. Mtawarira goes to the bin
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Flood on for Flutey gives England different kicking options. England gather the restart, but it's Care that clears. Ball bounces and SA get hold
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Turned over in midfield and England have it. Easter gets it at first receiver and kicks long. Interesting option that. SA kick back
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Shaw is on and immediately makes his sizeable presence felt at the lineout. SA scrum
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Pienaar puts up the bomb, with Armitage claims positively. England run it. Flood kicks, but Pienaar is back sweeping up on halfway
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England scrum in midfield and they kick again. This time Cipriani for Noon, but Pietersen is there sweeping this time.
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The game breaks up as SA try and run it, but the England defence pushes them back. SA penalty just inside their own half
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Pienaar lines it up. This is a huge attempt
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Hasn't got the legs. England clear long, and SA send it back. No one claims it for England. Haskell loses it, SA hack through, Monye is back to save the day, gets it clear
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SA lineout taken slicky. Habana is worked into a gap, but England slow it down and their push defence sends SA backwards
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Pietersen goes hard, but is dragged down, now Smit pummels away. England are just doing enough here, and get the turnover. Care clears. SA come back but again England come up with the ball
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Worked left to Monye in a bit of space. He's up to halfway, kicks on, but it's straight into touch
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SA lineout taken well, SA control it, and that's halftime
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We're back underway. Play settles with a scrum on halfway. Care is pinged for feeding. The SA back row take it on
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England make their tackles though and SA resort to the kick
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De Villiers chases strongly and Armitage cannot take, over running that one. Knock on SA, England scrum. They shunt it well, and England kick for position into the SA half
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SA kick it back, and England build the phases with the big men smashing away. Now they send it wide. Monye gets some space and goes hard, but Habana is across
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Armitage takes it on, into the SA 22. England scrum
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England spread it right with a clever move in midfield but the final pass isnt there. Sackey takes it on the bounce and goes hard for the line. De VIlliers is across and makes the try saving tackle
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England still have the ball though and pound at the SA line. Awesome SA defence, simply incredible tackling. Care, Noon, Flood all go close but SA nick it and clear. Impressive stuff from the World Champs
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England start all over again on halfway. Mears and Shaw try the offloading game, Mears effectively, Shaw statically. It breaks down and SA kick long
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Long trundle back for Easter, who dabs down in goal. England 22 drop out
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England get it back, but cant find composure. Flood pass straight into touch
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6 - 25 |
SA have the line out and run a slick move in midfield. The defence is sucked in tackle Pietersen, who pops to Jacobs on a great angle. He's in behind, steps the fullback and outpaces the covering Sackey to score
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6 - 27 |
Long way back for England now. Play settles from the restart with an SA scrum just in their own half. They kick, and Armitage takes well. Now England put pace on it, through Sackey
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He makes 10, 15m down the right. Back to Cipriani, loose kick. Pienaar takes easily in his own 22, marks and clears
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SA up the tempo again and England are starting to look ragged
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Monye gets it near halftime and sets the ruck. England build, crabbing across the pitch on halfway
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Good work from Shaw creates a bit of space, brought left, and Monye takes on the bounce
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The Quins flyer has another go but SA as they have been all game are across. Tackle comes in, which looks a bit high. England penalty, Cipriani puts it into the corner
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Shaw takes the lineout and England run it right. It's a bit sideways though and SA cut their men down. Half break from Care, moved right and again the final pass is wrong. Cipriani guilty this time
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England attack again, Armitage to Monye. Huge tackle from Pietersen. SA pour though and absolutely cream England at that ruck
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SA get it and clear long. Excellent kick from Pienaar, controlled and sensible
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SA on attack in the England 22. England kick through at the ruck, but SA scoot back and mount another attack. Habana asks the question with a kick into the England 22. Armitage is back and does well
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Ruck formed near the England posts, and Easter is penalised for squeeze ball. Easy shot this
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6 - 30 |
England get hold off it, but it's a bit loose, with players upright and static.
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Armitage gets hold of it on the SA 10m line, goose-steps, breaks round a ruck and is away. He chips and Jantjes blocks him
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England take the scrum near the SA line. Easter picks up but is driven backwards. Hartley has a go, but is stopped
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Januarie pounces, and gets it clear. Superb defence from SA again there
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SA drive England back again, back to their own 22. Hartley throws in, not straight
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SA go on attack - a rarity in this half - but are penalised for off their feet at the ruck
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England nudge it up the touchline, win the lineout and Flood kicks well for position
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England attack on halfway, string some passes left, but theyre not precise. Noon has a bit of space but it closed down. Swung back the other way and Sackey can't hold a simple pass
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SA scrum just outside their 22. Kankowski brings it up athletically, he's stopped and SA kick
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Bit of a lull in the game here. That is until Steyn ghosts through a gap. Screaming break from SA here, onto Habana who goes straight and feeds De Villiers who goes for the line, but England through Armitage and Ellis get back
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SA recycle and Burger goes for the line but England nick it back and Flood clears
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England get hold of it near halfway but again the SA tackles rain in
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Armitage gets it, but nothing is on, so he kicks to the lefthand corner
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More territory and ball for England. Monye chips, Januarie is back who kicks back, Cipriani has it in space, poor pass hits the deck
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England regather though. Stevens knocks on three yards out. Steyn boots long
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6 - 35 |
Fourie beats a retreating Sackey to it and is away. Armitage half stops him, Fourie is up again and over
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6 - 37 |
It's a shellshocked Twickenham that digests the fact this is now England's heaviest ever defeat at home.
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England go through the motions but Januarie is still there chivvying and prompting, as he is announced as man-of-the-match. Match winds down in the England half. SA penalty
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SA go quickly, moved left, simple, through the hands rugby and Habana goes in the left hand corner. Ouch.
Conversion is missed but it's irrelevant. What a performance from the World Champions. Huge defence and ruthless attack. As for England? Not many positives at all. And next up the All Blacks. Don't expect Martin Johnson to be smiling anytime soon.
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6 - 42 |
Habana - try
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