Jacques van der Westhuyzen

By Jacques van der Westhuyzen

Head of Sport


FT: England 13 South Africa 27 at Twickenham — LIVE

The Boks proved too good for a poor England side at Twickenham on Saturday.


South Africa beat England 27-13 at Twickenham on Saturday in the teams’ final match of the Autumn Series.

The Springbok previously beat Italoy, while England drew with New Zealand last week.

The South Africans end their tour 2-2 after starting with narrow defeats against Ireland and France.

Tries by Kurt-Lee Arendse and Eben Etzebeth and two-drop goals by Damian Willemse helped the Boks win at the home of English rugby for the first time in eight years.

Below is how The Citizen reported live on the match on Saturday.

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The significant changes in the Bok side this week were at wing where Makazole Mapimpi returned, at centre where Jesse Kriel came back into the team and at No 8 where Evan Roos got a third Bok cap. Eben Etzebeth also returned to the starting team after playing off the bench last week against Italy.

Thomas du Toit, Marco van Staden, Jaden Hendrikse and Canan Moodie were all newcomers on the bench this week.

The England team’s biggest changes from last week were in the front row where Mako Vunipola and Jamie George get starts.

TEAMS

England: Freddie Steward; Tommy Freeman, Manu Tuilagi, Owen Farrell (capt), Jonny May; Marcus Smith, Jack van Poortvliet; Billy Vunipola, Tom Curry, Alex Coles; Jonny Hill, Maro Itoje; Kyle Sinckler, Jamie George, Mako Vunipola. Bench: Luke Cowan-Dickie, Ellis Genge, Will Stuart, David Ribbans, Sam Simmonds, Ben Youngs, Henry Slade, Jack Nowell

South Africa: Willie le Roux, Makazole Mapimpi, Jesse Kriel, Damian de Allende, Kurt-Lee Arendse, Damian Willemse, Faf de Klerk, Evan Roos, Franco Mostert, Siya Kolisi (capt), Marvin Orie, Eben Etzebeth, Frans Malherbe, Bongi Mbonambi, Ox Nche. Bench: Malcolm Marx, Steven Kitshoff, Thomass du Toit, Marco van Staden, Kwagga Smith, Jaden Hendrikse, Manie Libbok, Canan Moodie

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