Preview – Springboks v England

Match details, teams and results history for Saturday’s clash between the Springboks and England.

Match Details

Date: Saturday 22 November 2008
Venue: Twickenham, London
Time: 16.30 SA | 14.30 UK | 14.30 GMT

Weather:
Sunny intervals but with low temperatures
Low of -3°C and a high of 5°C

Officials:
Ref: Nigel Owens (Wales)
TJs: Alan Rolland (Ireland), Romain Poite (France)
TMO: Peter Allan (Scotland)

Comments from the Peter de Villiers

“It won’t be bad this Saturday. We know Flutey as we played against him a lot in the Super 14. And we all know Capriati (Jennifer?) is not a bad player.”

“There are South Africans playing well everywhere over here. It goes on and on. South Africans are taking over England and that’s a worrying factor for the Englishman.”

“My style is to empower the players. I believe in my players, trust them and I just hope that on the day the ball bounces for them. You know you don’t have any control over winning and losing, but you can control how you play the game.”

The Teams

Springboks (Caps)

01. Beast Mtawarira (9)
02. John Smit (captain) (80)
03. Jannie du Plessis (6)
04. Bakkies Botha (54)
05. Victor Matfield (79)
06. Schalk Burger (48)
07. Danie Rossouw (35)
08. Pierre Spies (18)

09. Ricky Januarie (33)
10. Ruan Pienaar (26)
11. Bryan Habana (45)
12. Jean de Villiers (45)
13. Adi Jacobs (20)
14. JP Pietersen (23)
15. Conrad Jantjes (23)

Replacements

16. Chiliboy Ralepelle (2)
17. Brian Mujati (11)
18. Andries Bekker (12)
19. Ryan Kankowski (6)
20. Heinrich Brussow (0)
21. Frans Steyn (26)
22. Jaque Fourie (35)

England

01. Tim Payne
02. Lee Mears
03. Phil Vickery
04. Steve Borthwick (captain)
05. Tom Palmer
06. James Haskell
07. Tom Rees
08. Nick Easter

09. Danny Care
10. Danny Cipriani
11. Ugo Monye
12. Riki Flutey
13. Jamie Noon
14. Paul Sackey
15. Delon Armitage

Replacements

16. Dylan Hartley
17. Matt Stevens
18. Simon Shaw
19. Tom Croft
20. Jordan Crane
21. Harry Ellis
22. Toby Flood

Results history since 1906

Played 30 [SA 17 – ENG 12 – DRAW 1]

Recent Results

2007 South Africa won 15-6 Stade de France, Paris WC Final
2007 South Africa won 36-0 Stade de France, Paris WC Pool
2007 South Africa won 55-22 Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
2007 South Africa won 58-10 Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein
2006 South Africa won 25-14 Twickenham, London 
2006 England won 23-21 Twickenham, London 
2004 England won 32-16 Twickenham, London
2003 England won 25-6 Subiaco Oval, Perth WC Pool
2002 England won 53-3 Twickenham, London
2001 England won 29-9 Twickenham, London
2000 England won 25-17 Twickenham, London 
2000 England won 27-22 Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein

Stats

– 9 of the 22 Boks played in the previous clash – the World Cup final in Paris in October 2007.
– Victor Matfield and Bakkies Botha will extend their record as a lock combination in the starting line-up to 44.