2007 England rugby union tour of South Africa

The 2007 England rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of matches played in May and June 2007 in South Africa by England national rugby union team to prepare for the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

2007 England rugby union tour of South Africa
Summary
P W D L
Total
02 00 00 02
Test match
02 00 00 02
Opponent
P W D L
 South Africa
2 0 0 2
Tour chronology
Previous tourAustralia 2006
Next tourNew Zealand 2008

In both tests, the team, coached by Brian Ashton lost heavily against the future world cup winners. Many injured players remained at home, and it was therefore not possible for England to provide a strong opposition to the Springboks.

First test

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26 May 2007
South Africa  58–10  England
Try: Burger, de Villiers
Habana 2, Steyn
van der Linde, Willemse
Con: Montgomery 7
Pen: Montgomery 3
reportTry: Simpson-Daniel
Con: Wilkinson
Pen: Wilkinson
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Attendance: 32.000
Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)
South Africa England
Percy Montgomery FB 15 FB Mike Brown
Ashwin Willemse W 14 W Iain Balshaw
Wynand Olivier C 13 C Mathew Tait
Jean de Villiers C 12 C Toby Flood
Bryan Habana W 11 W Jason Robinson (capt.)
Butch James FH 10 FH Jonny Wilkinson
Ricky Januarie SH 9 SH Andy Gomarsall
Danie Rossouw N8 8 N8 Nick Easter
Juan Smith F 7 F Andy Hazell
Schalk Burger F 6 F Chris Jones
Victor Matfield L 5 L Alex Brown
Bakkies Botha L 4 L Dean Schofield
BJ Botha P 3 P Stuart Turner
(capt.) John Smit H 2 H Mark Regan
Deon Carstens P 1 P Kevin Yates
Replacements
  Gary Botha H 16 H Matt Cairns  
  Gurthro Steenkamp P 17 P Darren Crompton  
  CJ van der Linde P 18 F Roy Winters  
  Johann Muller L 19 F Pat Sanderson  
  Pierre Spies N8 20 FH Shaun Perry  
  Ruan Pienaar C 21 Anthony Allen
  Frans Steyn W 22 W James Simpson-Daniel  
Coaches
Jake White     Brian Ashton

Second Test

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2 June 2007
South Africa  55–22  England
Try: JP Botha, Burger
Habana 2, Januarie
Montgomery, Spies 2
Con: James
Montgomery 5
Pen: Montgomery
Try: Scarbrough
Con: Wilkinson
Pen: Wilikinson 5
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Attendance: .000
South Africa England
Percy Montgomery FB 15 FB Mike Brown
Akona Ndungane W 14 W Jamie Noon
Wynand Olivier C 13 C Mathew Tait
Jean de Villiers C 12 C Toby Flood
  Bryan Habana W 11 W Dan Scarbrough
Butch James FH 10 FH Jonny Wilkinson (capt.)
Ricky Januarie SH 9 SH Andy Gomarsall
Pierre Spies N8 8 N8 Ben Skirving
Juan Smith F 7 F Magnus Lund
Schalk Burger F 6 F Nick Easter
Victor Matfield L 5 L Alex Brown
Bakkies Botha L 4 L Roy Winters
CJ van der Linde P 3 P Matt Stevens
(capt.) John Smit H 2 H Mark Regan
Gurthro Steenkamp P 1 P Kevin Yates
Replacements
  Gary Botha H 16 H Andy Titterrell  
  Deon Carstens P 17 P Stuart Turner  
  Johann Muller L 18 L Dean Schofield  
  Bobby Skinstad F 19 L Chris Jones  
  Ruan Pienaar SH 20 SH Shaun Perry  
  Frans Steyn FB 21 Anthony Allen
  Ashwin Willemse W 22 FB Nick Abendanon  
Coaches
Jake White     Brian Ashton

References

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