England vs South Africa live: Owen Farrell and George Ford tries help end 10-year wait for win over Springboks
Follow the latest news and updates from England's first Autumn international a Twickenham
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Your support makes all the difference.England ended their 10-year wait for a victory over South Africa after comfortably securing a 37-21 victory at Twickenham on Saturday afternoon, maintaining their winning run under head coach Eddie Jones and kicking off their Autumn internationals with a bang. Re-live the action here.
- England beat South Africa 37-21
- England score first-half tries through Jonny May and Courtney Lawes
- Lawes gets first England try on his 50th cap
- George Ford and Owen Farrell touch down after the break
- South Africa score consolations through Johan Goosen and Willie le Roux
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Teams
England: Mike Brown; Marland Yarde, Elliot Daly, Owen Farrell, Jonny May; George Ford, Ben Youngs; Mako Vunipola, Dylan Hartley, Dan Cole; Joe Launchbury, Courtney Lawes; Chris Robshaw, Tom Wood, Billy Vunipola.
Replacements: Jamie George, Joe Marler, Kyle Sinckler, Dave Attwood, Nathan Hughes, Danny Care, Ben Te'o, Jonathan Joseph.
South Africa: Willie le Roux; Ruan Combrinck, Francois Venter, Damian de Allende, JP Pietersen; Patrick Lambie, Rudy Paige; Tendai Mtawarira, Adriaan Strauss, Vincent Koch; Eben Etzebeth, Lood de Jager; Willem Alberts, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Warren Whiteley.
Replacements: Bongi Mbonambi, Steven Kitshoff, Lourens Adriaanse, Franco Mostert, Nizaam Carr, Faf de Klerk, Johan Goosen, Lionel Mapoe
Our poll is currently a pretty close affair - much like what we're expecting out there today. England just lead the way 55% to 45%, but it one thing is certain, none of you are backing a draw!
With 30 minutes to go until kick-off, here's a reminder of the teams:
England: Mike Brown; Marland Yarde, Elliot Daly, Owen Farrell, Jonny May; George Ford, Ben Youngs; Mako Vunipola, Dylan Hartley, Dan Cole; Joe Launchbury, Courtney Lawes; Chris Robshaw, Tom Wood, Billy Vunipola.
Replacements: Jamie George, Joe Marler, Kyle Sinckler, Dave Attwood, Nathan Hughes, Danny Care, Ben Te'o, Jonathan Joseph.
South Africa: Willie le Roux; Ruan Combrinck, Francois Venter, Damian de Allende, JP Pietersen; Patrick Lambie, Rudy Paige; Tendai Mtawarira, Adriaan Strauss, Vincent Koch; Eben Etzebeth, Lood de Jager; Willem Alberts, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Warren Whiteley.
Replacements: Bongi Mbonambi, Steven Kitshoff, Lourens Adriaanse, Franco Mostert, Nizaam Carr, Faf de Klerk, Johan Goosen, Lionel Mapoe
Name and shame time: Billy Vunipola with the drop during the warm-up. He'll want to iron that out of his game pretty quickly, especially with Eddie Jones standing in midfield watching on...
Jones calls in the entire squad and coaching team, and they have a short huddle, before dispersing into a quick mini-game involving the starting XV defending and the rest trying to test them with ball in hand. Obviously, 15 against 8 will only end in one result, but it's worth noting that once again Jones is right behind the defensive line and in the thick of it.
South Africa too are practicing their defence, and you get the idea that the winner today is going to be whoever can impose on their side without the ball. With the ground wet - although the rain has indeed stopped - it's not a day for running, attacking, eye-catching rugby, although that hasn't been the Springboks' mantra for quite some time.
England head in first, 12 minutes before kick-off, and the South Africans follow them in a minute later as final preparations begin to get underway. After the anthems, we'll have a minute's silence to honour yesterday's Armistice Day, and both teams will be wearing poppies on their sleeves today - no armbands, no disputes, none of that Fifa-governed nonsense here.
Courtney Lawes leads out England on his 50th cap as the two sides emerge, and there's a minutes' silence before the anthems get underway.
Both anthems are impeccably served, and we're ready to go here!
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