History: England stop SA
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:58
South Africa had much kudos to gain when they came to Twickenham in 1998, the last match of the long year for them.
Carel du Plessis ended his coaching regime with a huge win over Australia and then Nick Mallett took over and the honeymoon lasted a long time till the Springboks had equalled the 1967-70 All Blacks with 18 wins in a row.
One more and they would have the record on their own. One more and they would have their fifth Grand Slam of victories over the Four Home Unions. The Springboks had beaten Wales (unconvincingly) 28-20, Scotland 35-10 and Ireland 27-13. Then they went to Twickenham.
England vs South Africa, 13-7 at Twickenham, London on 5 December 1998
England started taking control of this match midway through the first half and never looked like relinquishing their grip.
Pieter Rossouw scored the simplest of tries after 10 minutes, rounding Nick Beal easily and putting the Springboks into the lead, but when South African Mike Catt had Stefan Terblanche at sixes and sevens with a perfect hanging crosskick that saw Dan Luger master and score, the writing was on the wall for the visitors.
Darren Garforth, a year after spending an afternoon with his head up where the sun never shines against the selfsame opponents, provided the home team with the anchor it needed to get their groove going and Clive Woodward’s young charges got their first taste of southern hemisphere blood.
Martin Johnson and Lawrence Dallaglio were in the thick of things for the home side and were visibly fresher than their guests. The North was closing the gap fast and player fatigue had become a real problem in South Africa.
Scorers:
For England:
Try: Guscott.
Con: Dawson.
Pens: Dawson 2
For South Africa:
Try: Rossouw.
Con:
Montgomery.
England: ND Beal, T Underwood (DL Rees), JC Guscott, PR de Glanville (AD King), DD Luger, MJ Catt, MJS Dawson, RA Hill, NA Back, LBN Dallaglio (captain), TAK Rodber (DJ Grewcock), MO Johnson, DJ Garforth, R Cockerill, J Leonard.
South Africa: PC Montgomery, CS Terblanche, AH Snyman, JC Stewart, PWG Rossouw, HW Honiball, JH van der Westhuizen (W Swanepoel), GH Teichmann (captain), RB Skinstad, J Erasmus, MG Andrews (AG Venter), K Otto, AC Garvey (A-H le Roux), J Dalton, RB Kempson (A-H le Roux - Temp).
Referee: PD O'Brien (New Zealand).
Results Down the Years
1906: Draw 3-3 at Crystal Palace, London
1913: South Africa won 9-3 at Twickenham, London
1932: South Africa won 7-0 at Twickenham, London
1952: South Africa won 8-3 at Twickenham, London
1961: South Africa won 5-0 at Twickenham, London
1969: England won 11-8 at Twickenham, London
1972; England won 18-9 at Ellis Park, Johannesburg
1984; South Africa won 33-15 at Boet Erasmus, Pt Elizabeth
1984; South Africa won 35-9 at Ellis Park, Johannesburg
1992: England won 16-33 at Twickenham, London
1994; South Africa won 27-9 at Newlands, Cape Town
1994; South Africa won 15-32 at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
1995: South Africa won 24-14 at Twickenham, London
1997: South Africa won 29-11 at Twickenham, London
1998: England won 13-7 at Twickenham, London
1998; South Africa won 18-0 at Newlands, Cape Town
1999: South Africa won 44-21 at Stade de France, Paris
2000; England won 22-27 at Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein
2000: England won 25-17 at Twickenham, London
2000; South Africa won 18-13 at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
2001: England won 29-9 at Twickenham, London
2002: England won 53-3 at Twickenham, London
2003: England won 25-6 at Subiaco Oval, Perth, Australia
2004: England won 32-16
at Twickenham, London
2006: South Africa won 25-14 at Twickenham, London
2006: England won 23-21 at Twickenham, London
2007: South Africa won 55-22 at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
2007: South Africa won 36-0 at Stade de France, Paris
2007: South Africa won 15-6 at Stade de France, Paris
2007: South Africa won 58-10 at Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein
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