2007 England rugby union tour of South Africa

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 tour	Australia 2006
Next tour	New Zealand 2008

Main article: 2007 mid-year rugby union tests

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.

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

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	report	Try: 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

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

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