Autumn Nations Series: England v South Africa

11 Nov 2024 | 3 min |

Autumn Nations Series preview: England v South Africa

Everything you need to know as England Men face world champions South Africa at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham for their third game of the 2024 Autumn Nations Series.

Steve Borthwick’s side face the Springboks this Saturday 16 November, in their first meeting since the World Cup semi-final, which South Africa won 15-16.

England will also be looking to respond with a win after defeat by Australia on Saturday thanks to a last-minute try from Max Jorgensen.

Where	Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
When	Saturday 16 November
Kick-off	17:40
Where to watch	TNT Sports

Last time out

Stats & facts

England have won three of their last four games against South Africa at Allianz Stadium, although the Springboks won the most recent encounter there in 2022.

Among Tier 1 men's nations, only Argentina have crossed the gainline in a higher proportion of their carries than England (64.3%), who are closely followed by South Africa (64.2%).

South Africa have retained possession from 22% of their kicks in play, the most of any Tier 1 men's team, while England have retained the second most with 16%.

Ben Earl has made the most carries in 2024 so far, with 160 carries and is second for total metres made this year, with 856.

Ollie Sleightholme currently has two tries from his three caps and is averaging a try every 27 minutes.

Previous encounters

2023: England 15-16 South Africa

2022: England 13-27 South Africa

2021: England 27-26 South Africa

2019: England 12-32 South Africa

2018: England 12-11 South Africa

Manu Tuilagi about to score against South Africa

Famous fixtures: England v South Africa

England's 36-player squad

Forwards

Fin Baxter (Harlequins)

Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)

Alex Coles (Northampton Saints)

Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks)

Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins)

Ben Curry (Sale Sharks)

Theo Dan (Saracens)

Trevor Davison (Northampton Saints)

Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)

Ben Earl (Saracens)

Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby)

Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears)

Jamie George (Saracens)

Ted Hill (Bath Rugby)

Nick Isiekwe (Saracens)

Maro Itoje (Saracens)

George Martin (Leicester Tigers)

Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks)

Will Stuart (Bath Rugby)

Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby)

Backs

Elliot Daly (Saracens)

George Ford (Sale Sharks)

Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints)

George Furbank (Northampton Saints)

Ollie Lawrence (Bath Rugby)

Alex Lozowski (Saracens)

Luke Northmore (Harlequins)

Harry Randall (Bristol Bears)

Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks)

Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs)

Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton Saints)

Fin Smith (Northampton Saints)

Marcus Smith (Harlequins)

Ben Spencer (Bath Rugby)

Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers)

Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers)