South Africa 15 England 6 Stade de France, 20 October (Att: 80000)
South Africa: 15 Percy Montgomery; 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Francois Steyn, 11 Bryan Habana; 10 Butch James, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Danie Rossouw, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 CJ van der Linde, 2 John Smit (c), 1 Os du Randt
Replacements: 16 Bismarck du Plessis for Smit (70-76), 19 Wikus van Heerden for Rossouw (72)
Penalty Goals: Montgomery (4), Steyn
. England: 15 Jason Robinson; 14 Paul Sackey, 13 Mathew Tait, 12 Mike Catt, 11 Mark Cueto; 10 Jonny Wilkinson, 9 Andy Gomarsall; 8 Nick Easter, 7 Lewis Moody, 6 Martin Corry, 5 Ben Kay,
| 4 Simon Shaw, 3 Phil Vickery (c), 2 Mark Regan, 1 Andrew Sheridan
Replacements: 17 Matt Stevens for Vickery (41), 22 Dan Hipkiss for Robinson (46), 21 Toby Flood for Catt (50), 16 George Chuter for Regan (62), 19 Joe Worsley for Moody (62), 18 Lawrence Dallaglio for Easter (64), 20 Peter Richards for Worsley (70)
Penalty Goals: Wilkinson (2)
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
(The pictures above show Wikus during South Africa's 15-6 win against England in the 2007 Rugby World Cup final. It was South Africa's second World Cup success in what was only their fourth appearance at the event.) |