England were treated to a ruthless South African performance as their autumn international campaign ended in defeat at Twickenham.
The home side were lucky to be 6-6 at half-time, thanks to the boot of Toby Flood, as South Africa dominated but managed only two Morne Steyn penalty kicks.
The second period and Steyn extended the lead before tries from Willem Alberts and Lwazi Mvovo put the world champions 21-6 in front. England did have a consolation as Ben Foden went over after making an interception. Giving us the final score of:
England 11-21 South Africa
Scorers
England
Tries: Foden Pens: Flood 2
South Africa
Tries: Alberts, Mvovo Cons: Steyn Pens: M Steyn 3
Teams
England: 15-Ben Foden, 14-Chris Ashton, 13-Mike Tindall,
12-Shontayne Hape, 11-Mark Cueto, 10-Toby Flood, 9-Ben Youngs; 1-Andrew Sheridan, 2-Dylan Hartley, 3-Dan Cole, 4-Courtney Lawes, 5-Tom Palmer, 6-Tom Croft, 7-Lewis Moody (captain), 8-Nick Easter.
Replacements: 16-Steve Thompson, 17-David Wilson, 18-Simon Shaw, 19-Hendre Fourie, 20-Danny Care, 21-Charlie Hodgson, 22-Matt Banahan.
South Africa: 15-Zane Kirchner, 14-Gio Aplon, 13-Frans Steyn,
12-Jean de Villiers, 11-Lwazi Mvovo, 10-Morne Steyn, 9-Ruan Pienaar; 1-Tendai Mtawarira, 2-Bismarck du Plessis, 3-Jannie du Plessis, 4-Bakkies Botha, 5-Victor Matfield (captain), 6-Deon Stegmann, 7-Juan Smith, 8-Pierre Spies.
Replacements: 16-Adriaan Strauss, 17-CJ van der Linde, 18-Flip van der Merwe, 19-Willem Alberts, 20-Francois Hougard, 21-Patrick Lambie, 22-Adi Jacobs.