England unbeaten in autumn internationals as they weather a massive Springbok onslaught to win by one point at Twickenham thanks to a late penalty from Marcus Smith.
Marcus Smith was the hero as undermanned England outlasted South Africa in a remarkable closing autumn Test at Twickenham, gaining a measure of revenge for their 2019 World Cup final defeat.
England simply dominated proceedings early on, passing some initial aerial tests and forcing Willie Le Roux to touch down behind his own line before their inexperienced front row with Bevan Rodd and Jamie Blamire – who have only seven caps between them but started due to the absences of Ellis Genge and Jamie George – came out on top at the first scrum.
However, South Africa stepped things up in the second half and their forward dominance began to tell as England gave away a number of penalties, allowing Handre Pollard and Elton Jantjies to kick six penalties between them.
England ill-discipline was punished by Steyn, whose penalty made it 26-24 to South Africa with just over five minutes left.
However, up stepped Harlequins flyhalf, Marcus Smith who kicked a 79th minute penalty to give England a hard-fought 27-26 win over South Africa in their Autumn Nations Series clash at Twickenham.
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