2007 Rugby World Cup: South Africa defeat England
{{date|September 14, 2007}}
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date=September 14, 2007<br>21:00 (UTC+2) |
team1=[[w:England national rugby union team|England]] [[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px]] |
score= 0 – 36 |
team2=[[Image:Flag of South Africa.svg|20px]] [[w:South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]] |
goals1= |
goals2='''Try:''' [[w:Juan Smith|J Smith]] 6'<br>[[w:JP Pietersen|J P Pietersen]] (2) 38', 64'<br>'''Conv:''' [[w:Percy Montgomery|P Montgomery]] (3) 7', 39, 64'<br>'''Pen:''' [[w:Francois Steyn|F Steyn]] 11'<br>[[w:Percy Montgomery|P Montgomery]] (4) 36', 46', 55', 79'|
stadium=[[w:Stade de France|Stade de France]], [[w:Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] |
referee=[[w:Joël Jutge|Joël Jutge]] [[Image:Flag of France.svg|20px]]}}
[[Image:RWC2007 SA-England try.jpg|thumb|One of the three South African tries.]]
[[South Africa]] comprehensively defeated defending world champions [[England]] in [[w:2007 Rugby World Cup - Pool A|Pool A]] of the [[w:2007 Rugby World Cup|2007 Rugby World Cup]].

South Africa opened the scoring early in the match when [[w:Juan Smith|Juan Smith]] scored a try in the sixth minute. [[w:Francois Steyn|Francois Steyn]] kicked a penalty for South Africa soon afterwards to stretch the lead to 10-0.

England's only chance at goal came in the fourteenth minute when [[w:Mike Catt|Mike Catt]] missed a drop goal attempt.

[[w:JP Pietersen|JP Pietersen]] scored a try for South Africa just before the end of the first half bringing the score to 20-0, and added a second try in the 64th minute. [[w:Percy Montgomery|Percy Montgomery]] kicked 18 points to wrap up South Africa's victory.

South Africa lead Pool A with nine points. England are third on points difference behind Tonga, and must win a difficult match against Samoa next week to be able to advance to the knockout stages.

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[[es:Copa Mundial de Rugby 2007: Sudáfrica 36 - 0 Inglaterra]]
[[fr:Coupe du Monde de rugby 2007 : Les Springboks atomisent le XV de la Rose]]
[[it:Rugby Coppa del Mondo 2007: Inghilterra travolta, Nuova Zelanda a valanga, Irlanda a fatica]]
One of the three South African tries.
South Africa comprehensively defeated defending world champions England in Pool A of the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

South Africa opened the scoring early in the match when Juan Smith scored a try in the sixth minute. Francois Steyn kicked a penalty for South Africa soon afterwards to stretch the lead to 10-0.

England's only chance at goal came in the fourteenth minute when Mike Catt missed a drop goal attempt.

JP Pietersen scored a try for South Africa just before the end of the first half bringing the score to 20-0, and added a second try in the 64th minute. Percy Montgomery kicked 18 points to wrap up South Africa's victory.

South Africa lead Pool A with nine points. England are third on points difference behind Tonga, and must win a difficult match against Samoa next week to be able to advance to the knockout stages.


es:Copa Mundial de Rugby 2007: Sudáfrica 36 - 0 Inglaterra
fr:Coupe du Monde de rugby 2007 : Les Springboks atomisent le XV de la Rose
it:Rugby Coppa del Mondo 2007: Inghilterra travolta, Nuova Zelanda a valanga, Irlanda a fatica
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