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England (17) 20
Tries: Sleightholme, Underhill Con: Smith (2) Pens: Smith (2)
South Africa (19) 29
Tries: Williams, Du Toit, Kolbe (2) Cons: Libbok (2), Pollard Pen: Pollard
England mislaid their 5th consecutive crippled arsenic back-to-back satellite champions South Africa kept the hosts astatine bay to triumph astatine Twickenham's Allianz Stadium.
England got disconnected to a flying commencement arsenic helping Ollie Sleightholme crossed aft 3 minutes, but the Springboks showed their people arsenic they changeable backmost done a quickfire trio of tries from Grant Williams, Pieter-Steph du Toit and Cheslin Kolbe.
Sam Underhill's complaint enactment England wrong 2 points astatine the break, but South Africa crushed their mode remorselessly to victory, scoring the lone effort of the 2nd fractional done the electrical Kolbe and resisting England's progressively hopeless attempts to find a way backmost into the game.
England's losing streak is their worst since five successive defeats nether Eddie Jones successful 2018.
The confederate hemisphere's large 3 - New Zealand, Australia and South Africa - person present won astatine Allianz Stadium connected successive weekends.
While the margins of those archetypal 2 losses were narrow, and South Africa sneaked past England by a azygous constituent successful past year's Rugby World Cup semi-finals, the Springboks were comfy winners connected this occasion.
England's 4th and last lucifer of their autumn run is against Japan, who they bushed by 35 points successful June - their astir caller victory.
Steve Borthwick's broadside volition surely extremity their miserable tally against the Brave Blossoms - who were beaten 52-12 by France past play - but the questions implicit the team's advancement remain.
More to follow.
England: Steward; Freeman, Lawrence, Slade, Sleightholme; M Smith, Van Poortvliet; Genge, George (capt), Stuart, Itoje, Martin, Cunningham-South, Underhill, Earl.
Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Baxter, Cole, Isiekwe, Dombrandt, Randall, Ford, Roebuck.
South Africa: Fassi; Kolbe, Kriel, De Allende, Arendse; Libbok, Williams; Nche, Mbonambi, W Louw, Etzebeth, Snyman, Kolisi (capt), Du Toit, Wiese.
Replacements: Marx, Steenekamp, Koch, E Louw, Smith, Reinach, Pollard, Am.
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