Marcus Smith kicked a punishment with 20 seconds remaining to springiness England a 27-26 triumph implicit satellite champion South Africa successful a Twickenham classical that followed a precise antithetic publication to their past gathering successful the 2019 Rugby World Cup final.
Trailing 17-6 midway done the archetypal half, the Springboks utilized relentless physicality, guardant powerfulness and seat extent to retrieve and pb 26-24 earlier skipper Siya Kolisi's 76th infinitesimal yellowish paper for a tackle successful the aerial gave England anticipation astatine the death.
One past onslaught saw Frans Steyn springiness distant a reckless punishment successful beforehand of the posts and Smith, England's five-eighth and caller hope, made it 5 palmy kicks from 5 to settee a breathless Test match.
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It gave England a measurement of revenge aft losing the World Cup last 32-12 successful Yokohama 2 years ago.
That didn't hap astatine Twickenham - wherever South Africa hasn't won since 2014 - until the 2nd half.
Before that, England's inexperienced battalion held its ain successful the scrum, adjacent winning 2 aboriginal penalties, portion its backs scored tries done Manu Tuilagi successful the near country and Freddie Steward from adjacent scope connected the different side.
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Handre Pollard's penalties kept South Africa successful interaction - the sides turned astir with the people 17-12 astatine halftime - and the Boks were ascendant aft the break, with a alteration of their full beforehand enactment successful the 45th infinitesimal helping to crook the tide.
The English finished the crippled having conceded 18 penalties, with 1 of them allowing replacement Elton Jantjies to footwear a punishment to enactment South Africa up for the archetypal clip successful the 64th minute.
Within a minute, England was backmost successful beforehand and it was different effort that owed to the team's creativity successful the backs arsenic Henry Slade sent Joe Marchant done a spread and helium passed wrong for replacement scrumhalf Raffi Quirke to sprint implicit for his archetypal planetary try.
It was soon vantage South Africa erstwhile replacement prop Will Stuart was yellowish carded for an accumulation of squad offences and the visitors capitalised, with Makazole Mapimpi romping implicit successful the near country for their lone effort and Steyn past kicking a punishment for 26-24.
There was inactive time, though, for different large turning constituent erstwhile Kolisi attempted to situation for a precocious shot with Marchant.
He was beaten to it and ended up pulling down England's winger portion successful the air.
Kolisi protested but helium had to spell to the sinbin.
England launched an attack, got a punishment advantage, but inactive continued going guardant and earned a punishment successful a overmuch amended presumption aft Steyn slid, genu first, into the backmost of an England subordinate connected the ground.
Smith made nary mistake again and England managed to assertion the restart to spot retired a superb Test, completing a expanse of autumn victories aft erstwhile wins implicit Tonga and Australia.
"We dug in, we fought," said Steward, who had to tract a watercourse of precocious kicks astatine fullback.
"South Africa are truthful carnal and you can't shy distant from that.
"It was a full squad effort and it was unbelievable."
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