# 2007 England rugby union tour of South Africa

The 2007 England rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of matches played in May and June 2007 in South Africa by England national rugby union team to prepare for the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
In both tests, the team, coached by Brian Ashton lost heavily against the future world cup winners. Many injured players remained at home, and it was therefore not possible for England to provide a strong opposition to the Springboks.

## First test

* 26 May 2007
| South Africa | 58–10 | England |
| Try: Burger, de Villiers Habana 2, Steyn van der Linde, Willemse Con: Montgomery 7 Pen: Montgomery 3 | report | Try: Simpson-Daniel Con: Wilkinson Pen: Wilkinson |
* Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein Attendance: 32.000 Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)
| South Africa | | England |
| Percy Montgomery | FB | 15 | FB | Mike Brown |
| Ashwin Willemse | W | 14 | W | Iain Balshaw |
| Wynand Olivier | C | 13 | C | Mathew Tait |
| Jean de Villiers | C | 12 | C | Toby Flood |
| Bryan Habana | W | 11 | W | Jason Robinson (capt.) |
| Butch James | FH | 10 | FH | Jonny Wilkinson |
| Ricky Januarie | SH | 9 | SH | Andy Gomarsall |
| Danie Rossouw | N8 | 8 | N8 | Nick Easter |
| Juan Smith | F | 7 | F | Andy Hazell |
| Schalk Burger | F | 6 | F | Chris Jones |
| Victor Matfield | L | 5 | L | Alex Brown |
| Bakkies Botha | L | 4 | L | Dean Schofield |
| BJ Botha | P | 3 | P | Stuart Turner |
| (capt.) John Smit | H | 2 | H | Mark Regan |
| Deon Carstens | P | 1 | P | Kevin Yates |
| | | Replacements | | |
| Gary Botha | H | 16 | H | Matt Cairns |
| Gurthro Steenkamp | P | 17 | P | Darren Crompton |
| CJ van der Linde | P | 18 | F | Roy Winters |
| Johann Muller | L | 19 | F | Pat Sanderson |
| Pierre Spies | N8 | 20 | FH | Shaun Perry |
| Ruan Pienaar | C | 21 | | Anthony Allen |
| Frans Steyn | W | 22 | W | James Simpson-Daniel |
| | | Coaches | | |
| Jake White | | | | Brian Ashton |

## Second Test

* 2 June 2007
| South Africa | 55–22 | England |
| Try: JP Botha, Burger Habana 2, Januarie Montgomery, Spies 2 Con: James Montgomery 5 Pen: Montgomery | | Try: Scarbrough Con: Wilkinson Pen: Wilikinson 5 |
* Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Attendance: .000
| South Africa | | England |
| Percy Montgomery | FB | 15 | FB | Mike Brown |
| Akona Ndungane | W | 14 | W | Jamie Noon |
| Wynand Olivier | C | 13 | C | Mathew Tait |
| Jean de Villiers | C | 12 | C | Toby Flood |
| Bryan Habana | W | 11 | W | Dan Scarbrough |
| Butch James | FH | 10 | FH | Jonny Wilkinson (capt.) |
| Ricky Januarie | SH | 9 | SH | Andy Gomarsall |
| Pierre Spies | N8 | 8 | N8 | Ben Skirving |
| Juan Smith | F | 7 | F | Magnus Lund |
| Schalk Burger | F | 6 | F | Nick Easter |
| Victor Matfield | L | 5 | L | Alex Brown |
| Bakkies Botha | L | 4 | L | Roy Winters |
| CJ van der Linde | P | 3 | P | Matt Stevens |
| (capt.) John Smit | H | 2 | H | Mark Regan |
| Gurthro Steenkamp | P | 1 | P | Kevin Yates |
| | | Replacements | | |
| Gary Botha | H | 16 | H | Andy Titterrell |
| Deon Carstens | P | 17 | P | Stuart Turner |
| Johann Muller | L | 18 | L | Dean Schofield |
| Bobby Skinstad | F | 19 | L | Chris Jones |
| Ruan Pienaar | SH | 20 | SH | Shaun Perry |
| Frans Steyn | FB | 21 | | Anthony Allen |
| Ashwin Willemse | W | 22 | FB | Nick Abendanon |
| | | Coaches | | |
| Jake White | | | | Brian Ashton |