Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| opposing teams | against | date | venue | status |
| scotland | 3 | 02 / 02 / 2002 | murrayfield , edinburgh | six nations |
| ireland | 11 | 16 / 02 / 2002 | twickenham , london | six nations |
| france | 20 | 02 / 03 / 2002 | stade de france , saint - denis | six nations |
| wales | 10 | 23 / 03 / 2002 | twickenham , london | six nations |
| italy | 9 | 07 / 04 / 2002 | stadio flaminio , rome | six nations |
| argentina | 18 | 22 / 06 / 2002 | vélez sársfield , buenos aires | test match |
| new zealand | 28 | 09 / 11 / 2002 | twickenham , london | test match |
| australia | 31 | 16 / 11 / 2002 | twickenham , london | test match |
| south africa | 3 | 23 / 11 / 2002 | twickenham , london | test match |
Title:
list of england national rugby union team results 2000 - 09
Statement:
the team with the earliest date is south africa
Answer:
refuted