Summary

  • South Africa beat England 23-12 in second Test in Bloemfontein

  • England lose series and fall to fifth Test defeat in row

  • England fail to score for 67 minutes

  • Brown & May score early England tries

  • Vermeulen try helps hosts lead 13-12 at half-time

  • Penalty try extends hosts' lead

  • Hughes yellow card in 69th minute

  1. Postpublished at 75 mins

    South Africa 23-12 England

    Penalty to England.

    Owen Farrell is screaming for a ball so he can kick to touch quickly...

  2. 'Pollard is controlling the game'published at 17:52 British Summer Time 16 June 2018

    South Africa 23-12 England

    Victor Matfield
    Former South Africa captain on BBC Radio 5 live

    I really like the way Handre Pollard is controlling the game. Things are looking good for South Africa, but England won't stop coming.

    Handre PollardImage source, Getty Images
  3. Postpublished at 75 mins

    South Africa 23-12 England

    Man-mountain Duane Vermeulen charges into the contact for South Africa lets this one slip. Denny Solomona clears for England and they win the line-out too.

    They surely have to score in this attack to have a chance.

  4. 'Silly'published at 17:51 British Summer Time 16 June 2018

    South Africa 23-12 England

    Victor Matfield
    Former South Africa captain on BBC Radio 5 live

    Winning is a habit, but unfortunately so is losing. Everyone is making silly mistakes, they're making so many silly decisions.

  5. Missed penalty - South Africa 23-12 Englandpublished at 73 mins

    Handre Pollard

    A miss from Handre Pollard means England still have the slightest glimmer.

    South Africa are coming yet again though, roared on by the crowd...

  6. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 17:49 British Summer Time 16 June 2018

    #bbcrugby or text 81111

    Joe: Time to drop Ford. Go with Cipriani - more creative, better kicker and quicker. Remove the shackles Eddie Jones!

    Ralph Brooker: This indiscipline. I don’t what Eddie can do about it. I remember a Will Carling side with Jonathan Webb at full-back. They used to beat the French on good discipline alone. Very frustrating.

  7. Postpublished at 71 mins

    South Africa 23-12 England

    Matt D sums it up perfectly. Something a child would do.

    The South Africans are hunting more points here. You wouldn't bet against it.

    The crowd are loving it.

  8. 'That's the kind of thing my six-year-old would do'published at 17:48 British Summer Time 16 June 2018

    South Africa 23-12 England

    Matt Dawson
    Former Lions and England scrum-half on BBC Radio 5 live

    England don't deserve to win this game. And what Nathan Hughes has just done shows why. That's the kind of thing my six-year-old would do. Embarrassing.

  9. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 17:48 British Summer Time 16 June 2018

    #bbcrugby or text 81111

    Andrew: Stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid.

  10. Sin-bin - Nathan Hughespublished at 70 mins

    South Africa 23-12 England

    Stupid. Just stupid. Do they not know the rules?

    As Faf de Klerk goes to pick the ball up at a ruck, England's Nathan Hughes sticks out a hand while on the floor and knocks the ball out of his hands.

    The TMO reviews it and Hughes is sent to the bin. That will probably be that.

  11. Postpublished at 70 mins

    South Africa 23-12 England

    Aaaaaaand Henry Slade gives the ball away.

    Henry Slade of EnglandImage source, Getty Images
  12. Postpublished at 69 mins

    South Africa 23-12 England

    Elliot Daly breaks through! England up to the 22...

  13. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 16 June 2018

    #bbcrugby or text 81111

    Sam Levey: Chose not to watch. England have been utterly abysmal for years with their discipline and we're being recognised once again. Pathetic.

  14. Penalty - South Africa 23-12 Englandpublished at 69 mins

    Handre Pollard

    No mistake from Handre Pollard with the kick. He increases the Springbok lead.

    It will take something special from here...

  15. 'England need replacement backs'published at 17:44 British Summer Time 16 June 2018

    South Africa 23-12 England

    Matt Dawson
    Former Lions and England scrum-half on BBC Radio 5 live

    The backs are on and boy do England need them - you could tell by the way George Ford tried to run that ball that he was mentally gone.

  16. Replacementspublished at 17:44 British Summer Time 16 June 2018

    South Africa 20-12 England

    Before the kick it's changes for England.

    Here is Danny Cipriani on for George Ford for his first England cap since 2015. Denny Solomona is on too for Mike Brown.

  17. 'Springboks winning intensity battle'published at 17:43 British Summer Time 16 June 2018

    South Africa 20-12 England

    Victor Matfield
    Former South Africa captain on BBC Radio 5 live

    They must go for the points here. South Africa are winning the intensity battle and the altitude is starting to make a difference.

  18. Postpublished at 67 mins

    South Africa 20-12 England

    England have a new front row but there have been no changes in the backs so far. It's still Youngs, Ford, Farrell, Slade in midfield and they are struggling to create anything special. Ford is caught out once more and just throws the ball to the grass to prevent himself being penalised for holding on but the green wall swarms forward and eventually the penalty comes.

    This will be three more for the Springboks...

  19. Postpublished at 64 mins

    South Africa 20-12 England

    Finally something goes the way of England. They prevent South Africa from releasing close to the tryline. It's Tom Curry with the sterling work. The youngster has been far more composed than many of his more experienced team-mates today.

    Tom Curry of EnglandImage source, Getty Images
  20. 'Absolute torture'published at 17:38 British Summer Time 16 June 2018

    South Africa 20-12 England

    Matt Dawson
    Former Lions and England scrum-half on BBC Radio 5 live

    England have got a new front-row on but they need a new second-row too. It's going to be absolute torture in their legs.