How to watch England vs South Africa
When: Saturday 16th November, 17:40 (UK time)
Where: Twickenham
How:
UK – TNT Sports 1
South Africa – SuperSport
New Zealand – Sky Sport 2
Australia – Stan Sport
Germany – ProSieben Maxx
France – beIn Sports 1
Italy – Sky Sport Arena
Denmark/Norway/Sweden – Viaplay
Netherlands – Ziggo Sport
Match preview, prediction & teams
South Africa start this week’s game with what one would consider to be their best XV with starts for Kriel, Allende, Snyman, Kolisi, Du Toit and Wiese and with Libbok at fly-half instead of Pollard. England make four changes to the team that started the first two games of the Autumn Internationals, two enforced, bringing in Sleightholme and Underhill for Feyi-Waboso and Tom Curry and two changes, van Poortvliet and and Steward for Spencer and Furbank. The last two played under coach Borthwick at Leicester and he likes to pick players he knows including George Ford on the bench, who has not had a distinguished couple of games so far. A third defeat in a row for England at Twickenham seems likely and that could Borthwick’s job in jeopardy. In his defence England have had the three toughest games possible in the autumn internationals, but you have to test yourselves against the best. So far England have been found wanting. It doesn’t get any easier when the Six Nations starts when England’s first two games are away to Ireland and home to France. The Springboks to prove why they’re number one in the world an heap more pressure on the England coach.
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
McDowall
South Africa: Fassi; Kolbe, Kriel, De Allende, Arendse; Libbok, Williams; Nche, Mbonambi, Loux, Etzebeth, Snyman, Kolisi (capt), Du Toit, Wiese.
Replacements: Marx, Steenekamp, Koch, Louw, Smith, Reinach, Pollard, Am
