Subdued England fall short against searing Springboks
England succumb to fifth straight loss against South Africa
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South Africa returned to winning ways with a 31-28 victory over England at Twickenham on Saturday.
England, 20-6 down early in the second half, capitalised on the sin-binning of Victor Matfield to score 14 points while the veteran lock was off the field as forwards David Wilson and Ben Morgan rumbled over for converted tries to tie the match at 20-20.
But South Africa, still a man down, regained their composure to score a try through man-of-the-match Schalk Burger, while impressive fly-half Pat Lambie kicked 16 points in total.
Last week against Ireland, we got outplayed. So for us this was a bit of a dogfight. It might not have been that pretty, but we made it through
Burger was a happy man and said: "Last week against Ireland, we got outplayed. So for us this was a bit of a dogfight. It might not have been that pretty, but we made it through."
It was England's second agonising three-point loss in as many weeks following their 24-21 defeat by world champions New Zealand but they could have few complaints.
Fresh from their shock tour-opening 29-15 defeat by Ireland in Dublin, the Springboks made it 12 games unbeaten against England as more doubts were raised about the ability of the 2015 World Cup hosts to challenge for the Webb Ellis Trophy.
Defeat was England's fifth in a row - albeit four were against the All Blacks - and their worst run of results since they suffered seven successive losses back in 2006.
It also meant that in 13 matches under coach Stuart Lancaster against the southern hemisphere giants of South Africa, New Zealand and Australia, England had won just two.