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South Africa vs England LIVE: Jonny May try and 20 points from Owen Farrell ends six-game losing streak

Follow the latest from third Test in Cape Town

Jack de Menezes
Saturday 23 June 2018 11:52 BST
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England Rugby's Eddie Jones on preparation for the third Test

Danny Cipriani will make his first England start in a decade as they look to avoid what would be a humiliating 3-0 whitewash series defeat against South Africa.

Having lost the first Test in Johannesburg and the second last week in Bloemfontein, England face one last chance to secure a victory against the Springboks at Cape Town’s Newlands Stadium in what has been a compelling Test series. Head coach Eddie Jones has elected to make a significant change at fly-half as Cipriani replaces George Ford – who doesn’t even make the replacements’ bench – while Joe Marler replaces Mako Vunipola and Nathan Hughes in for Billy Vunipola as the brothers have returned to the UK. The final change is illness-enforced as Brad Shields is replaced by Chris Robshaw.

South Africa have also made changes – five in total – as Chiliboy Ralepelle, Elton Jantjies, Andre Esterhuizen, Jesse Kriel, and Warrick Gelant all start, while Schalk Brits comes out of retirement for one last game as he is named on the bench.

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What time does it start?

South Africa vs England kicks off at 16:05 BST on Saturday 23 June.

Where can I watch it?

The third Test will be shown live on Sky Sports Action and Sky Sports Main Event from 15:00 BST, and is available here.

Teams

South Africa: Warrick Gelant; S'busiso Nkosi, Jessie Kriel, Andre Esterhuizen, Aphiwe Dyantyi; Elton Jantjies, Faf de Klerk; Tendai Mtawarira, Chiliboy Ralepelle, Frans Malherbe; RG Snyman, Franco Mostert; Siya Kolisi, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Duane Vermeulen.

Replacements: Schalk Brits, Steven Kitshoff, Thomas du Toit, Jean-Luc du Plessis, Sikhumbuzo Notshe, Embrose Papier, Handre Pollard, Willie le Roux.

England: Elliot Daly; Jonny May, Henry Slade, Owen Farrell, Mike Brown; Danny Cipriani, Ben Youngs; Joe Marler, Jamie George, Kyle Sinckler; Joe Launchbury, Maro Itoje; Chris Robshaw, Tom Curry, Nathan Hughes.

Replacements: Luke Cowan-Dickie, Alec Hepburn, Harry Williams, Jonny Hill, Mark Wilson, Sam Simmonds, Ben Spencer, Denny Solomona.

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4 mins: England must get their discipline right today, and the first penalty comes against them when they drive at the linout before Vermeulen returns to the ground, with Itoje and Robshaw at fault. Jantjies will kick for goal.

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5 mins: With De Klerk stabilising the ball in the wind, Jantjies' kick goes left of the uprights and England escape unpunished.

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6 mins: From the 22 restart, Farrell goes deep and Gelant's flat pass is picked off by Slade. The centre tries to kick quickly but he's tackled before he gets it away. It's regained by Dyantyi, and when he's tackled Sinckler dives off his feet for another penalty. That's No 2.

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8 mins: Lovely footwork from May sees him evade Esterhuizen and break up-field for 15 metres after Jantjies kicked possessin away. Sinckler then offloads to Itoje and he breaks, and Ralepelle slows it down at the ruck to concede a penalty. Farrell will kick at goal from about 40m out.

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10 mins: Farrell makes a good start from the tee and England lead 0-3.

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11 mins: Tempers start to simmer when Launchbury is dumped to the ground after referee Glen Jackson's whistle, with the Springboks penalised for offside. It was poor play from Youngs though as rather than kick clear he fired a pass at the unknowing Sinckler, and England got away with that.

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12 mins: Another good break from May as he slips down the right wing, but his chip ahead is touched by Jantjies and that allows Du Toit to get back and retrieve possession. 

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18 mins: Youngs finally gets a good box-kick in that allows Brown to hit Gelant as he takes the ball, and when England flood the breakdown they reckon they've won possession. It's no good though as the ball was still going forwards, meaning the Springboks will have the put-in.

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19 mins: South Africa win a penalty when Brown is trapped with the ball, and they turn down the shot at goal to go for the corner. It's given a huge cheer, but that's quickly silenced when they knock on at the lineout.

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