This was the best English side in my memory (and I am 66); they beat the ABs with 13 men against 15 and, as we all rejoiced, went to the raise the Webb Ellis Trophy. Just fantastic. I met Trevor Woodman in Perth, Australia a year or so later and embarrassed him by raving about the World Cup. Total modesty from the big man. His partner said he was quite a bit smaller than when he played and this fellow was BIG!

England were awesome in the autumn internationals beating nz 31 28 Australia 32 31 south Africa 53 3 following on with a grand slam truly awesome tons of respect from a new Zealand supporter 👌👌👍👍🖒🖒👏👏

When you consider how dirty teams were against this England side, and the fact they got away with it, it makes you realise just how good this England team were.

Richard Hill was a superb player.

That hit on Dawson was sickening, one of the worst acts of violence on an international rugby pitch and forever shames the so called boks captain

Under modern laws SA would have about 6 men at the end of this game

That really was a great side. World class forwards like Hill, Dallaglio, Johnson and Back. Backs like Jason Robinson and Ben Cohen and possibly THE most underrated England player of all time Will Greenwood. For 2 years they were just untouchable home or away.This match sums them up perfectly. SA try to physically intimidate them but instead of responding in kind they just punish them by piling on the points. Intimidation of a more subtle and effective kind.

This England team had no weaknesses. They played as a team and won as a team. Great spirit and an inspiration to the sport. Breathtaking

England on fire, fantastic handling, tenacity, running lines, skill everywhere.

It makes you proud to be english . And not a steve walsh in sight ,Thank god no other ref's are like him.

As well as everything else, I love the goal-kicking here: Wilkinson, Dawson, Gomersall, Stimpson. Nailed the lot. Great stuff.

what a sensational match, SA were pulling all their dirty tricks. Wilkinson was hit late in the air, that was a dangerous tackle, I was happy he got red, it was well deserved,. The Springboks were used to getting away with dirty and dangerous play back then, but not this time.

It was absolutely a red card. It wasn't just the fact it was late and Wilkinson in the air, but it wasn't even a tackle. It was a shoulder charge.

Great upload of England in their golden era :)

I remember this year of rugby. England beat all 3 tri nations sides in consecutive weeks but this game i remember the most 😂 SA rugby was in a shambles after the 99 world cup and it wasnt until jake white took over in 04 that they made themselves a credible powerhouse again.

The day SA came to fight, not play rugby. Glad things have changed.

19:24 lol - one of my favourite moments in English Rugby!

Good English team & phew that was embarrassing for my team the Boks & for us supporters - thankfully the next coach Jake White sorted out all of that uncalled for nonsense - that was not a good moment for SA rugby at all. We always look forward to a good game between our two countries and for it to be played with respect.

As you have seen any rugger today thought this game from 2002 England ~Springboks might cheer you up ….BRUTAL XX

This is the match Springbok players and us fans remember whenever we play/beat England. The 2007 and 2019 RWC finals make this memory barely livable. It still hurts.

wonderful England side

Notice how england get quick ball from ruck and Dawson passes straight away. Scrum halves now slow it up. Speed and support, what the ABs have been doing for years. Why can't we?

England were utterly superb those years and a joy to watch. But I wonder how South Africa, a country with such an incredibly potent Rugby culture, could ever reach such a rock bottom those years in the early 2000s.

Add the fullback to the ex-Springbok list- most dangerous tackle I've ever seen.

Krige-Strauelli combo was the darkest era of Springbok rugby.

This is a really good video, you can see from the Score Bar at the bottom it's clearly been adjusted for camera bob back when camera work wasn't as good :D

Jeez watching the closeups makes me feel dizzy. On another note, whatever happened to Phil Christophers?

Yep Jonny was in the air and it was late, so double offence, so a justifiable red.

Is it possible to have full match plz ?

Nice feint from Greenwood before he scores! England had its era in the early 2000s

Yeah that tackle on Wilkinson was late and whilst he was in the air so it was a double offense so a red card.

Don't cry mate. SA only know bully-boy tactics, team of cowardly flat-track bullies, full stop. But they got taught a lesson in this day. And I couldn't actually give a shiny shit whether you like England or not. Happy days.

Just reviewed the Corne Krige tackle on Matt Dawson after the public apology issued by the former. Horrendous challenge.

That was one disastrous Springbok team...

What a team.

Great memories

Interesting watching this again in 2021, not even sure that would be a red now with increased scrutiny on the tackle area. Late tackle in the air with no arms, with no mitigating factors, landed on his back which for me would suggest to me a yellow. But what it does show is how good this England team was. Comparable in my opinion to the this years Springboks in terms of refusal to be beaten

The day the Welsh or the Irish do this to the SH teams I'll take their criticisms of England seriously. This England side then won the grand slam, and beat Australia and New Zealand away from home in the summer and then won the World Cup beating Australai at home in Sydney. No home nation has ome anywhere close and probably never will ever again. Indeed I don't see any NH team ever winning in the SH this century. If a Welsh team had achieved this UNPRECEDENTED pinnacles we'd never here the last of it.

Can't help but wonder how long before the current Bok team reach this low level. I'd say they are well on their way.

Was this by any means filmed on a boat?

The best rugby team ever.. I don't think any team in history would have beaten that England team

I have a few disagreements with that, if a player jumps to field a kicked ball they have protection not from a pass or general play. Late and without arms is where I see the problem, note the hard tackle on Robinson when he kicks the ball, just as the ball leaves the foot the tackle is made and with arms bearing the player to the ground.

50+ points on the Saffer thugs ..... wonderful !!

Every time an England player was on the deck a Bok was trying to intimidate him shouting in his face. International rugby is a tough sport but that day the Boks played no sport. It was purely about physically injuring the opponent. I can remember watching and being shocked at the approach they took. I've never seen a match before or since that it was perpetrated for so long in the game. Apart from the sending off the officials were appalling to allow it to continue. Read Dawson's autobiography about the match for the truth about it. Criminal.

My senses are tingling! They tell me you're a Welshman. You only hate this side because they beat you. Over and over and over.

So many swinging arms and late hits as well during this.

Dark days in the history of Springbok rugby. Glad to say we're world beaters again.

Didn't attempt to tackle, shoulder charge it was the right call.

Oh, God. I remember it all too well. Please don't bring it up again.

it looks like it has been "stabilised" for some reason. The youtube stabiliser looks like the work of that culprit

I was alive and well in 2002, but Christophers? Who was he? Was he injured/dropped/never seen again? He had a great run at the start

This game was dirty from the very start. that was the plan all along from the springboks.high tackles and kick the shit outta English.

Was this the November 18th game. If so I was there on my B Day :)

David Duckham wasn't a bad choice, but my childhood hero was Gareth Edwards...and son's is Jonny Wilkinson.

Robinson had harder hits in league then that bell end could muster during a wet dream.

:) Yeah!.

Come on, even Stuart Barnes could tell that was a try.

Hi how are you mate ? All the best.

Always think of this era RSA team as The Scumboks

in the close ups they do look like they're trying to run through water...

How about those touchline conversions!

how good was phil christophers!!

Blimey, Will Greenwood was some player wasn't he?

SA were really poor in this match but just 5 years later they were World champs.

When we had the power to dominate SA . Sadly no longer.

Camera is making me feel sea sick, what's up with it??

23.37 HAHAHA! EPIC SIT DOWN SON! :D

England beat the bullies with skill and courage and 53 points!!!

It was a red card but ironically he was probably quite unlucky especially in comparison to some of the other stuff the Boks were found to have committed on the day

From 22:00-22:15 Krige smashes Dawson in the face, knee-drops Vickery and there are two other possible cheap shots from South African players.

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22:07 Krige on dawson - holy shit!!!!!!!!!

no it wasn't my bad. Hodgson was fly half that match

SA lost all control in this game.

Danny Cipriani is the 10 Austin Healey thought he was.

I swear that was a knock on by England 59'

The guy who past that ball to Wilkinson should have been taking of the pitch.

Why so many compliments to Venter for his tackle on Robinson, for god's sake?

I think it had to be a red with the way they were playing. They'd been dirty with every play they made, and you can see on the replay he had no intention but taking Wilkinson out after the kick.

GO ENGLAND

I don't know who was more cowardly, the ref, the Bok players or the Bok management.

I'm English - that was NEVER a red card. Yellow at best.

The worst Springbok side in history. The southern hemishpere teams all round werent that good from 2000-2003/4

Wassup, First Rate Work. phobic sassy

bit late mate ? :P

I'm an England fan but that might be stretching it a bit mate lol. The 1996 ABs and the 1999 Wallabies and also the 70s Welsh team would have something to say. , 1996 ABs, for example, had Sean Fitzpatrick, Robin Brooke, Michael Jones, Josh Kronfeld and Zinzan Brooke up front and Andrew Mehrtens, Jonah Lomu, Frank Bunce, Jeff WIlson and Christian Cullen at the back....

19:27 funniest moment in Rugby :P

A genuine embarrassment for the proud Springboks. England were unreal but Corné Krige was a disgrqce to the jersey. From a Springbok supporter. For life.

This england team is the real madrid team of now

Well it didn't mean anything once England snubbed Australia's World Cup from right out of their own ground in 2003.

It was just one foul after another. Someone had to go.

If Dawson does indeed have dementia, then he should sue Krige and not the RFU

No shit. That would have been a team from the future. Not really a fair comparison.

But the Welsh have never given you a World Record Beating though..... South Africa likes teams that it beats. You beat England in the summer of 2012, but only just and England will square up the books again, as we did between 99 and 2006...

10:44 not sure weather that was a straight red card mind it was a late hit but unless he's already had a yellow which i dont think he had, I'd say it was just a yellow.

Again a refereeing decision spoiling the match,but between 2002/03 England best team on the planet for sure.

What is really funny is watching the truly pathetic ref asking Krige to calm his players down.

that was never a red card considering the standards we set today...that ref decision was a joke

SA come with one game plan, play dirty, England showed why they were no1 at that time.

what the hell's up with the camerawork?