1994 England rugby union tour of South Africa

{{Short description|Series of rugby matches played by the English national team}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}}

{{EngvarB|date=March 2014}}

{{Infobox Tour Rugby

|team= England

|destination=South Africa

|yearstart=1994

|yearfinish=

|manager=

|captain=

|matchplayed=8

|matchwon=3

|matchdraw=0

|matchlost=5

|testplayed=2

|testwon=1

|testdraw=0

|testlost=1

|opponent1={{ru|ZAF}}

|icon1=

|played1=2

|won1=1

|draw1=0

|lost1=1

|previous = Australia and Fiji 1991

|next = Argentina
& Australia 1997

}}

Fixtures and results

:Scores and results list England's points tally first.

class="wikitable" ! Opposing Team !! For !! Against !! Date !! Venue !! Status
Orange Free State	11	22	11 May 1994	Springbok Park, Bloemfontein	Tour Match
{{Rut\|Natal}}	6	21	21 May 1994	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	Tour Match
Western Transvaal	26	24	25 May 1994	Olën Park, Potchefstroom	Tour Match
Transvaal	21	24	28 May 1994	Ellis Park Johannesburg	Tour Match
South Africa 'A'	16	19	31 May 1994	Hoffe Park, Kimberley	Tour Match
bgcolor=gold \|South Africa	32	15	4 June 1994	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	First Test
Eastern Province	31	13	7 June 1994	Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth	Tour Match
bgcolor=gold \|South Africa	9	27	11 June 1994	Newlands, Cape Town	Second test

Touring party

Source:{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-union-englands-telling-tour-of-enlightenment-rowells-squad-to-discover-a-changed-south-africa-1435219.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-union-englands-telling-tour-of-enlightenment-rowells-squad-to-discover-a-changed-south-africa-1435219.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Rugby Union: England's telling tour of enlightenment: Rowell's squad to discover a changed South Africa on and off the playing field.|date=10 May 1994|access-date=28 December 2016}}{{cbignore}}

Manager: Jack Rowell
Coaches: Dick Best, Les Cusworth
Captain: Will Carling

class="wikitable sortable"

Player

!Position

!Club

!Age

!Caps

| {{Age|1968|5|17|1994|5|1

}

| 0

|-

| {{Age|1967|12|6|1994|5|1|}}

| 4

|-

| Adedayo Adebayo

| {{Age|1970|11|30|1994|5|1|}}

| 0

|-

| Damian Hopley

| {{Age|1970|4|12|1994|5|1|}}

| 0

|-

| Rory Underwood

| {{Age|1963|6|19|1994|5|1|}}

| 65

|-

| Tony Underwood

| {{Age|1969|2|17|1994|5|1|}}

| 8

|-

| {{Age|1971|9|17|1994|5|1|}}

| 0

|-

| {{Age|1965|12|12|1994|5|1|}}

| 47

|-

| Phil de Glanville

| {{Age|1968|10|1|1994|5|1|}}

| 7

|-

| Stuart Potter

| {{Age|1967|11|11|1994|5|1|}}

| 0

|-

| {{Age|1968|2|18|1994|5|1|}}

| 57

|-

| Stuart Barnes

| {{Age|1968|11|22|1994|5|1|}}

| 10

|-

| {{Age|1963|3|4|1994|5|1|}}

| 1

|-

| {{Age|1964|2|9|1994|5|1|}}

| 17

|-

| Jason Leonard

| {{Age|1968|8|14|1994|5|1|}}

| 30

|-

| {{Age|1968|5|28|1994|5|1|}}

| 0

|-

| Graham Rowntree

| {{Age|1971|4|18|1994|5|1|}}

| 0

|-

| {{Age|1964|9|8|1994|5|1|}}

| 7

|-

| {{Age|1959|9|4|1994|5|1|}}

| 4

|-

| {{Age|1962|1|11|1994|5|1|}}

| 50

|-

| Martin Bayfield

| {{Age|1966|12|21|1994|5|1|}}

| 14

|-

| Martin Johnson

| {{Age|1970|3|9|1994|5|1|}}

| 6

|-

| {{Age|1969|2|6|1994|5|1|}}

| 0

|-

| {{Age|1964|8|16|1994|5|1|}}

| 16

|-

| Back Row

| {{Age|1968|4|15|1994|5|1|}}

| 9

|-

| Lawrence Dallaglio

| Back Row

| {{Age|1972|8|10|1994|5|1|}}

| 0

|-

| Back Row

| {{Age|1966|6|22|1994|5|1|}}

| 3

|-

| Back Row

| {{Age|1970|5|25|1994|5|1|}}

| 2

|-

| Dean Richards

| Back Row

| {{Age|1963|7|11|1994|5|1|}}

| 36

|-

| Back Row

| {{Age|1969|7|2|1994|5|1|}}

| 6

|}

Matches

=First test=

Source:{{cite web|url=http://stats.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/match/22798.html |title = Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - South Africa v England at Pretoria |website = ESPN Scrum | access-date= 23 January 2020}}

{{Rugbybox

|date = 4 June 1994

|time = 15:45 SAST (UTC+02)

|home = {{Ru-rt|RSA}}

|score = (6) 15 - 32 (23)

|report =

|away = {{Ru|ENG}}

|try1 =

|con1 =

|pen1 = Joubert (5)

|try2 = Clarke
Andrew

|con2 = Andrew (2)

|pen2 = Andrew (5)

|drop2 = Andrew

|stadium = Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

|attendance = 51,000

|referee = Colin Hawke (New Zealand)

}}

width="25"\|	width="25"\|
style="width:100%;"
style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"\| {\| style="font-size: 100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
FB	15	André Joubert
RW	14	James Small
OC	13	Pieter Muller
IC	12	Brendan Venter
LW	11	Chester Williams
FH	10	Hennie le Roux
SH	9	Joost van der Westhuizen
N8	8	Tiaan Strauss
BF	7	Fritz Van Heerden
OF	6	François Pienaar (c)
RL	5	Steve Atherton
LL	4	Hannes Strydom
TP	3	Balie Swart
HK	2	John Allan
LP	1	Ollie le Roux
colspan="3"\|Replacements:
CE	16	F.A. Meiring
FH	17	Joel Stransky
SH	18	Johan Roux
HK	19	James Dalton
FL	20	Ruben Kruger
PR	21	Johan Le Roux
colspan="3"\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|RSA}} Ian McIntosh

|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|

width="25"\|	width="25"\|
cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:100%; margin:auto;"
FB	15	Paul Hull
RW	14	Tony Underwood
OC	13	Will Carling (c)
IC	12	Phil de Glanville
LW	11	Rory Underwood
FH	10	Rob Andrew
SH	9	Dewi Morris
N8	8	Dean Richards
OF	7	Ben Clarke
BF	6	Tim Rodber
RL	5	Nigel Redman
LL	4	Martin Bayfield
TP	3	Victor Ubogu
HK	2	Brian Moore
LP	1	Jason Leonard
colspan=3\|Replacements:
FL	16	Steve Ojomoh		{{subon}}
FB	17	Jon Callard
FH	18	Mike Catt
SH	19	Steve Bates
HK	20	Graham Dawe
PR	21	Graham Rowntree
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Jack Rowell

|}

Notes:

Hennie le Roux, Fritz van Heerden, Brendan Venter (all South Africa) and Paul Hull (England) made their international test debuts.

=Second test=

Source:{{cite web|url= http://stats.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/match/22803.html |title = Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - South Africa v England at Cape Town |website = ESPN Scrum | access-date= 23 January 2020}}

{{Rugbybox

|date = 11 June 1994

|time = 15:30 SAST (UTC+02)

|home = {{Ru-rt|RSA}}

|score = (3) 27 - 9 (3)

|report =

|away = {{Ru|ENG}}

|try1 = le Roux
Joubert

|con1 = Joubert

|pen1 = le Roux (3)
Joubert (2)

|try2 =

|con2 =

|pen2 = Andrew (3)

|stadium = Newlands Stadium, Cape Town

|attendance = 45,000

|referee = Colin Hawke (New Zealand)

}}

width="25"\|	width="25"\|
style="width:100%;"
style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"\| {\| style="font-size: 100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
FB	15	André Joubert
RW	14	James Small
OC	13	Pieter Muller
IC	12	Brendan Venter
LW	11	Chester Williams
FH	10	Hennie le Roux
SH	9	Johan Roux
N8	8	Adriaan Richter
BF	7	Ian MacDonald
OF	6	François Pienaar (c)
RL	5	Steve Atherton
LL	4	Mark Andrews
TP	3	Johan Le Roux
HK	2	John Allan
LP	1	Balie Swart
colspan="3"\|Replacements:
SH	16	Joost van der Westhuizen		{{subon}}
FL	17	Fritz Van Heerden		{{subon}}
CE	18	Jannie Claassens
FH	19	Lance Sherrell
PR	20	Japie Barnard
HK	21	James Dalton
colspan="3"\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|RSA}} Ian McIntosh

|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|

width="25"\|	width="25"\|
cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:100%; margin:auto;"
FB	15	Paul Hull
RW	14	Tony Underwood
OC	13	Will Carling (c)
IC	12	Phil de Glanville
LW	11	Rory Underwood
FH	10	Rob Andrew
SH	9	Dewi Morris
N8	8	Ben Clarke
OF	7	Steve Ojomoh
BF	6	Tim Rodber
RL	5	Nigel Redman
LL	4	Martin Bayfield
TP	3	Victor Ubogu
HK	2	Brian Moore
LP	1	Jason Leonard
colspan=3\|Replacements:
CE	16	Mike Catt
FH	17	Stuart Barnes
SH	18	Steve Bates
PR	19	John Mallett
HK	20	Graham Dawe
FL	21	Lawrence Dallaglio
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Jack Rowell

|}

Notes:

Mark Andrews, Johan Le Roux and Johan Roux (all South Africa) made their international test debuts.

In popular culture

The first test at Loftus Versfeld was referenced in the 2009 film Invictus.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

See also

History of rugby union matches between England and South Africa

{{England national rugby union team}}

{{Rugby Tours in South Africa}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{cite book |editor=Stephen Jones |title=Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1995–96|year=1995|publisher=Headline |isbn= 0-7472-7816-4}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:England}}

Category:1994 rugby union tours

Category:1993–94 in English rugby union

Category:1994 in South African rugby union