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England vs South Africa rugby LIVE: Dogged England earn opening win of the Autumn Internationals

England's preparations for next year's World Cup in Japan began with a win in the first of their autumn internationals against South Africa.

These two sides met as recently as this summer, when the Springboks won a three-match Test series 2-1, with England's consolation 25-10 victory in Cape Town coming after the series had been decided.

This is the first of four games to be played by England over the next month, with home fixtures against New Zealand, Japan and Australia to come.

Relive all the action in our Standard Sport match blog!

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When is the game?

The game takes place on Saturday, November 3, 2018. Kick-off is at ​3pm GMT.


Will it be shown on TV?

It will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Main Event and Action channels and is available via Now TV with a day pass on offer for £7.99. Sky Sports subscribers can stream the match online via SkyGo and the SkyGo app.

Alternatively, you can follow all the action with Standard Sport's LIVE blog.


Starting line-up

England XV

E Daly (Wasps); J Nowell (Exeter Chiefs), H Slade (Exeter Chiefs), B Te'o (Worcester Warriors), J May (Leicester Tigers); O Farrell (Saracens, co-capt), B Youngs (Leicester Tigers); A Hepburn (Exeter Chiefs), D Hartley (Northampton Saints, co-capt), K Sinckler (Harlequins), M Itoje (Saracens), G Kruis (Saracens), B Shields (Wasps), T Curry (Sale Sharks), M Wilson (Newcastle Falcons).

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