England outclassed by seven-try South Africa

Nations Championship

South Africa (17) 45

Tries: T du Toit, Kolbe, Arendse, Williams, Kriel, Marx, Dixon Cons: Kolbe 5

England (14) 21

Tries: George, Martin, Coles Cons: F Smith 3

South Africa reasserted their dominance over England with a commanding victory at Ellis Park, with the outcome rarely in doubt across 80 bruising minutes.

The Boks blitzed into a 17-point lead inside 11 minutes with England bewildered by the pace, power and cohesion of the hosts.

Powerful scores from Ellis Genge and George Martin, just before half-time, ignited a glimmer of hope for England.

But South Africa turned the screw after the break, scoring another three tries to canter to victory as England came up well short of the gold standard set by the double reigning world champions.

It is fourth successive victory for the Springboks over England.

England's Nations Championship campaign continues against Fiji at the Hill Dickinson Stadium in Liverpool on 11 July before heading back to the southern hemisphere to take on Argentina on 18 July.

South Africa: Willemse; Kolbe, Kriel, De Allende, Arendse; Libbok, Williams; Nche, Marx, T du Toit, P-S du Toit (c), Nortje, De Villiers, Hanekom, Wiese

Replacements: Wessels, Steenekamp, Porthen, Van Staden, Dixon, Reinach, Esterhuizen, Moodie

England: M Smith; Feyi-Waboso, Freeman, Atkinson, Murley: F Smith, Van Poortvliet; Genge, George, Heyes, Coles, Martin, Chessum, Curry, Earl

Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Obano, Opoku-Fordjour, Ewels, Pepper, Pollock, Mitchell, Slade