England have suffered a second consecutive defeat in the Autumn Internationals after falling to a 31-28 loss to South Africa at Twickenham this afternoon.
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Pat Lambie gave the visitors the lead in the 10th minute from a penalty and five minutes later Jan Serfontein intercepted a Danny Care pass to go under the posts, with Lambie converting.
Owen Farrell scored two penalties for England and Lambie kicked over once more as South Africa took a 13-6 lead into the break.
It took just a minute of the second half for the South Africans to further extend their lead as Cobus Reinach raced over after being fed by Willie le Rous and Lambie converted once more.
England responded well to that setback and scored a converted try of their own three minutes later when David Wilson went over under the sticks.
Within four minutes the hosts were back on level terms as Ben Morgan went over following a driving maul and Farrell converted.
However, the visitors hit back and in the 53rd minute Schalk Burger burst over in the corner, but this time Lambie couldn't convert from the touchline.
Lambie then scored a penalty in the 66th minute for South Africa, before George Ford kicked over for England two minutes later.
The game looked beyond doubt when Lambie scored a drop goal for the visitors, but with two minutes left to play Brad Barritt scored a try for England. However, Ford couldn't convert and South Africa held on to the win.
Alex Meyers
