Bit of invention from England but then Itoje's pass to Launchbury is poor and knocked on. 90 seconds to go.

Maul from England makes little ground, then Cipriani nearly throws an interception. Knocked on by the Boks. England scrum.

Penalty England, Van der Merwe offside. Chipped to the corner.

Vermeulen again clatters through three defenders. Slade pounces though for a turnover to clear to touch. England with little left in the tank.

And now they're charging. Multiple phases, England offside in their 22. Pollard will... go for the points. Surprisingly he misses! It was really high. Not that it matters, the Boks are in the box seat.

Hughes throws the ball away, coughing up a penalty, and that sums up England's ineptitude in this series when it comes to their discipline. Rudderless. Boks can now see this one out.

Half-break for Daly but he's brought down by the last man. It all comes to nothing though as the Boks turn it over through Du Toit, who's had a great game.

No problem for Pollard. England will a long road back from here.

Ford in a panic throws a hospital pass to Brown. Swamped. South Africa penalty. England crumbling. Pollard will take a shot.

Kolisi off for Notshe. Wilson coming on for England, as are Cipriani and Solomona.

Good ball retention by England but not a lot of ground made. Brown at one point offloads essentially to himself. Shields driven back well by Van der Merwe, the Angry Warthog no less.

Boks kick clear.

England hold on. Turnover penalty won against Mostert right on their line. Daly clears.

And an instant impact. Kriel feeds Dyantyi who grubbers, and Daly is forced to carry the ball over his own line. Five-metre scrum coming. Cowan-Dickie on for George.

Few phases strung together by England before Ford hoists it high again. Le Roux under it: he's nailed every one since the first mistake. On the counter Itoje knocks on. Kriel on for Am.

The maul this time goes nowhere. Springboks in charge upfront. Van der Merwe comes up with the ball. Snyman off now by the way after another assured performance at lock.

Boks with a scrum. Marler on for Mako.

Shields looks like he's scored, but a Mostert hand forces a knock-on. Inches away. England have another penalty for offside and go back to the corner.

Better from England after a Brown carry, and they get a penalty, Nkosi offside. Into the corner...

England look short on confidence. Much-needed Daly touchfinder allows them to get a breather. May thumped in the tackle by Van der Merwe, one for Mbonambi who impressed.

Couple of resets. England in need of an escape route. Bok scrum advancing, Sinckler pops up... Poite's seen enough. Penalty try, the Boks take an eight-point lead.

Kitshoff held up over the line! SA totally dominant at the moment. Five-metre scrum.

Youngs clears with a box kick. New props for South Africa, as Beast gets a big reception.

Chip from De Klerk has May isolated in his 22 and SA pounce, penalty. Kolisi the man. Pollard can add three points. He wants the lineout drive...

That was very good from Shields, an interception and break getting England into the Boks' half before he's turned over on his own.

Break from Vermeulen! Passes out to Dyantyi who then cuts infield. De Allende goes to ground in the England 22.

Desperate defence gets England a turnover with a scrum. But Vermeulen is running this whole show at the moment.

And SA on the front foot, Brown chasing back to cover a kick and forced into touch. Youngs had gone for a snipe and was turned over.

Ford swamped in the tackle, the ball's not coming out of there. Am gets the pats on the back and it's South Africa who lead at half-time despite having been 12-0 down.

England need to snap out of this slump. It's repetitive and tedious. Time for some leaders to front up and get some control back in this contest.

Vital turnover from Brown on Snyman, winning a penalty, after Billy gets carted out of the way by Mbonambi. Kicked to touch.

Same old story really: England take the lead, cough up penalties and the Springboks fight back to lead.

Ignore the hooter, Billy's gone off for Hughes but England still have time for the lineout.

And the Boks lead for the first time! Farrell turns points down, and now England trail a few minutes later. Some basic thinking from England in this half.

Turnover penalty for the Boks as England go off their feet. Pollard going for the posts from just shy of 60 metres...

Ignore me, they're going to the corner. England's lineout drives have been rare recently. Starting ten metres out... Itoje takes. Instead it's quick hands, May and Slade involved. Mako spills it, cleared by De Klerk to touch.

Free-kick England and they take the scrum, attacking in the Springboks' half. More room for Brown down the left wing. Shields can't release the ball but it's South Africa at fault, so Farrell will take a shot. Curry getting some treatment.

Nice touchfinder by Ford but then Vunipola is slow to react catching a high ball and knocks on. Boks scrum.

Daly keeps Pollard's penalty to touch infield, and then kicks out on the full. Sloppy.

More scraps, play's stopped as it looks like Itoje flicks a foot out at De Klerk. Think Poite is more interested on a slap to the face of Du Toit by Mako.

Such soft penalties. England have learnt nothing from last week.

And he lands it. England's lead cut to two points from 12. That sounds familiar.

Soft penalty given up at the lineout by England for obstruction, against Billy. Pollard will take a shot.

Springboks with about two thirds of the territory at the moment. Billy takes one under the high ball as England try to get going. High kick again towards May but Am is there to help out Le Roux. 

More territory kicking ends with a touchfinder by De Klerk near England's 22.

Lots of time with the ball for the Springboks but little to show for it. England defending 40 metres out, slowish ball. Beast through the middle of the ruck! That caught England out. 

Vermeulen then picks up and goes trucking! They can't stop the big No 8, tacklers falling off him as he powers his way over. The Boks are on the board.

Pass from De Klerk misses everybody into touch, good pressure. Launchbury takes at the lineout and after a brief maul, Youngs clears. Good defensive stand that by England.

Lineout won by Snyman but Sinckler came in the side, another advantage for sacking the maul. Boks attacking, five metres out. Back for the penalty... no yellow, surprisingly. Corner again for South Africa.

Scrum penalty this time to the Boks! That gets a bit of a cheer. Scrap going on between Vermeulen, Brown and Farrell, looks as though De Klerk sparked it off. Poite not happy. Pollard will go to the corner for the third time in a few minutes.

Maul this time comes to nothing and England are pumped, Ford punching the air. Good intensity from England deep near their line.

Itoje penalised for batting the lineout straight into touch. Both captains having a word with Poite, Kolisi asking for a card. None given. Pollard back into the corner.

Boks trying to hit back with the maul, gaining good ground and a penalty advantage. Pollard kicks to the corner.

Deep restart from the Boks and Farrell clears, but not to touch. Le Roux takes an up-and-under, positioning his side outside the England 22. De Allende goes in upright and has the ball ripped by Farrell. Boks opt for the lineout over the scrum.

Proper déjà vu as England quickly make it two. Great quarterback-style pass from Brown gives Daly and then May enough space to work with on the right, May stepping on the gas and rounding Kolisi before stepping inside a covering Nkosi to score. Farrell can't convert from out wide to the right.

Nkosi penalised off the restart for blocking Brown's jump. Farrell kicks to touch. All a bit quiet in the crowd.

Won by Shields, Slade with a brief carry. Billy gives them what they've been missing up the middle, sucking in tacklers. Wide then through Farrell to May and finally Brown who goes over untouched. Sharp backline play from the visitors who take the lead. Farrell converts.

England trying to win the territory, pinning SA back. De Klerk kicks clear, under pressure from Curry, and doesn't get much ground. England's lineout 30 metres out.

Very good scrum for England, Malherbe penalised for collapsing. One in the book for Mako. Farrell clears to touch.

Clever switch from the Boks, coming right before Pollard throws a miss-pass left. Brown covers the grubber and then trying to run it out England throw a forward pass to Daly. Boks still in position.

De Allende with an interception that needs a tap tackle from Farrell after he makes 50 metres. Then England turn it over only for Brown to knock on. Big waste of an attacking position by the tourists. Bok scrum.

Lineout secured, a couple of phases, before Ford kicks across to May. Knocked on by Le Roux, England with a scrum on the far side inside SA's 22. They can strike from here.

England looking wide early, but Ford instead chips to the corner. De Klerk does well to not carry it into touch, and the Boks clear to outside their 22.

And we're underway. Romain Poite makes on the whistle as Pollard kicks deep, taken by Daly. De Klerk penalised for offside as England kick to touch over halfway.

Kolisi leading South Africa out on his 27th birthday. Expect he feels a lot more relaxed this week. There's a moment's silence to remember former Springbok wing Syd Nomis.

As he walks out carrying his two children. Crowd on their feet.

Don't let the sun fool you, it'll be very chilly in Bloemfontein at altitude.

De Klerk was a huge pain in England's side at Ellis Park. Here's how they limit his impact a week on, according to Charlie Morgan.

Another bespoke plan England seemed to deploy specifically to counter De Klerk was asking Youngs to sweep from a shallow position.

Here's Maggie Alphonsi on where England need to improve following last weekend's defeat in Johannesburg.

Jones often talks about “dominant collisions” but I didn’t see much evidence of English dominance last weekend - and I haven’t for quite some time.

Tendai ‘The Beast’ Mtawarira has been a special Springbok, even if he's downplaying today's achievement of reaching a century of caps.

They've bugged England all year long, especially in recent defeats to Scotland, France, Ireland and South Africa. Here's Maro Itoje on how England keep that penalty count in single figures.

After Ireland's win over the Wallabies, their first in Australia since 1979. Here's how it happened. 

Afternoon everybody, well done for tearing yourself away from the World Cup coverage to see if England can level the series in South Africa.

England are back at the scene of their last victory in the Republic, all the way back in 2000 when Jonny Wilkinson kicked eight penalties and a drop goal.

Then as is the case now they had lost the first Test, at Ellis Park last week rather than at Loftus, and while England might not be outwardly displaying any sense of panic a few alarm bells will be ringing if they lost a fifth successive Test match.

Teams news

South Africa have recalled Pieter-Steph du Toit to their starting XV in the back row in place of Jean-Luc du Preez, while Frans Malherbe is back in tighthead prop.

On the bench Thomas du Toit and Jesse Kriel come in, with no specialist fly-half available among the replacements.

It's a very special day for Tendai 'Beast' Mtawarira, as he becomes the sixth Springbok to win 100 caps and the first black South African to reach that milestone.

England meanwhile have given Brad Shields a first Test start (thankfully not at lock) as he comes in for Chris Robshaw.

Joe Launchbury also returns at lock after overcoming injury, replacing Nick Isiekwe of Saracens.

England are otherwise unchanged, with Newcastle's Mark Wilson coming onto the bench along with Danny Cipriani, who could win a first Test cap for England since 2015.