South Africa v England: third Test – live!

65 mins: Intelligent kicking from Farrell pins back South Africa, but De Klerk dug the ball out from the line out.

64 mins: Robin Hazlehurst emails in. “Presumably the conditions are preventing Cippers from creating magic but is Eddie going to overlook that and drop him again, saying he didn’t do enough? That would be very Eddie.”

62 mins: England’s forwards in the ascendancy at the moment as a chorus of Karma Chameleon plays out. Now they win a line out against the head. This is better from England if almost deliberately lacking in artfulness.

61 mins: Farrell misses a drop goal! At last, some phases of play from the English team, with Itoje piling forward. That was never likely to go in from that distance and was wasteful.

59 mins: More scrappiness in the conditions force another England penalty. De Klerk caught offside. England take the line out and Ben Youngs charges on.

58 mins: Pollard is on, which is surely bad news for the English. South Africa had been lacking control behind the scrum due to Jantjie’s struggles.

55 mins: Wilson blocks a Jantjies kick to set up an England attack. Offside means that England have another penalty. South Africa’s fly-half has not been great and will be imminently replaced by Andre Pollard.

54 mins: Cipriani, who has been quiet, then plays a ball narrowly forward. These are perhaps not the conditions that suit his talents.

53 mins: England miss a penalty! Gelant makes another mistake to almost concede the three points, undoing the good work for that South Africa try. The angle and distance are too much for Elliott Daly.

47 mins: That was excellent from South Africa, a total contrast to what came before.

44 mins: Schalk Brits comes on for the wondrously named Chiliboy Ralepelle, and Steven Kitshoff comes on at loosehead prop.

42 mins: And England force a penalty when South Africa collapse in the scrum.

41 mins: Farrell’s kick-off begins the second half, and another session of kicking at each other before Elton Jantjies makes another handling error from a Youngs box kick. England have a scrum.

This clip shows why this has not been much of a spectacle. The prelims the best bit so far.

Some deserved approval for Johnny May from Will “Black Label” Carling.

A reminder of today’s test from Sydney.

Half-time: Better from England, certainly more solid than the chaos of the High Veldt, but the conditions are doing little to help this as a spectacle. South Africa not exactly looking refreshed by those five changes.

39 mins: South Africa win their own scrum, and the Beast doesn’t get too far before being baulked to the ground. The home team looking predictable but do manage to force a penalty as the buzzer sounds.

38 mins: England win a line out at the second time of asking as Launchbury catches a rebound. Mike Brown smelled open territory but that slippery pill fell from his hand after Kriel got a hand to the ball.

33 mins: Robshaw seizes on a handling error from Jantjies. A gift and some decent territory. A penalty is forced by Jamie George and after five phases of possession, South Africa are brought back.

32 mins: Big push from South Africa and one that is resisted. Curry wins the penalty and England celebrate wildly.

30 mins: Nathan Hughes gets rocked back and the ball turns over. Nkosi, in open space, tried to kick on for a try and May has to run all the way from behind the try line to get the ball clear. The best running of the game so far, but at the wrong end of the field.

28 mins: South Africa won the scrum and forced England back into their own half. Both teams trying to force the issue but so many mistakes with bad kicks and handling errors are making this a dire spectacle so far.

27 mins: Another scrum and far away from where England would have liked.

25 mins: A mess of a scrum reflects the overall match. England get a free-kick and pile into heavy traffic. Farrell kicks wide to try and open stuff up. But the ball is given away, only for Curry to force a penalty. Daly kicks out on the full. That’s a dreadful waste.

24 mins: England keep the ball from their line-out, but lose the ball again. Too many handling errors again? Certainly too many turnovers. The South Africans knock on. Another scrum. This game is, er, scrappy.