That's very Jonny May - and quite excellent. South Africa break clear after May spills. Nkosi grubbers through and May is back there on the right wing. He brings the ball under control and then arcs behind his own posts before hacking into touch.

Some more error-tennis. South Africa spill and Ben Youngs flings the ball to Cipriani, who stabs into space. Jantjies collects but hits the ball out on the full.

England up to the 22 via a circuitous route - Danny Cipriani switched with Elliot Daly and then Farrell hit a cross-field kick-pass to May. 

This is a really strange game. Henry Slade throws an interception to Aphiwe Dyantyi, Tom Curry swoops to win a jackalling penalty...and then Daly hits the touch-finder beyond the South Africa try-line.

Moments of high quality and moments of...less quality. Faf De Klerk smashes Nathan Hughes back five metres, but England manage to clear. Joe Marler then wins a breakdown penalty, but Owen Farrell misses touch...then Gelant slices his return kick horribly.

England work a lovely backline move with Cipriani and Farrell combining. However, Brown spills in contact. 

Nice play from South Africa. They flood through in pursuit of a De Klerk box-kick and force a penalty. However, their maul malfunctions after they go to touch. Scrum to England. This is old-school, ugly, grunt and shunt stuff.

S'busi Nkosi spills a Ben Youngs box-kick but then Youngs boots the ricochet down the throat of Gelant, who barrels through Henry Slade. Chris Robshaw is over the ball and legal...but he knocks on. Scrum to South Africa.

Another England penalty as Kolisi kicks through a ruck...but Pieter-Steph du Toit rises to nab the lineout.

Faf de Klerk creeps offside and England go to touch. That's nice. They go long to Joe Launchbury and then Ben Youngs breaks blind with May for support.

A chip through forces South Africa to clear so England will come again...then Curry cannot hold Cipriani's pass.

He nails it.

Brighter from England. Jonny May fields a stabbed chip from Jantjies, then a lovely tipped pass from Sinckler onto Maro Itoje allows the Saracens lock to gallop into South Africa territory. Rallepele is off his feet so Owen Farrell will go for goal...

Henry Slade rips the ball from South Africa and kicks down-field but Kyle Sinckler flops off his feet at the breakdown. South Africa go to touch and maul.

Jantjies misses from the tee. Early let-off for England.

Ben Youngs goes high and Chris Robshaw nails South Africa full-back Warrick Gelant. Faf de Klerk hoists a box-kick of his own and Nathan Hughes gather. Youngs to Gelant again. We're pinging and ponging.

South Africa win the aerial exchange after Jantijies turns May and England's win fails to find too much ground with a left-footed clearance. The tourists then infringe from the lineout, launching a counter-drive too early after Duane Vermeulen rose to claim the throw.

And we're underway. The surface is absolutely sodden as Elton Jantjies starts us off. Jonny May fields it, running out of the England 22, and Joe Marler carries before Ben Youngs goes to the air.

First England. That's Joe Marler.

 And now South Africa. From right to left: Kolisi, Tendai Mtawarira and Chiliboy Ralepelle:

Owen Farrell has led out England. Some interesting statistics on his game last week there, too.

And Siya Kolisi is on the field with his South Africa side.

The referee this afternoon is Glen Jackson.

As we await the players, it's getting blustery.

Here are the teams for today:

South Africa: 15. Warrick Gelant, 14. S'Busiso Nkosi, 13. Jesse Kriel, 12. Andre Esterhuizen, 11. Aphiwe Dyantyi, 10. Elton Jantjies, 9. Faf de Klerk, 1. Tendai Mtawarira, 2. Chiliboy Ralepelle, 3. Fans Malherbe, 4 RG SNyman, 5. Franco Mostert, 6. Siya Kolisi (captain), 7. Pieter-Steph du Toit, 8. Duane Vermeulen Replacements: 16 Schalk Brits, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Thomas du Toit, 19 Jean-Luc du Preez, 20 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 21 Embrose Papier, 22 Handre Pollard, 23 Willie le Roux

England: 15. Elliot Daly; 14. Jonny May, 13. Henry Slade, 12. Owen Farrell (captain), 11. M Brown, 10. Danny Cipriani, 9. Ben Youngs, 1. Joe Marler, 2. Jamie George, 3. Kyle Sinckler , 4. Joe Launchbury, 5. Maro Itoje, 6. Chris Robshaw, 7. Tom Curry, 8. Nathan Hughes. Replacements: 16. Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17. Alec Hepburn, 18. Harry Williams, 19. Jonny Hill, 20. Mark Wilson, 21. Sam Simmonds, 22. Ben Spencer, 23. Denny Solomona

Here are former club colleagues and close mates Danny Cipriani and Willie le Roux having a chat before the warm-up.

Remember the job Eddie Jones abandoned to join England? He was - very briefly - coach of the Stormers between leaving Japan and joining the Rugby Football Union.

England have opted for a six-two split of forwards and backs on the bench for this game, just the third time that has happened under Eddie Jones.

"I think the English team is going to be up for this one. Their forwards are going to be fired up. The forward battle and the collisions are going to big, and the set piece is as well."

This is fascinating stuff from Gavin Mairs. Erasmus on meeting his transformation quotas:

"The target is 45 per cent this year, measured over the 14-Test season, and if I do not reach the mark I have failed to reach one of my key performance indicators.

"If I do not make the 45 per cent target, I will be in trouble. We must see it like that. It is what it is and we must work around that."

"I think we'll play with a lot better execution when we're fatigued today."

A telling quote from Eddie Jones, this:

“I woke up this morning and looked at Table Mountain, thinking it was a  nice place, particularly when you are on top, not so much when you are looking from the bottom.”

We still have an hour before kick-off, so why not have a look at some killer turning-points from the second Test in Bloemfontein. England were emotional and inaccurate. Proactive South Africa made them pay.

Our man in the stands is Gavin Mairs. And, as he says, it's wet.

Good afternoon and welcome to our live text commentary of the third and final Test between South Africa and England at Newlands, Cape Town.

As a meaningful contest, the series is over. Guided by their astute coach Rassie Erasmus and inspired by some exceptional individual performances from Faf De Klerk, Willie Le Roux and Duane Vermeulen, the Springboks are thoroughly deserving of an unassailable 2-0 lead.

After victories in Johannesburg and Bloemfontein, they can seal a clean-sweep here. What a story that would be.

As for England, they need to halt this worrying slide. Five straight Test match defeats, comprising three to finish the Six Nations and two more on this tour, represents a horrible slump with Rugby World Cup 2019 just 15 months away.

You might have heard about Eddie Jones’ team selection for this week. Danny Cipriani is back at fly-half, making a first Test start in a decade, in place of George Ford. On the back of a brilliant campaign for Wasps, this is an opportunity for the Gloucester-bound 30 year-old to prove how much he can offer in Japan.

Elsewhere, Chris Robshaw has returned for Brad Shields, who is ill. Joe Marler is in for Mako Vunipola. On the bench, there is a potential England debut waiting for Exeter Chiefs lock Jonny Hill. Alec Hepburn and Sam Simmonds are poised for their first appearances of this series as well.

South Africa have reshuffled. Elton Jantjies will wear 10, inside a new midfield partnership of Andre Esterhuizen and Jesse Kriel. There is also a bloke called Schalk Brits on the bench. We are not short of subplots.

This game may have little bearing on England’s road to the Rugby World Cup. That said, they desperately require a win. Stay tuned. We are set for a fascinating afternoon.