Saracens (6) 24
Tries: Joubert, Barritt Con: Hougaard Pens: Hougaard (3) Drops: Hougaard
**South Africa (18) 23 **
Try: De Jongh, Nokwe (2) **Con: ** Pienaar **Pens: **Pienaar (2)
**South Africa suffered a third straight defeat on their tour of Europe as Premiership leaders Saracens came from 18-6 behind to win at Wembley.**Juan de Jongh and Jongi Nokwe crossed to sent the under-strength Springboks into half-time with a 12-point lead.
Saracens, whose team included several South Africans, struck back with tries from Ernst Joubert and Brad Barritt.
Former Springbok fly-half Derrick Hougaard kicked 14 points as Sarries sealed an eighth successive victory.
“This victory is massively up there with previous great Saracens performances,” said Saracens lock Hugh Vyvyan.
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“To beat South Africa at Wembley is just fantastic. Its great for some of us here because we don’t often get the chance to play the great players like these.”
South Africa, who have also lost to Leicester and France, play Italy in Udine on Saturday before rounding off their tour against Six Nations Grand Slam champions Ireland at Croke Park on 28 November.
Saracens: Horak, Cato, Ratuvou, Barritt, Tagicakibau, Hougaard, de Kock, Gill, Reynecke, Skuse, Botha, Vyvyan, van Heerden, Melck, Joubert.
Replacements: Nieto for Horak (49), Penney for Cato (40), Barrett for de Kock (38), Brits for Reynecke (40), Goode for Skuse (49), Saull for Melck (47).
Not Used: Kruis.
South Africa: Rose, Ndungane, de Jongh, Olivier, Nokwe, Pienaar, Adams, van der Merwe, Strauss, van der Linde, Hargreaves, Bekker, Deysel, Potgieter, Johnson.
Replacements: Viljoen for Olivier (68), Bosman for Pienaar (68), Hougaard for Adams (40), Maku for Strauss (68), W. du Preez for van der Linde (10), Rossouw for Bekker (40), Raubenheimer for Johnson (68).
Att: 46,281
Ref: James Jones (WRFU).