18 August 1956
Lancaster Park (Jade stadium), Christchurch
	South Africa 10 New Zealand 17
Captain: Basie Vivier		Referee: Bill Fright (New Zealand)
Coach: Danie Craven		Attendance: 51000

Team:
Combined caps: 113 tests (starting 15)

Position	Player	Province	Age	Prev Tests	Scoring
Loose-head Prop	Chris Koch	Boland	28	17
Hooker	Bertus van der Merwe	Boland	27	7
Tight-head Prop	Jaap Bekker	N-Tvl	31	13
Lock	Salty du Rand	N-Tvl	30	19
Lock	Johan Claassen	W-Tvl	26	8
Flank	Dawie Ackermann	WP	26	6
Flank	Butch Lochner	WP	25	5	1 try
Eighthman	Daan Retief	N-Tvl	31	7
Scrumhalf	Tommy Gentles	WP	22	4
Flyhalf	Clive Ulyate	Tvl	22	6
Left Wing	Tom van Vollenhoven	N-Tvl	21	6
Inside Centre	Wilf Rosenberg	Tvl	22	3	1 try
Outside Centre	Jeremy Nel	WP	21	4
Right Wing	Theuns Briers	WP	27	5
Full Back (C)	Basie Vivier	OFS	29	3	2 conversions

New Zealand: 3 tries, 1 conversion, 2 penalties

Match pictures:

Team for the Christchurch test: Back: Theuns Briers, Butch Lochner, Daan Retief, Johan Claassen, Dawie Ackermann, Jeremy Nel, James Starke, Roy Dryburgh Seated: Clive Ulyate, Chris Koch, Basie Vivier (captain), Danie Craven (coach), Salty du Rand, Bertus van der Merwe, Jaap Bekker Front: Tom van Vollenhoven, Peewee Howe, Tommy Gentles, Wilf Rosenberg