| South Africa |
| 8 |
| Ireland |
| 3 |
| 19 December 1931 | ||||||
| Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road), Dublin | ||||||
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| Captain: Bennie Osler | Referee: MA Allan (Scotland) | |||||
| Attendance: 35000 | ||||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Boy Louw | WP | 25 | 3 | |
| Hooker | Bert Kipling | Griquas | 27 | 1 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Phil Mostert | WP | 33 | 11 | |
| Lock | Ferdie Bergh | SWD | 25 | 1 | |
| Lock | Phil Nel | Natal | 29 | 5 | |
| Flank | Nic Bierman | Tvl | 21 | 0 | |
| Flank | André McDonald | WP | 22 | 1 | |
| Eighthman | George Daneel | Tvl | 27 | 5 | |
| Scrumhalf | Danie Craven | WP | 21 | 1 | |
| Flyhalf (C) | Bennie Osler | WP | 30 | 9 | 1 conversion |
| Left Wing | Morris Zimerman | WP | 20 | 1 | 1 try |
| Inside Centre | JC van der Westhuizen | WP | 26 | 3 | |
| Outside Centre | Frankie Waring | WP | 23 | 0 | 1 try |
| Right Wing | Ponie van der Westhuizen | WP | 22 | 0 | |
| Full Back | Gerry Brand | WP | 25 | 3 |
| Ireland: 1 penalty |