| South Africa |
| 9 |
| Australia |
| 0 |
| 2 June 1956 | ||||||
| Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane | ||||||
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| Captain: Basie Vivier | Referee: Tom Moore (Australia) | |||||
| Coach: Danie Craven | Attendance: 22000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Harry Walker | W-Tvl | 27 | 1 | |
| Hooker | Bertus van der Merwe | Boland | 26 | 4 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Jaap Bekker | N-Tvl | 31 | 10 | |
| Lock | Salty du Rand | N-Tvl | 30 | 16 | |
| Lock | Johan Claassen | W-Tvl | 26 | 5 | |
| Flank | Dawie Ackermann | WP | 25 | 4 | |
| Flank | Daan Retief | N-Tvl | 30 | 4 | 1 try |
| Eighthman | Butch Lochner | WP | 25 | 2 | |
| Scrumhalf | Popeye Strydom | OFS | 24 | 2 | |
| Flyhalf (C) | Basie Vivier | OFS | 29 | 1 | |
| Left Wing | Tom van Vollenhoven | N-Tvl | 21 | 5 | 1 dropgoal |
| Inside Centre | Pat Montini | WP | 26 | 1 | |
| Outside Centre | Jeremy Nel | WP | 21 | 1 | |
| Right Wing | Roy Dryburgh | Natal | 26 | 3 | 1 try |
| Full Back | Johnny Buchler | Tvl | 26 | 9 |
| Australia: |
 Team for the Brisbane test Back: Butch Lochner, Daan Retief, Harry Newton Walker, Johan Claassen, Dawie Ackermann, Jeremy Nel, Roy Dryburgh, Johnny Buchler Seated: Tom van Vollenhoven, Bertus van der Merwe, Danie Craven (manager/coach), Basie Vivier (captain), Dan de Villiers (asst manager), Salty du Rand, Jaap Bekker Front: Pat Montini, Popeye Strydom |