| South Africa |
| 5 |
| New Zealand |
| 11 |
| 1 September 1956 | ||||||
| Eden Park, Auckland | ||||||
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| Captain: Basie Vivier | Referee: Bill Fright (New Zealand) | |||||
| Coach: Danie Craven | Attendance: 61240 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Harry Walker | W-Tvl | 28 | 3 | |
| Hooker | Bertus van der Merwe | Boland | 27 | 8 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Jaap Bekker | N-Tvl | 31 | 14 | |
| Lock | Salty du Rand | N-Tvl | 30 | 20 | |
| Lock | Johan Claassen | W-Tvl | 26 | 9 | |
| Flank | James Starke | WP | 25 | 0 | |
| Flank | Daan Retief | N-Tvl | 31 | 8 | |
| Eighthman | Butch Lochner | WP | 25 | 6 | |
| Scrumhalf | Popeye Strydom | OFS | 24 | 4 | |
| Flyhalf | Peewee Howe | Border | 24 | 1 | |
| Left Wing | Theuns Briers | WP | 27 | 6 | |
| Inside Centre | Paul Johnstone | Tvl | 26 | 8 | |
| Outside Centre | Jeremy Nel | WP | 21 | 5 | |
| Right Wing | Roy Dryburgh | Natal | 26 | 5 | 1 try |
| Full Back (C) | Basie Vivier | OFS | 29 | 4 | 1 conversion |
| New Zealand: 1 try, 1 conversion, 2 penalties |
 Team for the Auckland test: Back: Butch Lochner, Jaap Bekker, James Starke, Johan Claassen, Harry Newton Walker, Roy Dryburgh, Jeremy Nel, Theuns Briers Seated: Chris Koch (injured and withdrew), Basie van Wyk (selector), Dr Danie Craven (manager/coach), Basie Vivier (captain) DJ de Villiers (asst manager), Salty du Rand, Paul Johnstone Front: Bertus van der Merwe, Peewee Howe, Popeye Strydom Absent: Daan Retief |