| South Africa |
| 8 |
| Ireland |
| 3 |
| 17 December 1960 | ||||||
| Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road), Dublin | ||||||
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| Captain: Avril Malan | Referee: GJ Treharne (Wales) | |||||
| Coach: Boy Louw | Attendance: 40000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Fanie Kuhn | Tvl | 25 | 3 | |
| Hooker | Ronnie Hill | Rhodesia | 25 | 1 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Piet du Toit | Boland | 25 | 7 | |
| Lock (C) | Avril Malan | Tvl | 23 | 5 | |
| Lock | Johan Claassen | W-Tvl | 31 | 17 | |
| Flank | Hugo van Zyl | WP | 28 | 7 | 1 try |
| Flank | Martin Pelser | Tvl | 26 | 6 | |
| Eighthman | Attie Baard | WP | 27 | 0 | |
| Scrumhalf | Dick Lockyear | Griquas | 29 | 4 | 1 conversion |
| Flyhalf | Keith Oxlee | Natal | 26 | 5 | |
| Left Wing | Hennie van Zyl | Tvl | 24 | 4 | |
| Inside Centre | Ian Kirkpatrick | OFS | 30 | 9 | |
| Outside Centre | John Gainsford | WP | 22 | 6 | 1 try |
| Right Wing | Jannie Engelbrecht | WP | 22 | 2 | |
| Full Back | Lionel Wilson | WP | 27 | 3 |
| Ireland: 1 penalty |
 Team for the Ireland test: Back: Fanie Kuhn, John Gainsford, Attie Baard, Hennie van Zyl, Jannie Engelbrecht, Martin Pelser, Hugo van Zyl, Ronnie Hill Seated: Johan Claassen, Dick Lockyear, Ferdie Bergh (manager), Avril Malan (captain), Boy Louw (coach), Ian Kirkpatrick, Piet du Toit Front: Keith Oxlee, Lionel Wilson |