| South Africa |
| 24 |
| Ireland |
| 8 |
| 13 May 1961 | ||||||
| Newlands, Cape Town | ||||||
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| Captain: Johan Claassen | Referee: Piet Calitz (South Africa) | |||||
| Coach: Hennie Muller | Attendance: 35000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Fanie Kuhn | Tvl | 25 | 7 | |
| Hooker | Ronnie Hill | Rhodesia | 26 | 2 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Piet du Toit | Boland | 25 | 11 | |
| Lock | Piet J van Zyl | WP | 27 | 0 | |
| Lock (C) | Johan Claassen | W-Tvl | 31 | 21 | |
| Flank | Hugo van Zyl | WP | 28 | 11 | |
| Flank | Martin Pelser | Tvl | 27 | 8 | |
| Eighthman | Doug Hopwood | WP | 26 | 7 | 1 try |
| Scrumhalf | Piet Uys | N-Tvl | 23 | 3 | |
| Flyhalf | Charlie Nimb | WP | 22 | 0 | 3 conversions, 1 penalty |
| Left Wing | Hennie van Zyl | Tvl | 25 | 7 | |
| Inside Centre | Colin Greenwood | WP | 25 | 0 | 2 tries |
| Outside Centre | Dave Stewart | WP | 25 | 4 | |
| Right Wing | Ben-Piet van Zyl | WP | 25 | 0 | 2 tries |
| Full Back | Lionel Wilson | WP | 27 | 6 |
| Ireland: 1 try, 1 conversion, 1 penalty |
 Team for the Ireland test: Back: Charlie Nimb, Ronnie Hill, Lionel Wilson, Colin Greenwood, Piet Uys Middle: Ben-Piet van Zyl, Piet van Zyl, Martin Pelser, Hennie van Zyl, Doug Hopwood, Fanie Kuhn Seated: Hugo van Zyl, Johan Claassen(captain), Hennie Muller (coach), Dave Stewart, Piet du Toit |