| South Africa |
| 6 |
| Ireland |
| 9 |
| 10 April 1965 | ||||||
| Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road), Dublin | ||||||
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| Captain: Avril Malan | Referee: PG Brook (England) | |||||
| Coach: Boy Louw | Attendance: 30000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Fanie Kuhn | Tvl | 29 | 17 | |
| Hooker | Don Walton | Natal | 26 | 1 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Hannes Marais | EP | 23 | 3 | |
| Lock | Gawie Carelse | EP | 23 | 2 | |
| Lock (C) | Avril Malan | Tvl | 28 | 14 | |
| Flank | Haas Schoeman | WP | 25 | 2 | |
| Flank | Snowy Suter | Natal | 25 | 0 | |
| Eighthman | Tommy Bedford | Natal | 24 | 6 | |
| Scrumhalf | Dawie de Villiers | WP | 24 | 2 | |
| Flyhalf | Dave Stewart | WP | 29 | 10 | 1 penalty |
| Left Wing | Corra Dirksen | N-Tvl | 27 | 2 | |
| Inside Centre | Wynand Mans | WP | 23 | 0 | 1 try |
| Outside Centre | John Gainsford | WP | 26 | 22 | |
| Right Wing | Jannie Engelbrecht | WP | 26 | 15 | |
| Full Back | Lionel Wilson | WP | 31 | 19 |
| Ireland: 1 try, 2 penalties |
 Team for the Ireland test: Back:Corra Dirksen, Don Walton, Haas Schoeman, Wynand Mans, Gawie Carelse, Tommy Bedford, Hannes Marais, Snowy Suter, Lionel Wilson, Fanie Kuhn Front: John Gainsford, Boy Louw (coach), Avril Malan (captain), Basil Medway (manager), Dawie de Villiers (vice-captain), Jannie Engelbrecht, Dave Stewart |