| South Africa |
| 27 |
| Australia |
| 18 |
| 25 May 1995 | ||||||
| Newlands, Cape Town | ||||||
| World Cup Pool Match | ||||||
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| Captain: Francois Pienaar | Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales) | |||||
| Coach: Kitch Christie | Attendance: 51000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Os du Randt | Cheetahs | 22 | 5 | |
| Hooker | James Dalton | Lions | 22 | 1 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Balie Swart | Lions | 31 | 10 | |
| Lock | Hannes Strydom | Lions | 29 | 7 | |
| Lock | Mark Andrews | Sharks | 23 | 9 | |
| Flank (C) | Francois Pienaar | Lions | 28 | 16 | |
| Flank | Ruben Kruger | Blue Bulls | 25 | 5 | |
| Eighthman | Rudolph Straeuli | Lions | 31 | 6 | |
| Scrumhalf | Joost van der Westhuizen | Blue Bulls | 24 | 8 | |
| Flyhalf | Joel Stransky | WP | 27 | 7 | 1 try, 1 conversion, 4 penalties, 1 dropgoal |
| Left Wing | Pieter Hendriks | Lions | 25 | 4 | 1 try |
| Inside Centre | Hennie le Roux | Lions | 27 | 11 | |
| Outside Centre | Japie Mulder | Lions | 25 | 5 | |
| Right Wing | James Small | Sharks | 26 | 19 | |
| Full Back | André Joubert | Sharks | 31 | 11 | |
| Reserve | Garry Pagel | WP | 28 | 0 |
| Australia: 2 tries, 1 conversion, 2 penalties |
 Team for the opening game of RWC 95: Back: Ruben Kruger, Rudolph Straeuli, Mark Andrews, Hannes Strydom, Krynauw Otto, Garry Pagel, Brendan Venter Middle: James Dalton, Japie Mulder, Joost van der Westhuizen, Gavin Johnson, Os du Randt, Pieter Hendriks, Johan Roux, Chris Rossouw Front: André Joubert, Balie Swart, Kitch Christie (coach), Francois Pienaar (captain), Morné du Plessis (manager), Joel Stransky, Gysie Pienaar (asst coach), James Small, Hennie le Roux |