| South Africa |
| 96 |
| Wales |
| 13 |
| 27 June 1998 | ||||||
| Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | ||||||
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| Captain: Gary Teichmann | Referee: Paddy O'Brien (New Zealand) | |||||
| Coach: Nick Mallett | Attendance: 33633 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Robbie Kempson | Sharks | 24 | 1 | |
| Hooker | James Dalton | Lions | 25 | 24 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Adrian Garvey | Sharks | 30 | 17 | |
| Lock | Krynauw Otto | Blue Bulls | 26 | 14 | 1 try |
| Lock | Mark Andrews | Sharks | 26 | 43 | |
| Flank | Rassie Erasmus | Cheetahs | 25 | 8 | 1 try |
| Flank | André Venter | Cheetahs | 27 | 22 | 2 tries |
| Eighthman (C) | Gary Teichmann | Sharks | 31 | 29 | |
| Scrumhalf | Joost van der Westhuizen | Blue Bulls | 27 | 40 | 1 try |
| Flyhalf | Franco Smith | Blue Bulls | 25 | 3 | 1 try |
| Left Wing | Pieter Rossouw | WP | 26 | 13 | 3 tries |
| Inside Centre | Pieter Muller | Sharks | 29 | 19 | |
| Outside Centre | André Snyman | Blue Bulls | 24 | 19 | |
| Right Wing | Stefan Terblanche | Cavaliers | 22 | 2 | 2 tries |
| Full Back | Percy Montgomery | WP | 24 | 12 | 2 tries, 9 conversions, 1 penalty |
| Reserve | Bobby Skinstad | WP | 21 | 1 | 1 try |
| Reserve | Henry Honiball | Sharks | 32 | 23 | |
| Reserve | Werner Swanepoel | Cheetahs | 25 | 7 | |
| Reserve | McNeill Hendricks | Cavaliers | 24 | 1 | 1 try |
| Reserve | Andrew Aitken | WP | 30 | 3 | |
| Reserve | Naka Drotské | Cheetahs | 27 | 11 | |
| Reserve | Ollie le Roux | Sharks | 25 | 3 |
| Wales: 1 try, 1 conversion, 2 penalties |