| South Africa |
| 60 |
| Italy |
| 14 |
| 30 June 2001 | ||||||
| Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth | ||||||
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| Captain: Bobby Skinstad | Referee: Joel Dumé (France) | |||||
| Coach: Harry Viljoen | Attendance: 25000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Ollie le Roux | Sharks | 28 | 38 | |
| Hooker | John Smit | Sharks | 23 | 12 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Willie Meyer | Lions | 33 | 14 | |
| Lock | Johan Ackermann | Lions | 31 | 5 | |
| Lock | Mark Andrews | Sharks | 29 | 70 | 1 try |
| Flank | André Vos | Lions | 26 | 24 | |
| Flank | André Venter | Cheetahs | 30 | 57 | 1 try |
| Eighthman (C) | Bobby Skinstad | WP | 24 | 17 | |
| Scrumhalf | Neil de Kock | WP | 22 | 0 | |
| Flyhalf | Percy Montgomery | WP | 27 | 46 | 1 try, 3 conversions, 4 penalties |
| Left Wing | Thinus Delport | Lions | 26 | 11 | 1 try |
| Inside Centre | Japie Mulder | Lions | 31 | 33 | |
| Outside Centre | Robbie Fleck | WP | 25 | 25 | |
| Right Wing | Breyton Paulse | WP | 25 | 21 | 2 tries |
| Full Back | Conrad Jantjes | Lions | 21 | 0 | 1 conversion |
| Reserve | Lukas van Biljon | Sharks | 25 | 0 | |
| Reserve | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 24 | 0 | |
| Reserve | Joost van der Westhuizen | Blue Bulls | 30 | 70 | 2 tries |
| Reserve | Jaco van der Westhuyzen | Pumas | 23 | 1 | |
| Reserve | Ettiené Fynn | Sharks | 28 | 1 | |
| Reserve | Deon Kayser | EP | 30 | 9 | |
| Reserve | Corné Krige | WP | 26 | 17 |
| Italy: 1 try, 3 penalties |