| South Africa |
| 43 |
| USA |
| 20 |
| 1 December 2001 | ||||||
| Robertson Stadium, UH, Houston | ||||||
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| Captain: André Vos | Referee: Didier Mené (France) | |||||
| Coach: Harry Viljoen | Attendance: 10000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Lawrence Sephaka | Lions | 23 | 0 | |
| Hooker | Lukas van Biljon | Sharks | 25 | 8 | 1 try |
| Tight-head Prop | Cobus Visagie | WP | 28 | 25 | |
| Lock | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 24 | 7 | |
| Lock | Albert van den Berg | Sharks | 27 | 23 | |
| Flank (C) | André Vos | Lions | 26 | 32 | 1 try |
| Flank | AJ Venter | Sharks | 28 | 5 | |
| Eighthman | Joe van Niekerk | Lions | 21 | 5 | |
| Scrumhalf | Deon de Kock | Falcons | 26 | 1 | |
| Flyhalf | Louis Koen | Lions | 26 | 3 | 5 conversions, 1 penalty |
| Left Wing | Dean Hall | Lions | 24 | 8 | 1 try |
| Inside Centre | Adrian Jacobs | Falcons | 21 | 1 | |
| Outside Centre | André Snyman | Sharks | 27 | 32 | |
| Right Wing | Pieter Rossouw | WP | 29 | 41 | 1 try |
| Full Back | Conrad Jantjes | Lions | 21 | 7 | 2 tries |
| Reserve | John Smit | Sharks | 23 | 20 | |
| Reserve | Ollie le Roux | Sharks | 28 | 46 | |
| Reserve | Willie Meyer | Lions | 34 | 18 | |
| Reserve | André Venter | Cheetahs | 31 | 65 | |
| Reserve | Joost van der Westhuizen | Blue Bulls | 30 | 78 | |
| Reserve | Trevor Halstead | Sharks | 25 | 3 | |
| Reserve | De Wet Barry | WP | 23 | 8 |
| USA: 1 try, 4 penalties, 1 dropgoal |