| South Africa |
| 54 |
| Italy |
| 26 |
| 17 November 2001 | ||||||
| Luigi Ferraris Stadium, Genoa | ||||||
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| Captain: Bobby Skinstad | Referee: Wayne Erickson (Australia) | |||||
| Coach: Harry Viljoen | Attendance: 25000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Ollie le Roux | Sharks | 28 | 44 | |
| Hooker | John Smit | Sharks | 23 | 18 | 1 try |
| Tight-head Prop | Willie Meyer | Lions | 34 | 16 | 1 try |
| Lock | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 24 | 5 | 1 try |
| Lock | AJ Venter | Sharks | 28 | 3 | |
| Flank | André Vos | Lions | 26 | 30 | |
| Flank | Joe van Niekerk | Lions | 21 | 4 | |
| Eighthman (C) | Bobby Skinstad | WP | 25 | 23 | 1 try |
| Scrumhalf | Joost van der Westhuizen | Blue Bulls | 30 | 76 | 1 try |
| Flyhalf | Louis Koen | Lions | 26 | 1 | 2 conversions |
| Left Wing | Dean Hall | Lions | 24 | 6 | 1 try |
| Inside Centre | Braam van Straaten | WP | 30 | 19 | 5 conversions |
| Outside Centre | Trevor Halstead | Sharks | 25 | 1 | 2 tries |
| Right Wing | Breyton Paulse | WP | 25 | 27 | |
| Full Back | Conrad Jantjes | Lions | 21 | 5 | |
| Reserve | Percy Montgomery | WP | 27 | 49 | |
| Reserve | Corné Krige | WP | 26 | 19 | |
| Reserve | Deon de Kock | Falcons | 26 | 0 | |
| Reserve | Adrian Jacobs | Falcons | 21 | 0 | |
| Reserve | Cobus Visagie | WP | 28 | 23 | |
| Reserve | Lukas van Biljon | Sharks | 25 | 6 | |
| Reserve | André Venter | Cheetahs | 31 | 63 |
| Italy: 2 tries, 2 conversions, 3 penalties, 1 dropgoal |