| South Africa |
| 46 |
| Georgia |
| 19 |
| 24 October 2003 | ||||||
| Sydney Football Stadium (Aussie stadium), Sydney | ||||||
| World Cup Pool Match | ||||||
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| Captain: John Smit | Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia) | |||||
| Coach: Rudolph Straeuli | Attendance: 47000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Lawrence Sephaka | Lions | 25 | 15 | |
| Hooker (C) | John Smit | Sharks | 25 | 23 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Faan Rautenbach | WP | 27 | 9 | |
| Lock | Bakkies Botha | Blue Bulls | 24 | 8 | 1 try |
| Lock | Selborne Boome | WP | 28 | 18 | |
| Flank | Hendro Scholtz | Cheetahs | 24 | 4 | |
| Flank | Danie Rossouw | Blue Bulls | 25 | 1 | 2 tries |
| Eighthman | Joe van Niekerk | Lions | 23 | 21 | 1 try |
| Scrumhalf | Neil de Kock | WP | 24 | 7 | |
| Flyhalf | Derick Hougaard | Blue Bulls | 20 | 2 | 1 try, 4 conversions, 1 penalty |
| Left Wing | Breyton Paulse | WP | 27 | 39 | |
| Inside Centre | Werner Greeff | WP | 26 | 10 | |
| Outside Centre | Jaque Fourie | Lions | 20 | 1 | 1 try |
| Right Wing | Stefan Terblanche | Sharks | 28 | 36 | |
| Full Back | Ricardo Loubscher | Sharks | 29 | 3 | |
| Reserve | Schalk (jnr) Burger | WP | 20 | 0 | 1 try |
| Reserve | Dale Santon | Eagles | 34 | 3 | |
| Reserve | Jorrie Muller | Lions | 22 | 3 |
| Georgia: 1 try, 1 conversion, 4 penalties |