| South Africa |
| 40 |
| Italy |
| 21 |
| 12 November 1995 | ||||||
| Olympic Stadium, Rome | ||||||
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| Captain: Francois Pienaar | Referee: Steve Lander (England) | |||||
| Coach: Kitch Christie | Attendance: 35000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Toks van der Linde | WP | 25 | 0 | |
| Hooker | James Dalton | Lions | 23 | 4 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Tommie Laubscher | WP | 32 | 4 | |
| Lock | Kobus Wiese | Lions | 31 | 8 | |
| Lock | Mark Andrews | Sharks | 23 | 14 | |
| Flank | Ruben Kruger | Blue Bulls | 25 | 11 | |
| Flank | Fritz van Heerden | WP | 25 | 3 | |
| Eighthman (C) | Francois Pienaar | Lions | 28 | 22 | 1 try |
| Scrumhalf | Joost van der Westhuizen | Blue Bulls | 24 | 14 | |
| Flyhalf | Joel Stransky | WP | 28 | 13 | 4 conversions, 4 penalties |
| Left Wing | Chester Williams | WP | 25 | 14 | |
| Inside Centre | Hennie le Roux | Lions | 28 | 18 | 1 try |
| Outside Centre | Japie Mulder | Lions | 26 | 10 | 1 try |
| Right Wing | James Small | Sharks | 26 | 24 | |
| Full Back | André Joubert | Sharks | 31 | 17 | |
| Reserve | Jacques Olivier | Blue Bulls | 26 | 10 |
| Penalty Tries: 1 |
| Italy: 2 tries, 1 conversion, 3 penalties |