| South Africa |
| 72 |
| Uruguay |
| 6 |
| 11 October 2003 | ||||||
| Subiaco Oval, Perth | ||||||
| World Cup Pool Match | ||||||
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| Captain: Joost van der Westhuizen | Referee: Paddy O'Brien (New Zealand) | |||||
| Coach: Rudolph Straeuli | Attendance: 17000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Lawrence Sephaka | Lions | 25 | 13 | |
| Hooker | Danie Coetzee | Blue Bulls | 26 | 8 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Richard Bands | Blue Bulls | 29 | 7 | 1 try |
| Lock | Bakkies Botha | Blue Bulls | 24 | 6 | 2 tries |
| Lock | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 26 | 20 | |
| Flank | Joe van Niekerk | Lions | 23 | 19 | 1 try |
| Flank | Danie Rossouw | Blue Bulls | 25 | 0 | 1 try |
| Eighthman | Juan Smith | Cheetahs | 22 | 6 | |
| Scrumhalf (C) | Joost van der Westhuizen | Blue Bulls | 32 | 85 | 3 tries |
| Flyhalf | Louis Koen | Lions | 28 | 11 | 5 conversions |
| Left Wing | Thinus Delport | Falcons | 28 | 14 | 1 try |
| Inside Centre | De Wet Barry | WP | 25 | 19 | |
| Outside Centre | Jaque Fourie | Lions | 20 | 0 | 1 try |
| Right Wing | Ashwin Willemse | Lions | 22 | 5 | |
| Full Back | Werner Greeff | WP | 26 | 9 | 1 try |
| Reserve | Derick Hougaard | Blue Bulls | 20 | 0 | 1 conversion |
| Reserve | Ricardo Loubscher | Sharks | 29 | 2 | |
| Reserve | Neil de Kock | WP | 24 | 6 | |
| Reserve | Hendro Scholtz | Cheetahs | 24 | 3 | 1 try |
| Reserve | Selborne Boome | WP | 28 | 17 | |
| Reserve | Faan Rautenbach | WP | 27 | 8 | |
| Reserve | John Smit | Sharks | 25 | 21 |
| Uruguay: 2 penalties |