| South Africa |
| 31 |
| Ireland |
| 17 |
| 12 June 2004 | ||||||
| Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein | ||||||
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| Captain: John Smit | Referee: Tony Spreadbury (England) | |||||
| Coach: Jake White | Attendance: 38000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Os du Randt | Cheetahs | 31 | 39 | |
| Hooker (C) | John Smit | Sharks | 26 | 26 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Eddie Andrews | WP | 27 | 0 | |
| Lock | Bakkies Botha | Blue Bulls | 24 | 11 | 2 tries |
| Lock | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 27 | 24 | |
| Flank | Schalk (jnr) Burger | WP | 21 | 3 | |
| Flank | Pedrie Wannenburg | Blue Bulls | 23 | 7 | 1 try |
| Eighthman | Jacques Cronjé | Blue Bulls | 21 | 0 | |
| Scrumhalf | Fourie du Preez | Blue Bulls | 22 | 0 | |
| Flyhalf | Jaco van der Westhuyzen | Leicester | 26 | 9 | |
| Left Wing | Henno Mentz | Sharks | 24 | 0 | |
| Inside Centre | Wayne Julies | Eagles | 25 | 1 | 1 try |
| Outside Centre | Marius Joubert | WP | 24 | 13 | |
| Right Wing | Breyton Paulse | WP | 28 | 40 | |
| Full Back | Gaffie du Toit | WP | 27 | 6 | 1 conversion, 3 penalties |
| Reserve | CJ van der Linde | Cheetahs | 23 | 2 | |
| Reserve | Gerrie Britz | Cheetahs | 26 | 0 | |
| Reserve | Quinton Davids | WP | 28 | 4 |
| Ireland: 1 try, 3 penalties, 1 dropgoal |