| South Africa |
| 26 |
| Ireland |
| 17 |
| 19 June 2004 | ||||||
| Newlands, Cape Town | ||||||
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| Captain: John Smit | Referee: Joël Jutge (France) | |||||
| Coach: Jake White | Attendance: 50000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Os du Randt | Cheetahs | 31 | 40 | |
| Hooker (C) | John Smit | Sharks | 26 | 27 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Eddie Andrews | WP | 27 | 1 | |
| Lock | Quinton Davids | WP | 28 | 5 | |
| Lock | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 27 | 25 | |
| Flank | Schalk (jnr) Burger | WP | 21 | 4 | |
| Flank | Pedrie Wannenburg | Blue Bulls | 23 | 8 | |
| Eighthman | Jacques Cronjé | Blue Bulls | 21 | 1 | |
| Scrumhalf | Fourie du Preez | Blue Bulls | 22 | 1 | |
| Flyhalf | Jaco van der Westhuyzen | Leicester | 26 | 10 | |
| Left Wing | Jaque Fourie | Lions | 21 | 4 | 1 try |
| Inside Centre | Wayne Julies | Eagles | 25 | 2 | |
| Outside Centre | Marius Joubert | WP | 24 | 14 | |
| Right Wing | Breyton Paulse | WP | 28 | 41 | 1 try |
| Full Back | Percy Montgomery | Newport | 30 | 50 | 2 conversions, 4 penalties |
| Reserve | Brent Russell | Sharks | 24 | 12 | |
| Reserve | CJ van der Linde | Cheetahs | 23 | 3 | |
| Reserve | Gerrie Britz | Cheetahs | 26 | 1 | |
| Reserve | Geo Cronjé | Blue Bulls | 23 | 1 |
| Ireland: 2 tries, 2 conversions, 1 dropgoal |