| South Africa |
| 12 |
| Ireland |
| 17 |
| 13 November 2004 | ||||||
| Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road), Dublin | ||||||
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| Captain: John Smit | Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand) | |||||
| Coach: Jake White | Attendance: 48000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Os du Randt | Cheetahs | 32 | 48 | |
| Hooker (C) | John Smit | Sharks | 26 | 35 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Eddie Andrews | WP | 27 | 9 | |
| Lock | Bakkies Botha | Blue Bulls | 25 | 18 | |
| Lock | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 27 | 30 | |
| Flank | Schalk (jnr) Burger | WP | 21 | 12 | |
| Flank | AJ Venter | Sharks | 31 | 21 | |
| Eighthman | Joe van Niekerk | WP | 24 | 28 | |
| Scrumhalf | Fourie du Preez | Blue Bulls | 22 | 9 | |
| Flyhalf | Jaco van der Westhuyzen | NEC | 26 | 18 | |
| Left Wing | Ashwin Willemse | Lions | 23 | 10 | |
| Inside Centre | De Wet Barry | WP | 26 | 29 | |
| Outside Centre | Marius Joubert | WP | 25 | 22 | |
| Right Wing | Breyton Paulse | WP | 28 | 49 | |
| Full Back | Percy Montgomery | Newport | 30 | 58 | 4 penalties |
| Reserve | Gerrie Britz | Cheetahs | 26 | 7 | |
| Reserve | CJ van der Linde | Cheetahs | 24 | 9 |
| Ireland: 1 try, 3 penalties, 1 dropgoal |
 Team for the Ireland test Back: Schalk Burger, Joe van Niekerk, AJ Venter, Bakkies Botha, Gerrie Britz, Danie Rossouw, CJ van der Linde Middle: Michael Claassens, Jaco van der Westhuyzen, De Wet Barry, Ashwin Willemse, Jean de Villiers, Gaffie du Toit, Marius Joubert, Eddie Andrews, Fourie du Preez, Hanyani Shimange Front: Os du Randt, Allister Coetzee (asst coach), Percy Montgomery, Arthrob Petersen (manager), John Smit (captain), Jake White (coach), Breyton Paulse, Gert Smal (asst coach), Victor Matfield |