| South Africa |
| 16 |
| England |
| 32 |
| 20 November 2004 | ||||||
| Twickenham, London | ||||||
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| Captain: John Smit | Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland) | |||||
| Coach: Jake White | Attendance: 73000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Os du Randt | Cheetahs | 32 | 49 | |
| Hooker (C) | John Smit | Sharks | 26 | 36 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Eddie Andrews | WP | 27 | 10 | |
| Lock | Bakkies Botha | Blue Bulls | 25 | 19 | |
| Lock | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 27 | 31 | |
| Flank | Schalk (jnr) Burger | WP | 21 | 13 | |
| Flank | AJ Venter | Sharks | 31 | 22 | |
| Eighthman | Joe van Niekerk | WP | 24 | 29 | |
| Scrumhalf | Fourie du Preez | Blue Bulls | 22 | 10 | |
| Flyhalf | Jaco van der Westhuyzen | NEC | 26 | 19 | |
| Left Wing | Jean de Villiers | WP | 23 | 7 | |
| Inside Centre | De Wet Barry | WP | 26 | 30 | |
| Outside Centre | Marius Joubert | WP | 25 | 23 | |
| Right Wing | Breyton Paulse | WP | 28 | 50 | |
| Full Back | Percy Montgomery | Newport | 30 | 59 | 1 conversion, 3 penalties |
| Reserve | CJ van der Linde | Cheetahs | 24 | 10 | |
| Reserve | Danie Rossouw | Blue Bulls | 26 | 4 | |
| Reserve | Bryan Habana | Lions | 21 | 0 | 1 try |
| Reserve | Jaque Fourie | Lions | 21 | 5 |
| England: 2 tries, 2 conversions, 5 penalties, 1 dropgoal |
 Team for the England test Back: Schalk Burger, Joe van Niekerk. AJ Venter, Bakkies Botha, Gerrie Britz, Danie Rossouw. Jaque Fourie, CJ an der Linde Middle: Michael Claassens, Bryan Habana. Jaco van der Westhuyzen, Marius Joubert, Jean de Villiers, De Wet Barry, Eddie Andrews, Fourie du Preez, Hanyani Shlmange Front: Os du Randt, Allister Coetzee (asst coach), Percy Montgomery, Jake White (coach), John Smit, Athrob Petersen (manager), Breyton Paulse, Gert Smal (asst coach), Victor Matfield |