| South Africa |
| 22 |
| Australia |
| 16 |
| 30 July 2005 | ||||||
| Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | ||||||
| Tri-Nations Match | ||||||
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| Captain: John Smit | Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand) | |||||
| Coach: Jake White | Attendance: 50000 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Gürthro Steenkamp | Cheetahs | 24 | 5 | |
| Hooker (C) | John Smit | Sharks | 27 | 44 | |
| Tight-head Prop | CJ van der Linde | Cheetahs | 24 | 17 | |
| Lock | Bakkies Botha | Blue Bulls | 25 | 24 | |
| Lock | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 28 | 38 | |
| Flank | Joe van Niekerk | WP | 25 | 36 | |
| Flank | Juan Smith | Cheetahs | 24 | 14 | |
| Eighthman | Jacques Cronjé | Blue Bulls | 22 | 14 | |
| Scrumhalf | Fourie du Preez | Blue Bulls | 23 | 18 | |
| Flyhalf | André Pretorius | Lions | 26 | 13 | 1 dropgoal |
| Left Wing | Bryan Habana | Blue Bulls | 22 | 8 | |
| Inside Centre | Jean de Villiers | WP | 24 | 13 | |
| Outside Centre | Jaque Fourie | Lions | 22 | 12 | |
| Right Wing | Breyton Paulse | WP | 29 | 52 | 1 try |
| Full Back | Percy Montgomery | Sharks | 31 | 66 | 1 conversion, 3 penalties, 1 dropgoal |
| Reserve | Wayne Julies | Lions | 26 | 7 | |
| Reserve | Schalk (jnr) Burger | WP | 22 | 18 | |
| Reserve | Albert van den Berg | Sharks | 31 | 30 | |
| Reserve | Gary Botha | Blue Bulls | 23 | 0 | |
| Reserve | Enrico Januarie | Lions | 23 | 4 |
| Australia: 1 try, 1 conversion, 3 penalties |
 Team for the Australia test Back: Jaque Fourie, Jean de Villiers, Schalk Burger, Bakkies Botha, Albert van der Berg, Juan Smith, Jacques Cronjé, Gürthro Steenkamp, CJ van der Linde Middle: Enrico Januarie, Lawrence Sephaka, Jaco van der Westhuyzen, Wayne Julies, Gary Botha, Fourie du Preez, Bryan Habana, André Pretorius Front: Joe van Niekerk, Allister Coetzee (asst coach), Percy Montgomery, Jake White (coach), John Smit (captain), Arthrob Petersen (manager), Breyton Paulse, Gert Smal (asst coach), Victor Matfield |