| South Africa |
| 22 |
| Australia |
| 19 |
| 20 August 2005 | ||||||
| Subiaco Oval, Perth | ||||||
| Tri-Nations Match | ||||||
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| Captain: John Smit | Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland) | |||||
| Coach: Jake White | Attendance: 43278 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Os du Randt | Cheetahs | 32 | 56 | |
| Hooker (C) | John Smit | Sharks | 27 | 46 | |
| Tight-head Prop | CJ van der Linde | Cheetahs | 24 | 19 | |
| Lock | Bakkies Botha | Blue Bulls | 25 | 26 | |
| Lock | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 28 | 40 | |
| Flank | Schalk (jnr) Burger | WP | 22 | 20 | |
| Flank | Juan Smith | Cheetahs | 24 | 16 | |
| Eighthman | Joe van Niekerk | WP | 25 | 38 | |
| Scrumhalf | Enrico Januarie | Lions | 23 | 6 | |
| Flyhalf | André Pretorius | Lions | 26 | 15 | |
| Left Wing | Bryan Habana | Blue Bulls | 22 | 10 | 2 tries |
| Inside Centre | Jean de Villiers | WP | 24 | 15 | |
| Outside Centre | Jaque Fourie | Lions | 22 | 14 | |
| Right Wing | Breyton Paulse | WP | 29 | 54 | |
| Full Back | Percy Montgomery | Sharks | 31 | 68 | 3 penalties, 1 dropgoal |
| Reserve | Fourie du Preez | Blue Bulls | 23 | 20 | |
| Reserve | Gürthro Steenkamp | Cheetahs | 24 | 7 | |
| Reserve | Jaco van der Westhuyzen | NEC | 27 | 26 | |
| Reserve | Albert van den Berg | Sharks | 31 | 31 |
| Australia: 1 try, 1 conversion, 4 penalties |
 Team for the Perth test Back: Jaque Fourie, Jean de Villiers, Schalk Burger, Joe van Niekerk, Bakkies Botha, Juan Smith, Albert van den Berg, Gürthro Steenkamp, Jacques Cronje, CJ van der Linde Middle: Enrico Januarie, Jaco van der Westhuyzen, Wayne Julies, Fourie du Preez, Bryan Habana, André Pretorius, Hanyani Shimange Front: Breyton Paulse, Allister Coetzee (asst coach), Percy Montgomery, Jake White (coach), John Smit (captain), Arthrob Petersen (manager), Os du Randt, Gert Smal (asst coach), Victor Matfield |