| South Africa |
| 59 |
| Samoa |
| 7 |
| 9 September 2007 | ||||||
| Parc des Princes, Paris | ||||||
| World Cup Pool Match | ||||||
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| Captain: John Smit | Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand) | |||||
| Coach: Jake White | Attendance: 44859 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Os du Randt | Cheetahs | 35 | 74 | |
| Hooker (C) | John Smit | Sharks | 29 | 67 | |
| Tight-head Prop | CJ van der Linde | Cheetahs | 27 | 41 | |
| Lock | Bakkies Botha | Blue Bulls | 27 | 37 | |
| Lock | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 30 | 60 | |
| Flank | Schalk (jnr) Burger | WP | 24 | 33 | |
| Flank | Juan Smith | Cheetahs | 26 | 34 | |
| Eighthman | Danie Rossouw | Blue Bulls | 29 | 25 | |
| Scrumhalf | Fourie du Preez | Blue Bulls | 25 | 32 | |
| Flyhalf | Butch James | Sharks | 28 | 20 | |
| Left Wing | Bryan Habana | Blue Bulls | 24 | 28 | 4 tries |
| Inside Centre | Jean de Villiers | WP | 26 | 32 | |
| Outside Centre | Jaque Fourie | Lions | 24 | 31 | 1 try |
| Right Wing | JP Pietersen | Sharks | 21 | 8 | 1 try |
| Full Back | Percy Montgomery | Sharks | 33 | 87 | 2 tries, 5 conversions, 3 penalties |
| Reserve | BJ Botha | Sharks | 27 | 12 | |
| Reserve | Francois Steyn | Sharks | 20 | 9 | |
| Reserve | Enrico Januarie | Lions | 25 | 19 | |
| Reserve | Johann Muller | Sharks | 27 | 17 | |
| Reserve | Bismarck du Plessis | Sharks | 23 | 4 | |
| Reserve | André Pretorius | Lions | 28 | 25 | |
| Reserve | Wikus van Heerden | Blue Bulls | 28 | 8 |
| Samoa: 1 try, 1 conversion |